“We are not to advertise the stupid things we do and most of my witnessing would include stupid things, so what kind of a witness would that be?”
I don’t know what you may have done, so I can’t really say. However, I was thinking of something like, “God really does forgive us, because he showed up and told me so.”
“People who are whole so to speak only need the word of our savior, it is people who are in bad trouble that may need shaken up.”
Perhaps your experiences might be the spark that ignites faith in someone else.
21st century Americans who have a supernatural experience are mostly inclined to hush up about it.
21st century Americans who have a supernatural experience are mostly inclined to hush up about it.
In demonstrating how the mule would work he first took a two by four and wacked the mule over the head explaining that getting the mules attention was the first step.
God can get our attention in that same way but then do we preach the word of God or do we talk of our experience which people may or may not believe.
While I do not believe there is anything wrong with relating experiences, ( if I did I would not be doing it ) I believe my experiences are because that is what I needed.
God knows who his people are but some times and I believe quite often they do not know it.
Paul is a good example in this case, he was not a believer in Jesus and in fact he was an anti Jesus, God got his attention.
1 tim 1
15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me;
1 Corinthians 9
9 Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
There may have been many people especially in Asia doubting Paul because they did not believe the experience he told about because it was only his word.
And it was obviously being questioned in Corinth which is why he was being examined.
We don`t know what the problem was but since I have some doubt about Pauls word on his experience I believe it is likely.
So fine, we can tell people about our experiences but don`t expect them to take it as gospel because after our experience we are to preach the word of God instead of our experience.