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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: Dear Cheri, Very well put and encouraging. What you have depicted about your evangelizing the unbelievers reminds me of a book "the Sweet Potato Evangelist" written by a Korean (translated Chinese edition). He uses an analogy to describe those unbelievers as raw sweet potatoes with extreme hard hearts. Each time when he evangelize to his target and pray for him, it is just like using a chopstick to poke a hole onto the sweet potato. The more holes are made, the faster and easier the sweet potato get cooked and turn out to have a softened and tender heart .... then he is ready for conversion. I believe the main idea is to be perseverant in our evangelization. Shalom Azure |