Actually Jesus did say something about it
Posted By: sbMT on 2008-10-17
In Reply to: I believe people are still inspired.... sm - m
because Jesus is God and God is Jesus and the Holy Spirit is God and Jesus and Jesus and God are the Holy Spirit
:-D
How's that for confusing?
The Bible would not have survived to this day if God didn't agree with it. I said this in another post:
If someone wrote a book about what you "said" and it wasn't really what you said, wouldn't you do everything in your power to get rid of it? Now, if you had God's power, it'd be pretty easy to get rid of right?
Check out this page. It is a shortened version of the book by Josh McDowell I mentioned.
http://www.livingwaters.com/witnessingtool/Biblestandsalone.shtml
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1) No, you cannot go up to someone and say "YOU ARE A SINNER! REPENT" and expect a positive reaction. I think that God will give you opportunities to talk to people. When those opportunities arise, you ask for their permission to speak with them about it. If they say no, you drop it. I believe that God will open the hearts of those who are ready to hear it. If they do give you permission, you don't say "YOU are a sinner because I saw YOU lying to so and so, I heard that YOU were sleeping with so and so and you're not married, etc." At the moment of witnessing to someone, you better believe Satan is standing right there waiting for you to slip up so he can turn it against you. I think a better thing would be to say "Well God tells us in the Bible that WE are ALL sinners no matter what we do. That is why we need Jesus.
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