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| BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER | | BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER Dallas Court Case for August 11th, 2005
Months ago while preaching open-air in the club district of Dallas the cops harassed and hounded me. They did this by telling me it was against the law to draw a crowd. According to their interpretation of the law I couldnt speak loudly nor do anything that could potentially draw a crowd to listen to me preach. And apparently blocking the sidewalk had nothing to do with it, no crowds allowed! After attempting to politely reason with the police they finally said that if I go to another corner they will not bother me or give me any problems while preaching the gospel.
When I went to another corner differently officers approached me and said Thats it. The cops over there already gave you a warning. Now youre getting cited. When attempting to politely reason again with them they said the same thing; you cannot draw any crowds. I was told that I have freedom of speech but if anyone stops to listen I will be cited. And so I was cited for having listeners.
In a letter I received with my court date it stated that the violating was religious solicitation without proof of ID. (Completely bogus because I was giving away money and they saw my ID.) But of course in court the charge was different; it was violating an anti-noise ordinance.
However when I tried to take it to trial the prosecution backed out again, just like last time, for lack of evidence. Another court case blown out of the water; two Dallas cases down, one Tyler case to go. (I am so appreciative of all your prayers! Please keep them coming!)
So to celebrate my victory I walked a few blocks from the Dallas courthouse and open-air preached for roughly an hour at The West End Transfer Center where there were nice attentive crowds. The message was painfully plain, If you break the Law of God, the Law of God will break you. And that is why Christ was broken; to take the smashing weight of the Law upon Himself so we could go free. Oh thank you Jesus!
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ccchhhrrriiisss Member
Joined: 2003/11/23 Posts: 4779
| Re: BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER | | Hi Lazarus1719...!
Praise God! I will definitely be praying for your last remaining case.
:-) _________________ Christopher
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2005/8/11 23:29 | Profile |
sermonindex Moderator
Joined: 2002/12/11 Posts: 39795 Canada
Online! | Re: | | Brother Jesse,
This brings immense joy to my night not to only hear that you have gotten aquitted of the 2nd case but that you made Jesus Christ fearlessly know. I will continue to intercede that the Lords will may be done! _________________ SI Moderator - Greg Gordon
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2005/8/11 23:39 | Profile |
philologos Member
Joined: 2003/7/18 Posts: 6566 Reading, UK
| Re: | | Amen, Good to hear. _________________ Ron Bailey
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2005/8/12 3:02 | Profile |
Compton Member
Joined: 2005/2/24 Posts: 2732
| Re: | | Great News. _________________ Mike Compton
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2005/8/12 4:39 | Profile |
deltadom Member
Joined: 2005/1/6 Posts: 2359 Hemel Hempstead
| Re: Good News | | I am glad to hear it
dom _________________ Dominic Shiells
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2005/8/12 8:31 | Profile |
Eli_Barnabas Member
Joined: 2005/2/16 Posts: 621 Cache Valley, Utah
| Re: | | Wonderful, brother! _________________ Eli Brayley
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2005/8/12 8:39 | Profile |
letsgetbusy Member
Joined: 2004/9/28 Posts: 957 Cleveland, Georgia
| Re: BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER | | Glory to God, brother! _________________ Hal Bachman
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2005/8/12 8:45 | Profile |
RobertW Member
Joined: 2004/2/12 Posts: 4636 St. Joseph, Missouri
| Re: | | Quote:
The message was painfully plain, If you break the Law of God, the Law of God will break you. And that is why Christ was broken; to take the smashing weight of the Law upon Himself so we could go free. Oh thank you Jesus!
Amen. Praise God Bro. Jesse! _________________ Robert Wurtz II
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2005/8/12 8:49 | Profile |
Nellie Member
Joined: 2004/4/5 Posts: 952
| Re: BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER | | Wonderful Testimony. God Bless and keep you, Brother Jesse. In His Service Nellie |
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2005/8/12 9:51 | Profile |