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To: daniel1212

Honestly, what in the world are you reading, or with what glasses? The Bible certainly does not just tell souls God loves them and leave them to figure out for themselves that they have fallen short and need a savior!
***I heard a statistic that in America, 99.5% of us have heard of Jesus, and that He died for our sins. That part of the bible’s message has already gotten through. The Holy Spirit’s job is to convict of sin and He has done that already. People don’t need to hear what they’ve already heard. They need to hear what they have not heard.


38 posted on 05/14/2013 8:10:41 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: Kevmo
Honestly, what in the world are you reading, or with what glasses? The Bible certainly does not just tell souls God loves them and leave them to figure out for themselves that they have fallen short and need a savior! ***I heard a statistic that in America, 99.5% of us have heard of Jesus, and that He died for our sins. That part of the bible’s message has already gotten through. The Holy Spirit’s job is to convict of sin and He has done that already. People don’t need to hear what they’ve already heard. They need to hear what they have not heard.

Simply giving facts about Jesus is no more the gospel preaching than just telling them God loves them, but as shown by Jesus who spoke of judgment more than heaven, it involves showing the lost their sins in the light of God's holiness and justice, in which light they can see their need for grace and be motivated to be saved. As seen in Scripture.

If you want statistics then you came to the right person. See here .

24% of the public overall and 22% of Christians say they believe in reincarnation -- that people will be reborn in this world again and again. 25% of the public overall, and 23% of Christians [so-called] indicated they believe in astrology. http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/multiplefaiths/multiplefaiths.pdf),

Nearly 30% of Americans reported that they have felt in touch with someone who had died, (33% of women versus 26% of men). Almost 20% say they have seen or been in the presence of ghosts, while 15% have consulted a fortuneteller or a psychic.^

65% of American adults expressed belief in or reported of having experience with at least one of 8 different manifestations of occultic supernatural phenomena: 1. reincarnation; 2. spiritual energy located in physical things; 3. yoga as spiritual practice; 4. the "evil eye;" 5. astrology; 6; having been in touch with the dead; 7. having consulting a psychic; 8. having experiencing a ghostly encounter. This includes 23% of the general population who reported having only one of these beliefs or experiences, while 43% of the people surveyed answered two or more of these items affirmatively.^

52 posted on 05/14/2013 9:02:40 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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