In your own words,how would you present the gospel to someone not of faith?
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Sometimes the Holy Spirit quickens me to just shut up and listen to someone, wait on Him, abide in Him. Then maybe a word or two will come to mind, but not by the mere activity of my reason. I did not calculate that this person "needs" to hear these words. I was just sitting there listening and this simple thing echoes with insistence, landing upon my thoughts like a feather, and then ... well, sometimes I say it, even though I didn't think of it to begin with. I am instructed even by my own words because they are not my own words. They are what God has placed in my mouth to say, beyond my organic autocratic thought. Then I see, how sublime it is to simply be still and wait and abide, and obey whenever He calls.\n\nI contrast this to coming up with a campaign against some doctrinal ignorance and organizing and delivering our solution to the world, motivated by our 'concern' for their 'need.' We figure that they 'need' to know what God has shown us, and we tell them whether or not they are ready to hear it. Often we cram doctrine down people's throats in the most un-gracious of ways. This is how NOT to build the Kingdom ... it is NOT to be our work according to our efforts and conceived our imaginations.\n\nFor it is "not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord." \n\nJohn 21:4-7b\n4Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.\n5He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?"\n"No," they answered.\n6He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.\n7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" \n\nI don't want to say that Jesus is my Lord and then live like I'm on my own. I don't want to fish all day and not catch a single fish. I just want to be restful and available, and just hear from Him. Just a single word will be fine, when it is from the Lord Jesus. And that little word from Him will be all that I need, to catch more then I can haul to the shore.\n\nThat is what I like about volunteering to answer questions. I can just wait. I don't have to worry if I don't get a single question to answer. That is none of my business anyway. Then again, someone might have a question that the Lord Jesus, by the Spirit, has made me suitable to answer. I'll be happy to be put to use by the Lord for His glory. \n\nMay my answer then be by the Holy Spirit, and not from my own mind, nor my own thoughts. Perhaps when I hear what the Lord would have me say, then I'll learn from it as well ... it will impact my mind just as it impacts the person who asked the question. And we will both want to shout (like in the passage above) ... "It is the Lord Jesus!"
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We shouldn't just try to convert people. If you really want people to become a part of your religious group, or any other group, the best thing you can do is help them, and be nice to them. Make them say, "Wow, this is a great group of people. They're so loving and kind. I might like to be part of their group." The best way to introduce people to God's love and grace, is to show love and grace yourself.
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Man, loaded but great question.\n\nThere is not enough truth to convince people of anything they don't want to believe when it comes to God.  Its a faith based system, by his design.  Ever asked yourself why faith?\n\nBecause to truely put our faith in God, seeing him from a lost perspective, requires that we set aside our "me" mentality.  We have to put our faith in this thing we don;t understand based on information that seems less than convincing (from a lost perspective.)  But this all important step is all that is asked of us.\n\nBetter to pray the spirit call to a person's heart and start working on them to ask questions, than to seek truth to convince those who have already decided they want nothing to do with God.  We are truely powerless over others is swaying their beliefs.  All we can hope for is to plant seeds and allow the spirit to go to work.\n\nread through some of the posts on here.  Its CRAZy.  People are daring you to "make them believe" in God.  Its not possible.  It wasn;t meant to be possible.  Its a faith based thing.  Free Will + Faith = Individual Decision.\n\nI know I didn't answer your question directly, but trying to accumulate enough knowledge to "win souls" will be a really frustrating endeavor that will ultimately bring you back to realizing The Holy Spirit does ALL the work in a salvation experience.
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I am not a Christian, nor a pre-Christian.  What I would like to say however is that there is no "one sentence" that you can write to convert thinking people to Christianity.  You have to give proper evidence of your claims, and that would most likely take a lot more than one sentence.
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Tell people they can cherry-pick whatever they want out of the bible. They seem to do that anyway, but if you tell that this is OK, you'll reel in millions of people who are looking for a free-ride to heaven! :)
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It is my understanding that:\n\nActually, NONE of the gospels are the direct words of Jesus.  They were all written a couple generations after (Luke and Mark weren't even apostles!).\n\nThe Gnostic Gospels were not included into the bible because they preach a more self-sufficient version of Christianity, where the person, not the church, is responsible for their relationship with God.  They refer to Christianity in a similar sense as modern buddhism.\n\nIt is MY belief (and I emphasize belief, as no one knows for sure) that the gnostic gospels were excluded from the bible because:\n\n- They de-emphasize the church...therefore leaving less influenece, power, and control over the religion for the church\n\n- They emphasize a more "inner religion", where its not about what the religion as a whole wants or believes, but rather the individual person.  This can be deeply fulfilling for an individual, or very unnerving as there would be little unison and coordination in the religion.\n\n- They did not properly imply the possibility that Jesus was God.
