Should we share the gospel against people's will?

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Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Is preaching the Gospel to someone who doesn't want to hear it casting pearls before swine?
 

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Is preaching the Gospel to someone who doesn't want to hear it casting pearls before swine?

YES. Don't waste your time:

Matthew 10:14
If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

Revelation 22:11
1Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.” 12“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to each person according to what he has done.…
 
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Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Is preaching the Gospel to someone who doesn't want to hear it casting pearls before swine?
Nope. Any person has the right to choose whether they want to listen to the gospel or not. And once they have heard the message, they have the choice whether to accept it as truth and accept Christ as Saviour.

We have religions that force their message on people. I believe any commitment to such a religion has no moral value to God whatsoever. They may give lip service to it but their hearts are far away from God.

I don't believe in Christian witnessing that has the form of insurance or Amway selling. That never wins people to Christ. When the Samaritans saw the power of the Holy Spirit in the healings and deliverances through Philip, then they gave heed to his teaching.

Hellfire techniques to get people to listen to the gospel and to get them to become Christians has no moral value and does not produce genuine converts to Christ. Frightening people into the kingdom is not God's way.

Jesus never forced Himself on anyone. He gave the invitation to the disciples and they followed Him. He says that His sheep know His voice and they follow Him. He is not a Kiwi or Australian sheepdog that barks at the heels of the sheep to drive them along.

Even when the rich young ruler refused His invitation to follow Him, He did not go running after Him to force him.
 
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Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Is preaching the Gospel to someone who doesn't want to hear it casting pearls before swine?
Proclamation involves more emphasis on the will of God than on people's supposed receptiveness. Wisdom is of course needed in many situations; and we are not responsible for the way people receive the Gospel: this is the task of the Holy Spirit.
 
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Should we share the gospel against people's will?

I think this can be applied:


Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on. As you enter into the household, greet it. If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you. Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. Most assuredly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

Matt. 10:11-15
 
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Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Is preaching the Gospel to someone who doesn't want to hear it casting pearls before swine?

You should never get up any ones nose which is always counter productive; if you pitch a tent and encourage people to come and hear and have a barbeque then you change the dynamics; sometimes a debate can help but people have be there at their own volition.
 
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Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Is preaching the Gospel to someone who doesn't want to hear it casting pearls before swine?

When preaching the gospel to the enemies. We are not to judge as to whether they will accept it or not, by trying to gauge their initial resistance.
Many muslims who resisted many witnesses of Jesus finally had moments like Soul of Tarsus (Paul) and then embraced the gospel more so than those who preached it to them.

Scripture also lends itself to the idea that we too as gentiles were once enemies....

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Romans 5:10)

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled (Colossians 1:21)

So we are not to judge the outcome as to whether an enemy accepts it or not, rather we are obligated in our duties to proclaim the gospel regardless of the perceived outcome.

I give you another example....

Say a company employed your services to hand out advertisements of its products to every household in a suburb. When handing out these flyers do you decide whether to give a household that flyer or not, based on your perception of the outcome, as to whether they will at all buy a product. For example let us say the product is ham and you know that the house is occupied by muslims, are you in a position to decide to not give that household a flyer, no matter how obvious it may seen to you?

No, your obligation is to deliver the flyer for every household, that is what you have been employed to do. This is similar for the great commission to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, you are obligated to preach it regardless of your perception as to the outcome of doing so.

Does your perception of what may seem obvious to you, pardon you from discharging your obligation as a witness of Jesus Christ?

Absolutely not!
 
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