Comments on: Talkin’ to my neighbor http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/talkin-to-my-neighbor/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:20:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lindsey http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/talkin-to-my-neighbor/#comment-21 Lindsey Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:27:55 +0000 http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-21 So I was in Sunday school and Donnie-my teacher-asked if any of us ever saw someone and wondered, "what are they doing with their life?" We all sat, stared and didn't answer. He said he did it all of the time. So he shared a time when he was at O'Charley's or some restaurant and saw a young guy and wondered if he was in school or if he lived at home, just general questions about his life. I asked if he asked the guy any of these questions thinking that maybe that is where my teacher was going. He said that he didn't because he seemed as if he did not want to be bothered. But my asking made us all think about the impact even having a simple conversation can do. Whether it's a room a store or a street I think we could all do a little walking. So I was in Sunday school and Donnie-my teacher-asked if any of us ever saw someone and wondered, “what are they doing with their life?” We all sat, stared and didn’t answer. He said he did it all of the time. So he shared a time when he was at O’Charley’s or some restaurant and saw a young guy and wondered if he was in school or if he lived at home, just general questions about his life. I asked if he asked the guy any of these questions thinking that maybe that is where my teacher was going. He said that he didn’t because he seemed as if he did not want to be bothered. But my asking made us all think about the impact even having a simple conversation can do. Whether it’s a room a store or a street I think we could all do a little walking.

]]> By: Bill http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/talkin-to-my-neighbor/#comment-12 Bill Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:02:21 +0000 http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-12 Hello, Pretty much every person, and especially religious people all have something in common. - Catholics think that getting baptized, taking communion, etc. is making up for their sins, so they can go to heaven - Mormons think that getting baptized and repenting every so often will make up for their sins so they can go to heaven. - Jehovah's Witnesses thing that getting baptized and going door to door will make up for their sins so they can go to heaven. - Muslims think that keeping the five pillars of Islam will make up for their sins and they'll go to heaven. - Buddhists think that if they perform the proper rituals they'll stop being concerned about the material world and they'll stop having to be reincarnated. - Hindus think yoga and sacrifices to idols will reincarnate them into a better life. Almost everyone thinks their good or religious deeds will make up for their sins, and some people even throw Jesus (or their false concept of Jesus) into the mix. I think our task is to tell them the standard that God is going to judge them by, and make sure they realize they can't keep it. The law brings people to Christ (Galatians 3:24), and leaves those trusting in themselves hopeless (Romans 3:19-20). Then the good news of the gospel will be really good news. I enjoy talking to Jehovah's Witnesses, and you can spend hours debating them, or you can go through some of the law, and show them their situation. You can show them that they'll never be able to knock on enough doors to make up for the lie they told last week. You can listen to a sermon on this topic by Ray Comfort at www.wayofthemaster.com/audiolessons.shtml called "Hell's Best Kept Secret." I don't mean to sound like a commercial for them, but he explains it much better than I can. It sounds like you're doing good getting started on evangelism. Thanks, Bill Hello,

Pretty much every person, and especially religious people all have something in common.

- Catholics think that getting baptized, taking communion, etc. is making up for their sins, so they can go to heaven
- Mormons think that getting baptized and repenting every so often will make up for their sins so they can go to heaven.
- Jehovah’s Witnesses thing that getting baptized and going door to door will make up for their sins so they can go to heaven.
- Muslims think that keeping the five pillars of Islam will make up for their sins and they’ll go to heaven.
- Buddhists think that if they perform the proper rituals they’ll stop being concerned about the material world and they’ll stop having to be reincarnated.
- Hindus think yoga and sacrifices to idols will reincarnate them into a better life.

Almost everyone thinks their good or religious deeds will make up for their sins, and some people even throw Jesus (or their false concept of Jesus) into the mix. I think our task is to tell them the standard that God is going to judge them by, and make sure they realize they can’t keep it. The law brings people to Christ (Galatians 3:24), and leaves those trusting in themselves hopeless (Romans 3:19-20). Then the good news of the gospel will be really good news.

I enjoy talking to Jehovah’s Witnesses, and you can spend hours debating them, or you can go through some of the law, and show them their situation. You can show them that they’ll never be able to knock on enough doors to make up for the lie they told last week.

You can listen to a sermon on this topic by Ray Comfort at http://www.wayofthemaster.com/audiolessons.shtml called “Hell’s Best Kept Secret.” I don’t mean to sound like a commercial for them, but he explains it much better than I can.

It sounds like you’re doing good getting started on evangelism.

Thanks,
Bill

]]> By: Daniel Edwards http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/talkin-to-my-neighbor/#comment-11 Daniel Edwards Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:43:56 +0000 http://apologeticyp.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-11 I am currently reading this book, and I picked up my copy at the library too! I am currently reading this book, and I picked up my copy at the library too!

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