How can I convince someone to believe in Jesus?
Q: How can you convince someone to believe in Jesus when they don't think the Bible is true? My neighbor is a good person, but when I quote the Bible to her or tell her she needs to have her sins forgiven she just laughs.
A: No matter how hard we try or how many arguments we present, ultimately only God can persuade a person that the Gospel is true. Jesus said, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44).
This is why the most important thing you can do for your neighbor is to pray for her. Right now, she doesn't believe she has any need to have her sins forgiven -- and therefore she doesn't believe she needs Christ. She takes pride in her goodness -- but her pride is like a barrier that must be torn down. Pray that she will face her own spiritual emptiness, and that God will convict her of her self-righteousness and her need for Christ. The Bible says the Holy Spirit "will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment" (John 16:8).
Then ask God to help you be a witness to her by the way you live -- including the way you react when things don't go the way you wish they would. Anyone can be at peace when things are going well -- but how do you react when things turn against you? The Bible says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness" (Galatians 5:22). Are these evident in your life?
God has given this neighbor to you; she isn't there by chance. Ask Him to help you be a blessing to her by pointing her to Christ, who alone can give her hope for this life and the next.
Billy Graham
Q: How can you convince someone to believe in Jesus when they don't think the Bible is true? My neighbor is a good person, but when I quote the Bible to her or tell her she needs to have her sins forgiven she just laughs.
A: No matter how hard we try or how many arguments we present, ultimately only God can persuade a person that the Gospel is true. Jesus said, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44).
This is why the most important thing you can do for your neighbor is to pray for her. Right now, she doesn't believe she has any need to have her sins forgiven -- and therefore she doesn't believe she needs Christ. She takes pride in her goodness -- but her pride is like a barrier that must be torn down. Pray that she will face her own spiritual emptiness, and that God will convict her of her self-righteousness and her need for Christ. The Bible says the Holy Spirit "will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment" (John 16:8).
Then ask God to help you be a witness to her by the way you live -- including the way you react when things don't go the way you wish they would. Anyone can be at peace when things are going well -- but how do you react when things turn against you? The Bible says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness" (Galatians 5:22). Are these evident in your life?
God has given this neighbor to you; she isn't there by chance. Ask Him to help you be a blessing to her by pointing her to Christ, who alone can give her hope for this life and the next.
Billy Graham
2 comments:
I read your blog titled "How can I convince someone to believe in Jesus?" David...
I have a doubt... You had stated, "She doesn't believe she has any need to have her sins forgiven."
Why should one need to have his or her sins forgiven? The minute one is born, GOD writes out his or her entire fate, from what one does, to whom one get married, to when one dies... Right?
In which case, if a person has committed a sin, that is because GOD has written that persons fate to commit the sin in the first case. When god knows, our every action, why should one go and ask for forgiveness?
Sorry if I asked anything wrong, after all what has happened, I have lost belief in life... and the cause of existence...
For me, leading a life, without doing any harm to anyone, leave alone doing good, and leading a straight life, and doing our duty completely, for that is what we are here for… is what is my prayer...
I believe, what is to happen, as accustomed by fate will happen, and there is no changing that by any means...
This was one article my brother wrote David:
http://thelampros.blogspot.com/2006/01/religion-and-relationships.html
Aarthi, me, all of us felt it was true...
Have a look at it...
Dear Ravi, you will get a clear answer here:
http://groups.google.com/group/of-the-lord/web/faqs
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