Sharing your faith with friends isn’t something that is so difficult that it is untenable. Think about it. You recommend good places to eat to your friends all the time. You recommend good movies to your mates all the time. Is it really so hard? In a sense it is, but in a sense, its not. One of the main deterrents is probably the fear of man. Fear that others would think you are weird. But that is pride. That is like saying that the work that was done by the apostles and Jesus himself is beneath us. It is like saying the work of evangelism is not worthy of our time.
Another main deterrent that is equally horrible is apathy. Ray Comfort calls it ‘depraved indifference’. As Charles Spurgeon once put it, God save us from living in comfort while sinners are sinking into Hell! Our compassion for others should overwhelm our apathy and pride so that witnessing becomes something we do on a constant basis! Not once in a blue moon! If we pray, sing, read and do church regularly, why do we not witness regularly?
I have set myself the goal of witnessing to as many friends and acquaintances as possible in Frankston by the end of the year. I had to start in my own home. I have two housemates who are open to listening about Jesus but yet to receive him. I ‘reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the coming day of judgment (Acts 24:25)’ but as of yet there is no fruit. Hope springs eternal. I just found out an acquaintance of mine listens to indie music. Maybe that can be a springboard to a witnessing opportunity.
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