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Home Search Topics Contact About | How To Win A Soul 3When people ask questions that are irrelevant to the gospel, try to answer them quickly and then return to the passages you planned to share with them. When they ask questions or try to change the subject you can probably get them back on subject by saying something like this: That is an interesting subject, perhaps we can speak about that later. When you encounter someone who insists on doing all the talking you probably won’t be able to share the gospel with him. But you can pray for him silently while he is talking. If there are two of you sharing the gospel, the one not speaking should be praying. The more of the Bible they have heard and will believe, the better the chances that they will respond to the gospel. The more they respect the Bible the greater the chance they will respond to the gospel. The more they wrestle with the Bible, the smaller the chance that they will respond to the gospel. A verbal wrestling match or argument must not be between you and them, it must be between them and the Bible. If they respect the Bible or wrestle with the Bible it is not your doing. We do not know if they will respond to the Bible and the Holy Spirit or resist them. We do not know when they have resisted the Holy Spirit so long and so strongly that He will stop speaking to them. Our job is to give them as much of the Bible as we can. 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
I often ask folks who were part of an unbiblical church: So you have heard lots of verses from the Bible, may I quote one to you? The Bible will either bring them to faith or they will wrestle with it. When I have their permission to quote one verse from the Bible, I often prefer 2 Corinthians 13:5a. There are other verses that might be more appropriate, depending upon what they have revealed to me about themselves. 2 Corinthians 13:5a: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; . . .The verse can at first appeal to their pride. Examine yourselves. But God can humble them and often does that through the Bible. I explain that I cannot look upon their heart but they are accountable to the Lord. I then tell them that the Bible gives many verses that can help them examine themselves. I ask permission to quote some of those verses. I usually get their permission to quote a few verses. |
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