Wednesday, May 13, 2009

MAKING EVANGELISM OUR WAY OF LIFE

(PART 2)
I believe by now, you would be happy to learn something different about evangelism, as I was when I learned about it too. I want you to learn and practice it as well and come to the full understanding of it. Let's kick it off with this explanation once more to finally send our message home to you all. Imagine talking to someone who has a wayward lifestyle and he or she says to you, "after all you would tell me it is a sin, and that I would care less what you think about me ". Note here that the sinner or unbeliever already knows what you have in mind, being that most Christians always want to look so pure before unbelievers when talking to them, rather than identifying and not been identical". The point is when evangelizing you do not force people to become a Christian over night, or for them to be open to Christianity, but through the Love of Christ Jesus that you would show him or her, that person would come to know Christ Jesus and follow up from there. But at the same time having in mind that you have to know when to put forth "no" if the person tries to attack you with words, because for some it works for those who are ready for the word of GOD and for some it doesn't. Those that are not ready, as you would note, "many are called, but few are chosen". Most importantly we must always see these people as Christ Jesus sees them, looking at them through Gods perspective. We must not at any time think that a drinker, smoker, liar or murderer or cannot be open to the word of Christ and accept Christ if talked or preached to. If the person says to you that you would say to him or her, that their lifestyle is a sin, you would rather say to him or her that is properly true, but God hates sin and not you. Explain that sin is the opposite of God and it's destructive and can lead you to brokenness and more so that God weeps when you sin. This would make the person you are preaching to understand the Love of Christ and that he hates the sin, and not the person. Always show people that they have a right to their thinking, but they maybe surprised of the emptiness they feel as a result of their own thinking. God wants to fill it for them and not leave a single vacuum unfilled. We must learn to accept people the way they are (Luke 7:36-50). You "identify" with someone, but not "identical". Why, because identifying allows you to be able to have access and talk with them, but identical means you are like them in sinning. Listen to this conversation between two close students, Becky sleeps on the upper bunk and the other Christian sister sleeps on the lower bunk and they were really good in sharing greetings but Becky is a party goer. One day she said to the Christian sister, I like you so much, lets get together and smoke a joint this weekend, and the Christian sister told her, I like you so much Becky, but I cannot do that, I rather do something else with you together! Becky was surprised not because the Christian girl couldn't smoke grass, but because she didn't discriminate her at all. The point is this incidence changed Becky. When we are in the affirmative with non-Christians, we discover some contact points that would help us reach out to them faster. What I want to stress out is this, when we want to identify, we should know to what extent to identify in such relationship and not loose our scriptural principle. It's important to know ourselves. What I do know is God can never call you into a situation you cant handle, so if your still a baby in the Lord there are certain areas you don't talk yourself into when identifying with non-believers. As a born again Christian you must be lead in the spirit to know the way out by using the right words for situations that seems unbearable. A writer once wrote, while she was flying from San Francisco to Port Land and at the counter, a friendly male ticket agent said to her hellooooooo there! And she said I'd like to pick my ticket to Portland please. The agent said I am sorry, you won't be able to fly there tonight. She said why? Is my flight cancelled? And he said no, because your going out with me tonight!"What?!" she said.I am sorry I really must get to Portland... do you have my ticket? She insisted that she really must get to port land.Well it is okay... too bad they! I can't find your ticket!It looks like a date he said.She said oh, I am so sorry I forgot to tell you that it is a special ticket! Oh it is a youth fare she whispered to clergy!Suddenly the man froze!!!!!Clergy He shouted, the entire crowd looked their way, he looked pale, oh no I flirted with a nun! Then, he disappeared behind the counter! The conversation here shows that the devil didn't only tempt Christ, he can tempt you to!! The devil comes in many forms trying to distract you when your even on a mission to serve God. The point is, God would always give you a word for every situation you find yourself in.
Always know that you are always not identical with the world, but that you are special unto God.

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