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1 | How were you drawn to Christ? | Hos 11:4 | Robert Nicholson | 66348 | ||
In this chapter of Hosea we read of God's love for faithless Israel. He speaks of calling they out of Eygpt. This calling out of Eygpt also applies to the Lord Jesus Matt.2:15 Even though God loves them and longs for their good and restoration, they continue in the idolitry of Baalim. In verse 4 "I drew them with the cords of a man, and with the bands of love" In other words despite their unfaithfulness God continues to work with them to draw them and to love them. I would like to apply this to humankind as we know them today. God loves us (John 3:16) and he longs our salvation (1 John 3:1) In fact with cords and with bands of love he draws us to him. "I found a friend O such a friend He loved me ere I knew him He drew me with the cords of love And thus he bound me to him." According to Romans 3:11 "There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God" What a bleak picture! What grace and what love to think that even when our backs are against him and our hearts hardened against his calls, he continues to love us and to bring about circumstances in our life experience which would draw us to him. How were you drawn to Christ? |
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2 | How were you drawn to Christ? | Hos 11:4 | cwade | 66420 | ||
I have been contemplating recently the difference between "Love Evangelism" and "Fear Evangelism". Would a young person who is in a state of rebellion to everyone and everything respond better to an attempt to point out their sin and need of repentance, or to an attempt to show them how much God loves them? Even the rebellious youth, when they know they are loved and when they begin to love in return, will change their ways because of that love. To answer your question: I fear God, but I was converted when I realized how much He loved me, not because I feared going to Hell. I know each situation is different; and it is God who draws us to Him (not people). But I wish more Christians would (at least consider) witnessing through expressing love once in a while and not always by condemming sin. (But before I get yelled at let me say I know how important it is to point out sin). |
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3 | How were you drawn to Christ? | Hos 11:4 | Robert Nicholson | 66488 | ||
Dear brother: When I think on these things I am reminded of the words "the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?" Think of Saul of Tarsus, God had to bring him to his knees on the Damascus road, the jailor of Philippi an earthquake had to shake his life upside down and yet we think of Lydia with other women praying down by the riverside and we read of her "whose heart the Lord opened. I believe in each of our lives we look back and see the hand of God and realize that even before we knew it he was bringing circumstances into our path that were drawing us to himself. I agree that we must be abundantly faithful in pointing out to lost sinners their sinful condition before God. "Fear evangelism" as you call it often results in professions which are not always rooted in Christ. O the love that drew salvation's plan O the grace that brought it down to man O the mighty gulf that God did span At calvary! |
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