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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:18 ¶ For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:18 ¶ For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God's grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God. |
Subject: sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard |
Bible Note: My dear brother, Jesusman, I have just finished reading thru this thread and I, too, would be sad to see you go away - you have contributed much, wisdom and grace - and, brother, no one can get too much of either of those attributes!! I used to get side-tracked in witnessing to others by those many types of questions. May I offer to you what someone told me? "Never let your conversation get off Yeshua, stay on Him and His words and His works." You are quite right, we are told to "go and teach." But we were never told to go and convince and convert. What we do is plant the seed. Just like planting a tomato plant seed. It grows, but we don't know how, but we peek at it every day expecting to see it grow - we don't have anything to do with it growing - we just plant the seed. It's the most wonderful thing in the world to be able to pray with a lost soul for their salvation, maybe I'm the odd one out but most of the time the person just walks away. But many years ago (I'm a 60's-70's Jesus-Freak hippie, remember those? :-) ) it was revealed to me, that those you actually do get to pray that blessed prayer with walked away many, many times before from others, when they got to me they were primed and ready, and just needed a little tender leading. Those that walk away, walk away with a belly full, they need time to digest things they've never heard before, and they will most likely walk away from several more witnesses before they "see the light." I know you already know this :-) I'm just bringing it to your remembrance, dear one. I do hope to see your posting here once again. I've been ill since last week and just returned here today - seeing that post was not a happy thing!! You're loved and appreciated here!! Shalom Cheri |