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Originally Posted by Timmy
What do you guys tell unbelievers who never were believers? How do you (if you do!) try to get them to believe as you do, and to do what they need to do to be saved?
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According to the Bible our job is to proclaim the gospel. God has the responsibility to "convert" people as He chooses. When WE try to do God's job, trying to "sell" the gospel and do everything we can to "convince" people, we invariably pervert the gospel into a marketing ploy or gimmick. And the results are tons of weak, self centered Christians who tend to fall out with God as soon as trouble comes along.
Paul said "Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel." That is, Paul wasn't sent to "win people to Jesus", he was sent to proclaim the gospel (saving people is God's job).
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