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Matthew 13:47 the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.
James 2:8 Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Jesus Loved first. He Spiritually implied, within the full context of John, that the Forgiven Adulterous and the Healed Paralytic should "UNBELIEVE" no more. Short and Sweet. This is the goal that I am impressed to meet within this OP.
When we witness, never forget, there is only one type of sinner that God can't forgive and assist. God can't help the self righteous. Every other broken human being out there is potential soil for the Good news. No matter how hated the sin is by the brick and mortar body, remember that Jesus bore all sins upon Himself, though He was guilty of NONE.
Modern Christian Logic has forced many people to witness as Moral authorities. Remember, The Gospel is leveling! We are all condemned as "Sinners" (Active Tense). If the question is asked by the person being witnessed to; "Is xyz a sin"? It's most likely found in Moses. With all confidence, one can reply; "That is in Moses, The Law, which is a good thing, because all of my sins are found in Moses, The Law, also." Jesus Crucified our Life Debt of sin within His innocent Body and freed us from the condemnation of All Sin.
From that point, we can then explain that Jesus did this so He could dwell inside of our souls, as we are, not how religion "expects us to be". This is sufficient for Salvation! The Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ, once asked within a person's life will do work within that person's soul that will bring them home. Have faith in Jesus as the Witness, that allowing Jesus to work through you to simply invite Jesus into their life and REPENT (Change their minds from faith in self to faith in Jesus), is MORE than sufficient. Trust the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ to do the rest. As surely as you ask a person to turn to Christ, have faith that Jesus will do the rest! There is ZERO need to follow through with a list of behavioral modifications and know that it is against the Gospel to tell a sinner that they can't be saved until they "stop sinning". That is making the Blood of Jesus Christ not only impotent to save in speech, but it is most definitely defining "Grace" as nothing more than a license to sin.
Forgive the metaphor, but think of it like this. We hook em and the Holy Spirit cleans em and fries them up to His specifications.
If anyone judges you in witness for doing this, don't worry, because the Pharisees didn't like it when Jesus did it, either.
James 2:8 Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Jesus Loved first. He Spiritually implied, within the full context of John, that the Forgiven Adulterous and the Healed Paralytic should "UNBELIEVE" no more. Short and Sweet. This is the goal that I am impressed to meet within this OP.
When we witness, never forget, there is only one type of sinner that God can't forgive and assist. God can't help the self righteous. Every other broken human being out there is potential soil for the Good news. No matter how hated the sin is by the brick and mortar body, remember that Jesus bore all sins upon Himself, though He was guilty of NONE.
Modern Christian Logic has forced many people to witness as Moral authorities. Remember, The Gospel is leveling! We are all condemned as "Sinners" (Active Tense). If the question is asked by the person being witnessed to; "Is xyz a sin"? It's most likely found in Moses. With all confidence, one can reply; "That is in Moses, The Law, which is a good thing, because all of my sins are found in Moses, The Law, also." Jesus Crucified our Life Debt of sin within His innocent Body and freed us from the condemnation of All Sin.
From that point, we can then explain that Jesus did this so He could dwell inside of our souls, as we are, not how religion "expects us to be". This is sufficient for Salvation! The Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ, once asked within a person's life will do work within that person's soul that will bring them home. Have faith in Jesus as the Witness, that allowing Jesus to work through you to simply invite Jesus into their life and REPENT (Change their minds from faith in self to faith in Jesus), is MORE than sufficient. Trust the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ to do the rest. As surely as you ask a person to turn to Christ, have faith that Jesus will do the rest! There is ZERO need to follow through with a list of behavioral modifications and know that it is against the Gospel to tell a sinner that they can't be saved until they "stop sinning". That is making the Blood of Jesus Christ not only impotent to save in speech, but it is most definitely defining "Grace" as nothing more than a license to sin.
Forgive the metaphor, but think of it like this. We hook em and the Holy Spirit cleans em and fries them up to His specifications.
If anyone judges you in witness for doing this, don't worry, because the Pharisees didn't like it when Jesus did it, either.
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