Preaching to My Mom

Written by Warren |Posted on October 8, 2008 | Comments

last weekend we got the chance to spend the night in my mom’s place in Manila
that night I initiated on evangelizing to my mom
wanting to present the Gospel to her, she refused
so I didn’t have her read various Scriptures from the Bible instead I presented the Gospel from memory
each time I would present a point, she would then hit back with a logical question
like why this, why that
after answering these series of questions I noticed she wasn’t being convinced
then on the last question she asked I then responded
if I could answer your question, will that convince you to turn and follow Christ?

. . .
I then told her
its not a question of how presentable my answers are to your questions
its about the condition of your heart
and your heart cannot accept Jesus
if you cannot accept Jesus
you cannot accept me because I’m a Christian
. . .
so I left her room with her feeling such bitterness in her heart
I then told Hazel my thoughts
I said I love my mom very much
and hurting her would be the last thing on earth I would do to her
so Hazel convinced me to go back to her room and tell her what I just said
and yes I did
mom, I love you and I saw how hard you worked for us since I was a child
and I really don’t like it when you’re hurt
hurting you would be the last thing I’d ever do
I always wanted to give you a house (because all her life she was renting an apartment)
I wanted you to relax
and not worry on money or your business
but this is the Truth
and the bottom line is still this
what is your condition with God?
are you saved or not?
so I left the room and realized that those words I have been wanting to say for such a long time
but I couldn’t because I was afraid
I always thought I’d only say that on her deathbed
but why should I wait when anytime God can take her life away any moment
I love my mom and realizing that she’d spend eternity in Hell, weeping and gnashing her teeth, being burned forever, being crawled by worms forever, is just very very very sad
now you have to consider the fact that in Chinese saying “I love you”s is not a norm
in Chinese the phrase “I’m proud of you” is the “I love you”
so when she heard what I just said she felt the great wall of China collapse
we continue to pray for her salvation also for my brothers
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a picture of us the whole family at the funeral of my father
my father died when I was 5
that one my mom is holding is me
for her whole parenting life she raised us up with no one supporting her or helping her
not even with a sack of rice for once