- Ed Lueck
REGARDING WITNESSING TO THE LOST, I'VE HEARD FROM WAY TOO MANY CHRISTIANS, "THAT'S NOT MY CALLING FROM GOD! I'M A MUSICIAN, OR A CHOIR MEMBER. WITNESSING IS THE JOB FOR THE PREACHER, NOT ME!"Mark 16:15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
Jesus Christ's command to US is to "GO!" You say, "I'm not very good at talking to people whom I don't know. "How can someone like me," you say, "witness to the lost?"
THAT'S EASY!
I have a solution for all of you who have a fear about witnessing!
TRACTS! HOW ABOUT THEM?
Use them as an insert when you pay your bills!
Give them to the waitress when you eat out somewhere!
Give them out to people who come to your front house door!
Hand them out to everyone where you buy and sell, especially the cashier!
As you're walking into a store, hand them out to people coming out! Tell them that you'd like to share some "Good News" with them! (Who isn't interested in "Good News" in a day which is mostly devoid of good news!?)
This is how I started witnessing to people 35 years ago! This eventually gave me the "courage" to more freely speak about their eternity, either with the Saviour, or without Him suffering in darkness, BURNING in flames that NEVER go out!
Each person whom you see day to day is either going to spend their afterlife in unbelievable joy unspeakable and full of glory, or burning in darkness! (Read Luke 16:19-31 for the ONLY Biblical account of someone speaking out from hell to warn others!)
When we see people the way in which Jesus Christ sees them, He can change our desire to serve our Master! His life, after all, is the reason why WE have in turn been given life when we received Him as our LORD and Saviour!
Remember, Isaiah 55:11 "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
GOD'S WORD SHALL NEVER RETURN TO HIM EMPTY! Be instant in witnessing when you feel like it, and when you don't! GOD GETS ALL OF THE GLORY ANYWAY! Our job is simply planting seeds!
The Holy Spirit's job is then saving those souls! It's called... teamwork!
