A play by play blow by blow of an Excited Christian telling a loved one or friend about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Has this happened to you during your tenure as a Christian maybe the only Christian in your family or circle of friends?
Excited Christian
Hey (insert name) have you heard the good news?
Not so excited friend or loved one
No what news?
Excited Christian
Jesus died for your sins!
Not so excited friend or loved one
Ah that's great but we're not gonna talk about religion are we?
Excited Christian
Jesus is the truth and the life man, he died so we could have life!
Not so excited friend or loved one
That's great (insert name) but I told you I don't want to talk about religion please stop I don't want to hear it.
If your a new or salty old Christian odds are you have been through this type of conversation before and it probably made you feel fearful of ever sharing your faith again maybe even almost ashamed. Well I have good news for those of you that would like to spread the good news to others all you really need is a technique. Sort of like before you could walk you had to crawl and before you could run you had to walk.
Learning how to spread the gospel is easy as 1, 2, 3 anyone can do it, you just need to know how. I use The Way of The Master in all my gospel sharing efforts because it leaves no wiggle room for the participants and even if they don't accept Christ right there on the spot, it plants a seed of faith for future harvest by either yourself or another. Now watch as the same Excited Christian uses The Way of The Master technique an ancient biblical technique that by-passes the intellect and reaches directly into the conscious of the participant this is similar to how Jesus did it.
Excited Christian
Hey (insert name) do you consider yourself a good person?
Not so excited friend or loved one
Yes I do
Excited Christian
Have you ever heard of the Ten Commandments?
Not so excited friend or loved one
Sure I have who hasn't?
Excited Christian
Do you know any of them?
Not so excited friend or loved one
Sure - Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, etc.
Excited Christian
How about this one, which is number nine thou shall not lie ever done that no matter how big or small the lie?
Not so excited friend or loved one
Sure everyone has lied!
Excited Christian
What do you call a person that lies?
Not so excited friend or loved one
I guess you would call them a liar!
Excited Christian
How about number eight thou shall not steal, ever done that no matter how little the item?
Not so excited friend or loved one
Yep guilty as charged I have stolen before
Excited Christian
What do you call a person that steals
Not so excited friend or loved one
I guess you would call them a thief
Excited Christian
Here's the one that got me it's number seven thou shall not commit adultery Jesus said in Matthew 5:28 that if we even look at a woman with lust we have already committed adultery with her in his heart, ever done that?
Not so excited friend or loved one
Yes I have but I had my fingers crossed the whole time!
Excited Christian
So what would that make you if you have done that
Not so excited friend or loved one
I guess that would make me an adulterer
Excited Christian
So by your own admission you are a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart and that's only three out of ten, if God judged us on the ten commandments would you go to heaven or hell?
Not so excited friend or loved one
I guess when you say it like that I'd be going to hell
Excited Christian
Does that concern you?
Not so excited friend or loved one
yes it does!
Now you can tell them all about Jesus and what he did for them because they are now ready to hear what you have to say. To see this technique in action in a real life situation click on The Way of The Master banner below...
May...
The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Fruitful Growth
2 Peter 1:5-11
Fruitful Growth in the Faith
5. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
6. to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
7. to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
8. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
11. for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The preceding passage assumes you already have faith which is supplied from God and confirmed in Ephesians 2:8-9.
We are to diligently pursue these things to make our faiths confession sure and solid in a world that is moving away from God. As we move toward God then we see the reason we are here and that reason is the same for all Christians we are to spread the word of God by our lives, a living testimony to and for God so that others may believe also.
Consider; Revelations 12:11, Mark 6:11, John 8;17
May...
The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
You are the Light of the world...
God has blessed us believers all, through His words and actions we are the light of the world and our position is one of authority and extreme responsibility. We are forbidden to judge others but not forbidden from an opinion that condemns evil and evil ways. We are living examples that would magnify God in our work place, our schools, our teams and our very lives. We are to condemn sin not the sinner, for it is the sinner that condemns himself if he does not turn from his sin and repent. We are to pray constantly for those God puts in our lives through work, social and otherwise.
Imagine that there is only one believer in the world and each month that believer doubled himself within thirty months that would equal a whooping 10,737,418 now imagine if that number of believers doubled itself and so on well I'm sure you get the picture that is the power of compounding Christ in your life today and every day including Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Let me ask you a compounded question;
How many people have you brought to Christ today?
How many people have you brought to Christ this week?
How many people have you brought to Christ this month?
How many people have you brought to Christ this year?
Now when I say brought I don't mean kicking and screaming against their will but through intercessory prayer and example allowing yourself to be open and approachable about the reasons you believe in Jesus Christ and why being a Christian can be so cool. If you don't know how to witness effectively then check out The Way of the Master as they teach how Jesus did it through the law of the Ten Commandments, which is meant to convict us of sin so that Jesus can free us of our sin if only we would repent and turn to God and believe that Jesus Christ defeated death and freed us from deaths grip in our lives.
May...
The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
Try a Bible Quiz and test your knowledge
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All posts by M.A.C. © Bruce W. Moar
Imagine that there is only one believer in the world and each month that believer doubled himself within thirty months that would equal a whooping 10,737,418 now imagine if that number of believers doubled itself and so on well I'm sure you get the picture that is the power of compounding Christ in your life today and every day including Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Let me ask you a compounded question;
How many people have you brought to Christ today?
How many people have you brought to Christ this week?
How many people have you brought to Christ this month?
How many people have you brought to Christ this year?
Now when I say brought I don't mean kicking and screaming against their will but through intercessory prayer and example allowing yourself to be open and approachable about the reasons you believe in Jesus Christ and why being a Christian can be so cool. If you don't know how to witness effectively then check out The Way of the Master as they teach how Jesus did it through the law of the Ten Commandments, which is meant to convict us of sin so that Jesus can free us of our sin if only we would repent and turn to God and believe that Jesus Christ defeated death and freed us from deaths grip in our lives.
May...
The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
Try a Bible Quiz and test your knowledge
click here ---> BIBLE QUIZ <--- click here
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Monday, April 7, 2008
How much do you know about the Bible?
I came accross this cool site that had all types of tests about Bible knowledge. This is a good tool to sharpen your senses and learn more about the most historically accurate book in existence today!
Have fun and don't get discouraged if you score low, the more you practice the better you'll get...
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Have fun and don't get discouraged if you score low, the more you practice the better you'll get...
click here ---> BIBLE QUIZ <--- click here
All posts by M.A.C. © Bruce W. Moar
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