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1 | Insufficient grace? | Luke 14:26 | justme | 101631 | ||
seeking4truth: I hope you won't mind if I drop in on your dialogue. I hope not. I have used the Romans Road off and on for many years. The Four Spiritual Laws are another tool that has been used by many as well. I think all these "tools" are a way of helping Christians get started sharing Christ with others. I firmly believe that after one gets some maturity in Christ, we should be able to share Christ from a personally chosen way that fits each of as regenerated born again believers. I admit sadly, that few get to this point in the walk as Christians. A long time ago I felt these "canned testimonies" were rather phoney, and ineffective as well. The very disturbing problem as I see it is even if someone gets a person to agree to make Jesus Lord, who then is going to disciple this new convert? Are we to just let this new "seed" to be plucked up and out by satan? Perhaps as much emphases should be placed on the need to be able do discipleship as to witnessing? I have wondered if we said don't introduce anyone to Christ unless you are willing to either disciple or get someone else to keep this "new creation in Christ" growing. Any thoughts? Blessings. justme |
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2 | Insufficient grace? | Luke 14:26 | seeking4truth | 101632 | ||
Justme, ***"I have wondered if we said don't introduce anyone to Christ unless you are willing to either disciple or get someone else to keep this "new creation in Christ" growing. Any thoughts?" Yessir, I have a thought (I'm alotted one per week): You are dangerously close to agreeing with me. Beware! :) I didn't go into it in my last tirade, but a Bible was slapped into my hands without: 1. Anyone offering me a place to start. 2. Anyone showing me a few good principles of Bible study. 3. Anyone giving me any sort of history as to how we got the Bible. 4. Anyone helping me to understand the differences between the Old Testament (Covenant) and the New. 5. Anyone helping me to learn to compare scripture with scripture. 6. Anyone helping me to understand HOW the Holy Spirit teaches us from God's Word. 7. Anyone showing me what the proper role is concerning God's written Word in my life. I was simply a number by which to judge the effectiveness of a church's VBS program. That's enough for now. I don't want to lay too much blame at "Anyone's" feet. I was simply told to read the Bible. To me at that age, it was analogous to handy me a Chilton's Repair Manual and telling me to read it in order to repair a car. I had no context of where to begin and where to go. And the Elizabethian English made it that much harder. So your post is most welcome to me, justme. We have a similar heartbeat. "People want to know that you care before they will care what you know." seeking4truth |
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