Spiritual Progress: Evangelism

The spreading of the gospel is one of the most important responsibilities of the church. What are some common reasons why many churches and many Christians are slacking in their evangelism?

The spreading of the Gospel hinders religion by getting folks to read the Bible and ask questions that often run in the face of the tenets of the religion...”Don’t you dare question us - just give us your money and do everything we say and you’ll do just fine - here’s your pre-printed ‘donation’ envelopes with the required amount in bold....”

The Apostle Paul said in the Book of Romans that there comes a time in a civilization when the people become so hardened to and enamored with sin that people will turn to sin because God supernaturally places within them a reprobate mind--a mind that so befuddled and confused that it cannot and will not comprehend spiritual truth. In that time, people will begin to worship in pagan ways and commit heinous, unnatural sexual acts. And they will encourage others to do so because those, they say, are now the natural standards. (For example, when I was in college, as a psychology major, I took a course entitled abnormal psychology. The textbook was 2 1/2 inches thick. Now, some 50 years later, the Democrat Party has included most of that abnormal behavior into its platform. Don't laugh. Many who call themselves conservatives are accepting of some of that same behavior.)

So, Paul writing again said that, in a time with conditions such as these--in II Timothy 4:3--"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear."

Again, don't laugh. Because many who call themselves conservative agree with those refuse to listen to the Truth of Scripture.

Too many Christians do not know the Lord personally and do not have a walk and relationship with Him. Evangelism is a natural and spontaneous result of a believer who walks with God and who are full of the Holy Spirit.......read the book of Acts.

Evangelism has to be manufactured and worked up by those committed to religious organizations where commitment to the organization and its activities/programs replace and substitute for an intimate and personal relationship with the living God through His Son, the Lord Jesus.

Jus sayin’.........

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