Matthew 28:19
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations,[a] baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
James 1:22
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
This was a tough and convicting discussion out of lack of my own personal action or actual inaction. Sure a blog is one thing, but sharing my faith face to face with a harden atheist is another. We all seem to settle into a comfort zone of not really sharing our faith and only declaring it to friends and fellow Christians. Otherwise it’s a difficult conversation we don’t want to have.
You’d think I would be comfortable having read the NIV, NLT and the ESV translations of the Bible. With such a simple message I still have a confidence problem. Right now I am looking for a mentor who would walk with me and let me observer the fundamentals. It’s something I think would help all to get into the trenches and help serve others.
The best approach I have heard was after becoming involved, serving them, before leaving and never seeing them again, mention you are a Christian and was wondering if there was anything you could pray about for them. This is a simple non-aggressive method to actually share your faith without asking them if they believe they are good and if they are going to heaven or hell.
All we need is an open door to share the Gospel and help save another life, eternally. If we don’t have a mentor, the Bible gives excellent examples of the way to do it in Jesus’ life. Notice He never browbeat people over their faith unless they were hypocrites. I think part 1 is just read the examples and try to apply them. Do what you feel comfortable doing when meeting people and just slip in the faith thing, let them ask.
The other thing is get a group of friends in the same place you are and become accountable to one and other. This semester’s small group that I am planning to lead will be titled “GO … DO” and we will create groups to be accountable with each other. We will explore Jesus’s example and try to apply it each week. If it requires going out together or solo, just as long as at least one contact is made.