Now I am not an expert in the above field. I have told people about Jesus and I have not told people about Jesus. The question I want to think about for the moment is: how do we tell people about Jesus? or What is important when we tell people about Jesus?
Recently this topic has been coming up in the form of brand new students at Tyndale. I had the pleasure of experiencing the passionate discussion between two members of my small group on the subject and of course that got me thinking.
On the one side the argument went something like this... people are going to hell, we need to tell them, otherwise they won't know. So give them the blunt truth as quick as possible and let them decide.
On the other side... people are not responsive to a message of hell and damnation and should rather be shown the results of a faith through good works, and love.
Arguably both are methods that can produce results in someones life and are very relative to the situation.
But the more I thought about the issue the more I was worried about our first method. Are we supposed to scare people into faith? Break them apart so that they are left destitute? Does the gospel really just mean some kind of heaven and hell duality?
A message of healing seems more reasonable to me. A message of hope. A message of love. A message that speaks to a persons greatest desires not their own survival instincts. Look at the bible someday and see just how much life, love and hope are used compared to hell. Maybe this would do.
Patman the Pat
*on a side note... no one really believes that a million dollar bill is real
On Water
12 years ago
2 comments:
what? i was totally saved every time through that million dollar bill trick. i'm on my eighth conversion right now man. let us pray that other religions never discover the trick of making fake money; it was bad enough when canadian tire figured it out. damn canadian tire witnesses a-knock'n on my door.
'Tis true, our biblical teachers wanted us to live as Christ lived. Christ may have preached to the masses, but it was his actions that brought them there. For those who are more socially aggressive, your 'witness' should reflect that. Christ doesn't want you to fit into someone else's mold but rather be passionate in the way that displays who you are as well...wow ok, haven't looked at yer blog in a couple months bro..should update the martin blog soon too eh..oi..
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