"The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil." - John 7:7I'm learning some very interesting things. Not so long ago I learned that God doesn't need me; as he is able to raise up rocks to do his bidding. Recently, I've learned that I cannot persuade a person to believe the gospel. Now granted, I've long known this, but I think I now realize this to a greater degree. Let me explain. When I witness to a person about Christ, I aim in using all faculties in the hopes of making myself clear, that I might be understood by the listener. I aim to reason, so I used my intellect. I aim to listen, so I pay attention. I aim to not offend, so I use wit and I laugh with folks. Now that being said, I feel that God given me a greater understanding of some truth. On Saturday, before I went out to evangelize, I had the following thought: Apart from God doing a work in some one's heart, my best effort in presenting the gospel will amount to one of two things - 1.) foolishness at best, and 2.) offensive nonsense at worse. Not only does this thought humble me - and I'm glad it does - but it scares me as well!
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