I was parking my car at 11:30 in the morning when an obviously sloshed middle-aged man walked past me. Well, he wasn’t really walking; he was kind of teetering forward like a sawed tree ready to fall over. I pulled out my trusty Million-dollar bill Gospel tract, jumped out of the car, and asked, “Did
(The occasional articles posted under “Lost (Losing) Liberties” are to show that various Christian groups are under seige in the U.S. I do not necessarily support these various groups’ actions.) Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have filed an appeal on behalf of 11 Christians who were silenced on the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during
His last words before being executed were:
“Yes sir. I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to. I know I allowed the devil to rule my life. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me.
I thank God for having patience with me. I don’t deserve to cause you pain. You did not deserve this. I deserve what I am getting.”
What was his crime?
Chichawatni, Pakistan– Three members of a suspected suicide bomb team died Saturday after their bike laden with explosives hit a bump outside a town in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said. The men killed by the blast near Chichawatni were believed to have been on their way to attack a prayer meeting for a policeman killed
EV Tips: Witnessing to Phony Christians
What do you do when you run into a person who has asked “Jesus into their heart,” but still leads the life of Hitler?
How should a Christian respond to someone who says that they were born again at age three, but their photo is on the post office wall?
How can a believer appropriately deal with a “cursing like a sailor,” yet “Spirit filled, sealed by the blood” follower who also owns a strip joint?
Simple. Don’t assume that they are believers. Most likely they are false converts who believed that all they had to do was pray a “simple prayer” without any repentance.
Jesus says that a believer will bear “much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” There really should be evidence of a changed life when someone calls himself a Christian. If there’s no fruit, they are still in their sins and will end up in Hell if found guilty of breaking any of God’s ten commandments, like lying, stealing, lusting, or misusing His name.
John writes, “If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.” (1 John 1:6) And “We know that we have come to know Him if we obey His commands. The man who says, ‘I know Him,’ but does not do what He commands is a liar and the truth is not in Him. But if anyone obeys His word, God’s love is truly made complete in Him. This is how we know we are in Him: Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:3-6)
Back to that questionable Christian. He’s not so questionable now is he? Although he says he loves the Lord, he still gets loaded, lies to his wife, runs guns to the Middle East and voted for the pro-choice candidate. Don’t sweat it. Don’t argue about whether he’s truly saved or not… treat him like a pagan by lovingly asking if he’s kept the Commandments, warning him about Judgment Day and Hell, then telling him about the Savior who died for fakers as well.
The church can always use more ex-hypocrites!
(For more Scriptural references about how to tell believers from unbelievers as well as the church’s mandate to judge believers…
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