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Originally Posted by Esaias
Good post. However, I would add that a lot of Christians fail to witness but not because they don't love God, but rather because they expect push back, and aren't prepared or don't know how to respond to it.
Also, witnessing is often presented to people as some kind of advanced theological debating exercise, and many are intimidated by that, and thinking that's what witnessing involves, shy away from it.
Personal witnessing, however, isn't quite the same as the work of an evangelist.
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Esaias,
With all due respect, who cares about the push-back. We're not in this to feel some type of "emotional high" because there was no resistance or push-back.
Of course we're going to encounter resistance or push-back. However, that's not our problem. We've been instructed to spread the gospel, regardless of what we might encounter.
If I received a four letter word from someone not wanting to hear me, I just do a
Matthew 10:14 and keep walking.
We do have to possess basic information about what we're preaching. And if they choose debate, such as you mentioned earlier, that's even better.
Use that as a tool to set-up a bible study with them, and when you get home, study your butt off in preparation for that bible study.
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