How Do You Witness to Those in Cults and Other Religions?

Living Waters ^ | 3/4/2020 | Ray Comfort

[Gamecock]

Ping

[cuban leaf]

Share the gospel and let the holy spirit do its work.

Some say that there are sheep and there are goats. I say there are found sheep, lost sheep, and goats. Believers are found sheep. The rest fall into one of the other two groups. When you share the gospel to a lost sheep, they eventually come to be a found sheep. When you share the gospel with a goat, you get endless grief, often ramped up the more you try.

So just share the GOOD news (none of that hell baloney), and let the holy spirit do its work. You may never even see them come into the fold, but you’ll know about it after this life. :)

[DIRTYSECRET]

I read “The True Believer”. Recommended by Ike.

[MrEdd]

You can’t make any difference of any sort when you start with a false premise, and this piece absolutely does.

While many cults are works based, a great many others deny the very concept of sin and those must be approached differently

[Poison Pill]

Their adherents believe they have to do something to earn their way to heaven

Switching to your religion is doing something. If there is no need to do anything then religion, including your, is pointless.

[uptowngirl]

A question you can ask is: what can you offer me that is better than what I have as a Christian? Everything they offer is based on having to work for it somehow.

[Terry L Smith]

Do these so-called ‘witnessers’ realize that in their attempts to be good little christians getting their ‘witnesser’ card punched, that they are crapping on someone else’s 1st Amendment rights, if those being talked at, are American citizens?

[justme4now]

Do these so-called ‘witnessers’ realize that in their attempts to be good little christians getting their ‘witnesser’ card punched, that they are crapping on someone else’s 1st Amendment rights, if those being talked at, are American citizens?

Translation please?

[Roman_War_Criminal]

There is JOY in knowing Christ and His Salvation.

1 Thessalonians 5:16

Show it!

You’d be surprised how many people will come up to you wondering what’s your secret.

Sometimes a simple smile to anonymous people will bring about conversations as well.

With all that his going on in the world, the lost are looking for answers in all of the wrong places. They need Jesus!

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Oh poo.....

Acts 5:29

Flattering folks with 1st Amendment “rights” straight into hell.

[Sir_Ed]

The 1st Anendment doesn’t mean you have the right to not hear things you disagree with!

If you don’t like Christian proselytizing, just say “no thanks,” and walk away! Don’t say “how dare you violate my 1st Amendment rights to not be talked at!”

[Tell It Right]

Terry is confused about our 1st Amendment rights, believes it means the right to not be offended by other people’s 1st Amendment rights. :)

[PeterPrinciple]

Mat_10:14  And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Mar_6:11  And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

Luk_9:5  And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

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What does God say on the matter?

The “shaking the dust story” is told in 3 of the Gospels so that should get our attention. Each has a different flavor, adding to the recipe.

What exactly was the message? Clues are given if anyone wants to read in context. But it was the same message the that the Prophets preached, that John the Baptist preached, that Jesus preached, that the Apostles preached.............................an offensive message that takes “ears to hear”.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

“none of that hell baloney”

By which I presume you mean to not focus on the eternal damnation aspect of (lack of) salvation?

[righttackle44]

There are some who cannot be witnessed to, either because they are incapable of understanding spiritual truth (Romans 1:18-32), or because The Sin so unpardonable that the Holy Spirit will not visit them (Matthew 12:30-32)."

I have even heard of Christians who say we should go ahead and witness to the unpardonable on the off chance they really did not commit that horrid sin. (I have even read Christians who say that it is impossible in this age to commit the unpardonable sin.) But I John 5:16-17 says this: 16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

John says that there is a sin that leads to death, and that we should not even pray for that one. The one agrees with the case and number of the sin in the Greek language.

[cuban leaf]

My point is that when you come up to a person that believes this life is all there is, and then you die, and you give them “good news” that they are going to be tortured for all eternity, that’s not “good news”.

The message is called the “good news” because we are all created to live and then die, thanks in part to our nature that was demonstrated in the garden and continues to be demonstrated through the entire history of man.

But Jesus offers a better way - accept his free gift and enjoy an eternity with Him, beginning the day you accept.

It’s how it’s done in Acts. That is an excellent guide to how to do it.

[PeterPrinciple]

What exactly was the message?

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Remember there are words and music. Some have the music, but not the words, others have the words but not the music.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Do these so-called ‘witnessers’ realize that in their attempts to be good little christians getting their ‘witnesser’ card punched, that they are crapping on someone else’s 1st Amendment rights, if those being talked at, are American citizens?

Well, you might explain your thinking on that...

If I have good news, why wouldn't I want to share it? How in the world is that an infringement on someone else's FA rights? Not sharing it would be, if I catch your drift (and I admit I'm not sure I do) an infringement on my FA rights?

[MayflowerMadam]

Witness to them from your heart as best you can, then turn it over to the Holy Spirit to work in their hearts.