The world today seems to say that what you believe is a private matter. It is all right if you believe something but you should not bother other people with what you believe. Keep it all to yourself.
Some parents boast that they will not even teach their children their religion. This, of course, means that they have none that they believe to be true.
Just because what one believes is quite personal it does not mean that it must be kept private.
The problem with truth is that it cannot share its throne with any error. Truth, by definition is the enemy of all error. When Pilate asked, “What is truth?” he walked away. Jesus had told His disciples that He is truth and Life and the only way to the Father. (John 14:6 ) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.)
The trouble with Christianity is that it allows for no other way to heaven. All other religions provide for an entrance into heaven another way. Jesus said that those who enter another way are thieves and robbers. ( John 20:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.)
Now here is where what you believe that is personal should not be kept private. When you see a skull and cross bones on a package of poison. What you believe demands that you warn others in other words don’t keep it private.
If you see a building on fire and believe that people should escape and do not warn them you would be wrong. So, if you believe that there is a hell and that without Christ people will spend their eternity there, you need to make the others aware. You cannot save anyone from hell but your responsibility is to warn them and to tell them about Christ.
As a Christian, you can share what you believe. If they say, “But I don’t believe that” your response should be to tell them that “That is what the bible says, “He that believeth not shall be damned”, (Mark 16:16 ) Whoever believes .. will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
That’s all. Do not add anything to it. Logic will not convert but the Holy Spirit can.
That’s all. Do not add anything to it. Logic will not convert but the Holy Spirit can.
The more you witness to others the easier it is to remain faithful. A story is told of a young man who wanted to go to Bible College. He told his congregation that he planned to work for a Logging company. They tried to warn him that working around men like that would mean a great deal of teasing and tormenting. He went anyway. He returned to inform the church people that he did not experience any hazing. They were surprised until he explained, “They did not even guess that I was a Christian!”
State your position early in every relationship for while it is personal it is not private. (Pastor George Van Sandt)
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “Most people want to serve God but only in an advisory capacity.” – Dr. Adrian Rogers
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