Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Tell Them About Heaven and Hell!


This is an excerpt of an email to Ray Comfort from an atheist. (See wayofthemaster.com for a copy of this as well as for more information on sharing your faith!)
Ray,

You are really convinced that you've got all the answers.  You've really got yourself tricked into believing that you're 100% right. Well, let me tell you just one thing. Do you consider yourself to be compassionate of other humans? If you're right, as you say you are, and believe that, then how can you sleep at night? When you speak with me you are speaking with someone who you believe is walking directly into eternal damnation into an endless onslaught of horrendous pain which your 'loving' god created, yet you stand by and do nothing.

If you believe one bit that thousands every day were falling into an eternal and unreacheable fate, you should be running the streets mad with rage at their blindness.  That's equivalent to standing on a street corner and watching every person that passes you walk blindly directly into the path of a bus and die, yet you stand idly by and do nothing. You're just twiddling your thumbs, happy in the knowledge that one day that 'walk' signal will shine your way across the road.

Think about it. Imagine the horrors Hell must have in store if the bible is true. You're just going to allow that to happen and not care about saving anyone but yourself? If you're right then you're an uncaring, unemotional and purely selfish (expletive) that has no right to talk about subjects such as love and caring.

James Franz 


Wow.  What a letter!  I've read this letter several times, and each time I'm convicted. I do believe in Heaven and I do believe in Hell. I believe, with all my heart, that the Bible is truth.  Those that have a personal relationship with Jesus will inherit eternal life in Heaven, while those that do not will inherit Hell. It is my responsibility to share my faith with the others around me, not out of judgement but out of love for them.

I'm finding there are many ways for Christians to witness to others about their faith in Jesus Christ. Here are a few of my favorites:

1.  The Roman Road -  Highlight the following verses in your Bible: Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:8, Romans 10: 9-10, and Romans 10:13.  These verses tell the story of the Gospels very clearly. It's an easy way to point someone to Jesus.
2.  One-Verse Evangelism using Romans 6:23 -  This is a great technique for sharing your faith using one verse. You can write out the verse like what is shown below on a napkin or piece of paper.
3.  Your smart phone - There's a phone application for everything these days, including applications for how to share your faith.  Just search for "share Jesus" on your phone application store and see all the applications you can use.  There's even one called Roman Road which uses the Romans Road mentioned above!

  • How do you share Jesus with others?
  • How can we direct those we encounter to spiritual conversations in order to have more opportunities to share our faith?

Jesus, help us to be bold in our faith and help us have courage to share our faith with others every day. I believe Your Word so I know that hell is real. I don't want anyone to go to hell because I failed to tell them about You.  You are an amazing, loving, grace-giving, and faithful God and I love you. - In Jesus' precious name ~ Amen.

For a deeper study:
  • Read the Roman Road as referenced above and highlight it in your Bible. Practice telling someone about Jesus using the Roman Road.
  • Draw Romans 6:23 as suggested in the above picture. Practice telling someone about Jesus using Romans 6:23 and this diagram. (Search for "one verse evangelism" on YouTube and you will find some great examples of this!)
  • Find a smart phone application on sharing your faith. Practice telling someone about Jesus using the application.
  • Check out the web site wayofthemaster.com .  Follow the button "getting equipped" to learn more about their witnessing tools and even watch videos of them witnessing to others on the streets. It's a great way of using the 10 Commandments to bring people to Jesus.  Also, on this site you will find other witnessing tools such as tracts that you an hand out.




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