Yes if you mean it is your desire (not a "job" involving remuneration) to worship God and to honor and praise him ...
technically there is remuneration in the end. i get saved.
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Yes if you mean it is your desire (not a "job" involving remuneration) to worship God and to honor and praise him ...
no, you missed the pertinent point...pro-active... We should tell people just not proactively pursue evangelism
“I don’t respect that at all. If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell or not getting eternal life or whatever, and you think that it’s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward, and atheists who think that people shouldn’t proselytize — ‘Just leave me alone, keep your religion to yourself.’
“How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize?” Jillette asked. “How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that? If I believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that a truck was coming at you and you didn’t believe it, and that truck was bearing down on you, there’s a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that.”
“This guy was a really good guy. He was polite and honest and sane, and he cared enough about me to proselytize and give me a Bible, which had written in it a little note to me — not very personal, but just ‘Liked your show,’ and then listed five phone numbers for him and an e-mail address if I wanted to get in touch,” Jillette said.
And where do you get that philosophy from because I don’t find it in the Bible?
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john 6...
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
black and white. It is Gods job to draw people. not yours or mine. he doesnt need our help although he sometimes uses it.
Doctrines of demons, it's in the churches, " not my job man" ! I have my secret Jesus just for me. It's all about self life, it's worldly things, setting up camp in the churches. Satan wins if he can shut you up.. The OP message screams of this . And the power in that is fear to proclaim the name Jesus before men. Make no mistake about that.
That said some literally are called to preach ( teachers, preachers, pastors, deacons, ie clergy, in church workers), others to cook out in the kitchen. All are called to give a gentle witness. Sometimes you're the only one at the side of a death bed or beside a co-worker in stress and you are the only one with The Answer for that person and the person doesn't even know to ask. And we are not called to let that person slip off into eternal hell and never open our mouths but to say it's not my job..
You are confused brother. Yes it is the work of God to draw people but he uses human beings as his instruments to aide the process.
so are you saying God is powerless without us and cannot accomplish this on his own without our help?
Why so dismissive? Did I offend you?Maybe you should go back and read what I said.
No, I’ve never had a spiritual experience I’m the abominable snowman.
Have a nice day man.
Why so dismissive? Did I offend you?
No, I’m not saying that but what I am saying is that YHWH uses people to accomplish the work of the gospel.
sure i agree. But the distinction is that we are ALLOWED to help, we arent needed. he does it because he wants us to be able to participate in his plan. but we are in no way obligated to evangelize. we are obligated to focus on our relationship with him. thats all
Now, I, for one, am of the opinion ... that the charge of evangelism (i.e. spreading the gospel) ... is upon the Church, rather than being specifically upon christians. Which is why God the Holy Spirit has placed Evangelists within the Church, perhaps beginning with Paul, the great evangelist.
According to John 6:45 the drawing is done when men are "taught" "heard" and "learn" then men come to Christ. So God's drawing is not some mysterious, miraculous event that occurs separately and apart from His word, the Bible, being taugh, heard and learned. God's drawing does not occur apart from evangelizing......no salvation apart from preaching, 1 Corinthians 1:21......john 6...
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
black and white. It is Gods job to draw people. not yours or mine. he doesnt need our help although he sometimes uses it.
According to John 6:45 the drawing is done when men are "taught" "heard" and "learn" then men come to Christ. So God's drawing is not some mysterious, miraculous event that occurs separately and apart from His word, the Bible, being taugh, heard and learned. God's drawing does not occur apart from evangelizing......no salvation apart from preaching, 1 Corinthians 1:21......
you keep coming back to the point that God somehow needs us or is powerless to do anything. why?
We are the body of Christ. What does a body do? It works.