Bring Them to Christ
There is a soft cover book written by R. A. Torrey
with the title; "How to Bring Them to Christ." (Pub.
Whitaker House, 1984) Torrey has been with our
Lord for years. I have an interest in older books and
picked up a copy recently, in a used book store.
The following is a paraphrase of advice he offers
on the first page of the book we might keep in mind
before endeavoring to lead a soul to our Lord;
In Preparing to win souls one must turn from all
sin, worldliness and self interest from the heart, and
yield the lordship over our thinking, our actions and
purposes to Jesus Christ. If we insist on going our
own way we will never have the power of the Holy
Spirit on our lives. Those we might have won could
be lost forever. This principle is applicable to every
situation in the life of a child of God.
This principle has given me pause, when reflecting
on my life, thoughts, and lifestyle in a real way. If we
are concerned with the condition of our culture, we
will be willing to get among our friends, neighbors
and acquaintances with the healing message of our
Christ. The need to develop this attitude is critical.
We find preparation for this effort is likened to war-
fare by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6: 11-19.
From here I will continue reading this book and
would counsel you to obtain one where possible.
donporter, sr 9.19.14
1 comment:
Don, this particular blog AND yesterday's sermon by my pastor was a culmination of the Holy Spirit working heavily in my life for the past 3 weeks. My Counselor has directed me in seeing my friends on Facebook noticing my profound love of the Lord (one can only Hope they do) by their comments of late whereas they haven't before, having me hopefully help to bring a few, and one specifically, to Him, and cleaning up my Likes and Comments whether they are on my friends' posts or on those of my close family members. I'd also this past week cleaned up and deleted anything not having a direct reference to Yahweh or His Word. I live my personal life this way and to do so in opposition because 'everyone else' Likes pages or whatever was putting a strain on the Peace of God's Grace I normally feel. I felt quite free by doing the paring down. Then I was forced to respond to a comment by a friend which begged (with a tug from the Lord) to be answered. There is no other way to put it, for this young man has tried to debate me for the past several months about 'religion'. This time the question was and could have only come from an open heart or a crack in his heart. My pastor's sermon led me to inquire of him how best to proceed and told him how and what I'd said. Now, your blog re. bringing others to Christ and how best to do so. There are no coincidences in God's Book, no luck, good or bad, just a reason for everything. I know this explicitly as I could write a very lengthy book on how God has taken the least little thing in my life and used it for a reason. He is so amazing to be supernatural! Thank you for this blog. God surely has something big in the works in regards to my friends on Facebook. My husband and I have a ministry Page already, yet, what H's doing is in my personal page. I so look forward with jubilation to the Blessings which are coming for my friends.
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