Well, basically what happened is as follows:I was asked to give the message at the Sunday Night service at the Anglican church which I have been helping lead worship at. My message was on the verse "I Never Knew You" and I spoke about how on the Judgement Day, when the Lord separates the sheep and the goats, there will be many to whom the Lord says 'I Never Knew You' even though they may have thought they knew the Lord. The sermon was very sobering and the Holy Spirit was present in convicting people of their complacency, luke-warmness, and lack of love for God. Many people were weeping during and after the message and we played the song, "My Jesus, I Love Thee" following the message with an opportunity for people to comes forward and repent. There were young and old people at the front on their faces weeping, it was powerful and wonderful! I give God the glory.I also noticed how upset the leadership (priest, youth pastor, and wives, etc.) looked during the talk and a few left as I was speaking. Later, I met with the youth pastor first, who told me I had missed the gospel and he basically told me how upset he was for a long time. I explained my reasons for delivering the sermon and showed him more Scriptures. Although he could not argue, he we ended the meeting well, but he still is not happy about my sermon. This pastor, by the way, is also quite liberal: he has spoken before on the 'motherhood' of God, preached from Harry Potter, and so on.I then met with the priest of the cathedral, which is what I had asked for prayer about. We met and it went very well, without strife or bitterness, however, he was also not happy about my message and found it too harsh. Again, I defended the sermon by explaining how the Word of God is not always pleasant, but powerful to convict and to rend our hearts. I also told him that I found generally preachers are weak in the pulpit and there is no more fire messages that challenge the listeners, but only 'feel good' sermons. He seemed to have a change of mind at this point! For nothing I said was untrue or took away from the gospel, but they were upset at how strong the message came across and how 'scary' and convicting it was.Well, that's how it turned out, and I'm glad it turned out so well. Thank you for your prayers, and thank you Lord for your guiding hand through all of this!In Christ Jesus,-Eli