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Unless someone ASKS you to share your faith, or unless you ASK them and they honestly say its OK, its not right to share. Don't even talk about it. OK, please listen, because I'm not going with this where you might think ... Its not right to share a thing that others don't want. That's to force an issue, and NO ONE has that right. BUT, that DOESN'T mean you can't spread a truth that YOU honestly believe. It just means you do it in another way. You teach and you share in such a way as to make others WANT what you have. How do you do that? You live your truth. Your actions, your manner, your life style ... ALL of these things speak loudly. If they're good, if you lead by having set a good example, people will want what you have because they see the goodness of it, and not because you bugged them about it with words that might actually push them away. ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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Probably something along the lines of, "Thank You, Jesus, for sacrificing Yourself so that I could be saved!"
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Just tell them that you know they do not necessarily support what you believe, but you are very happy about what you have been called to do, then tell them what it is you have been called to do, and tell them, I know you may not agree with it, but I would really like your support, your love, or your encouragement. My dad is a non-believer, and I told him this when I told him about a certain decision and he handled it very well and told me that even though he doesn't agree with what I believe, he will support me and love me.
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Let me share a sermon illustration with you that can be applied to any volunteer work and not just evangelism.\n\nThere was a man who went down to the beach after there had been a tidal wave and he saw another man already on the beach walking and picking something up and throwing it in the water. When he got closer he saw that there were tens of thousands of small silver fish that had been washed up on the beach and who were slowly dying.\n\nHe came up to the man just as he threw another fish back in the ocean and asked him why he was doing what he was doing since there were so many fish on the sand it was obvious he couldn't get to even one one hundredth of them before they died. He said to him "You're wasting your time. What difference is it going to make if you throw a few of these fish back in the water?"\n\nThe man answered him as he threw another one back in and said "to that fish there, it makes all of the difference in the world".\n\nSo it is with volunteer work. You can only help a few people but the help you give can make all of the difference in the world to those few people.
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Hi Emily,\nI would start with one of the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.\nWrite down the things you learn about God from what you have read. \n\nHere are some verses that are helpful these are the words of Jesus, who is God and the Son of God;\n\nMatthew 4:4 "Man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'\n\nMark 10:15 "Truly I say to you ,whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."\n\nLuke 6:20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say "blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."\n\nJohn 1:1 and 3:16\n"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.\n"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."\n\nRead the bible ask questions, check the answers against the Word of God.\nPlease feel free to email me if you have questions along the way.\n\nGod Bless.\nYou can look stuff up on\nChristianAnswers.net
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In our faith, we do not do this.\nWe believe as you, that our faith should be more private.\nWe do believe that we must let others see our faith, but not in Words or stickers...but in our actual lives.\nIt's better to live a sermon, than to preach one.\nJAMES 2:18\n    Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.\n \nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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Yes it's okay, but if they object then stop.  If you think they are going to object, don't tell them but, rather, include in your prayers that God will send someone they would be willing to receive the gospel of Christ.  Then, once they are saved, you can let them know you were praying for them.
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I know and to be a gospel it had to be written by one of the disciples or their assistant.  The gos[pel of Thomas, Judas etc, were NOT written by them.  The stuff that people will believe!
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It's not up to us to make you "see" the truth or accept it.  I can tell you the Good News of Jesus Christ, but it's His job to work on your heart.  My entire faith is based on Scripture.  It's all there, in black and white.  That is the proof I need.  That, and the changes in my life since I became a believer.  If you don't accept it, you won't understand it.  God bless you.
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You cannot prove to someone God exists, it has to be revealed to them by God himself, therefore, you must pray for them to receive a revelation. You are supposed to live a godly life and let people see God in you through the word of your testimony and through the way you live your life.\nMost people want to argue this question, and in turn, get caught up in the fervor of the argument. If you would just live your life to the best of your ability and live your life as Christ lived his life, keep your prayer life strong, and fast on a regular basis, you will not have to prove God's existence, people who are hungry for his word will come to you and ask you why you live the way you do. At this point you say to them, because I love the lord and I follow his teachings. He is in my heart and in my life. \nPeople notice everything you do. If you are sensitive to the spirit, then let the spirit guide you. Do not get caught up in arguing with others, focus on God and let him guide you. If you do this, then everything else just falls into place.\nA scripture to look at in the Bible is Galatians 1:10-12\n10: For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.\n11: But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.\n12: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Say: "O People of the Book! Let us rally to a common formula to be binding upon both us and you: That we worship none but God; that we associate no partners with Him; and that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than God." (Qu'ran, 3:64)\n\nThis is our call to the Jews, a People of the Book: As people who believe in God and obey His commands, let us come together in a common formula of "faith." Let us love God, the Lord and Creator of all of us. Let us abide by His commands. Let us pray to God to lead us further on the path of righteousness. Let us bring love, compassion, and peace to each other and the world, not hostility, bloodshed, and anguish.\n\nThat is where the solution to the Palestinian tragedy and other conflicts in the world lies. The deaths and suffering of so many innocent people remind us every day what an urgent task this is.\n\nSee the following site:\nhttp://www.palestiniantragedy.com/