Make it a point when sharing your faith with someone to be aware of others standing or sitting around you—then raise your voice a decibel or two; the results are amazing! Remember, humans are natural eavesdroppers—everyone loves to hear a private conversation, so use that fact to your advantage for Jesus’ sake! Give the Law,
If you think the Million-dollar bill Gospel tract is cool, wait till you try this one out on your unsaved friends and loved ones. There is a full Gospel message on the back of this hundred—and kids love them! (Adults do too, until they read the back.) Just ask this when giving it away: “Do
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…
I love this! Everyone gets it wrong. Read the three phrases in the triangles out loud and see if you get it right! We blow these up to poster size and use it to attract crowds. After a person reads the test, we turn the card over and have them answer some more questions on
My New City Council Prayer
Since writing last week about my illegal prayer in the name of Jesus at a City Council meeting (Click here to read it), I have thought deeply about this issue and have decided to obey the law next time I’m asked to give an invocation at a venue that specifically forbids “sectarian” prayer. I will
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