Is there a good way to tell people that they are sinners and still remain their friends? It is a difficult message to deliver.
People will not come to know Christ is they don’t realize the condition of their hearts, but it is important to make the confrontation be between the individual and God. We should remember that we are not delivering our message but His.
If we are careful in developing the individual’s standing before God, then it should be easier to be sure that the person understands that the message of God’s great deliverance is from Him as well. This potential conflict between the messenger and the recipient of the message is very difficult to avoid.
We have the authority of the Bible for the message that we bring, but often times the listener does not believe that the Bible has authority. It is important to establish that the Word of God is just that. This does not require that the listener believe that, but we have to remember that we go with its authority and have no other grounds for our message.
We are not required to correct all of the errors that we find in our potential believers. It is God’s business to speak to the individual about what needs to be changed in his/her life. It is tragic if we turn off our contacts by dwelling on what are really inconsequential things. It doesn’t really how much baggage they carry on the road to Hell. What matters is that they go to heaven forgiven and delivered from the consequences of the sin nature. We don’t have to get people good in order for them to come to know Christ. When they come to know Him, that will be all cared for by Him.
People will not come to know Christ is they don’t realize the condition of their hearts, but it is important to make the confrontation be between the individual and God. We should remember that we are not delivering our message but His.
If we are careful in developing the individual’s standing before God, then it should be easier to be sure that the person understands that the message of God’s great deliverance is from Him as well. This potential conflict between the messenger and the recipient of the message is very difficult to avoid.
We have the authority of the Bible for the message that we bring, but often times the listener does not believe that the Bible has authority. It is important to establish that the Word of God is just that. This does not require that the listener believe that, but we have to remember that we go with its authority and have no other grounds for our message.
We are not required to correct all of the errors that we find in our potential believers. It is God’s business to speak to the individual about what needs to be changed in his/her life. It is tragic if we turn off our contacts by dwelling on what are really inconsequential things. It doesn’t really how much baggage they carry on the road to Hell. What matters is that they go to heaven forgiven and delivered from the consequences of the sin nature. We don’t have to get people good in order for them to come to know Christ. When they come to know Him, that will be all cared for by Him.
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