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Skrevet af Jørn Nielsen   
Søndag, 11. oktober 2009 05:48


”But we were gentle among you…we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us!”  1 Th. 2:7-8


Try to put yourself in the shoes of an unbeliever.  How are you going to reach him/her?  By posting a  gospel tract?  Or by writing an article?  Or preaching a nice sermon at a place where only Christians would meet up?  Or may-be singing or chatting in the local radio?  Or what?


The non-Christians watch TV like you and me.  They learn about religious sects and their fanaticism.  And now your gospel tract shows up.  What happens?  You are probably looked upon as one of those religious fanatics.  May-be I´m putting the subject to extremes, but still….


One morning I gave my  card (I don´t call it a ”tract”) to a gentleman on the road.  My little card has an extremely brief message with a beautiful lay-out garnished with the Danish flag plus other Nordic flags.  He looked at it and put the question to me:  ”What sect, Sir?”  I asked him, “Why that question?”  He replied, ”I noticed the words ”Jesus Christ”!  That may sound strange in the US, but over here the mere mentioning of Jesus Christ must be sectarian!


My point is simple.  Do use the printed word and the mass media, if you can.  But soul winning takes more than that.  It implies a life.  The personal contact must be there.  An angry newspaper reader has been extremely cruel to me over the years in the local columns.  My column discussions with him led to nothing, until I one day I saw with him and his sick wife personally in their home abt. one hour´s drive from here.  That changed everything.  We are now friends, at least.


The old soul winner rule should still be gently applied with sincere love and wisdom and never be forgotten:  “Win them for yourself – and then for Christ!”


-jn-



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