Are We Bringing People to Christ or Driving Them Away? Ep 286

Have you ever been turned off by someone's hardriving fire and brimstone evangelism.  It typically comes with great fervor and intention, but the delivery leaves a lot to be desired. We are currently living in a time when church participation is dropping and people are making their "own" gods to fulfill their needs.  When asked about following Jesus or being Christian they make statements like, "I tried it once and it's not for me.  If we dig down a little deeper, we often find that people had a bad experience with "church" people and they turn the other way for answers.  In The Great Commission Jesus tells us to go and make disciples of all nations...  Yes, we are to bring people to Christ, but why are we finding ourselves driving so many people away?  The answer often comes down to our delivery over our content.  When we greet non-believers and assume they already know the Way of Christ and they should be willing to jump right onto the path, we are ignorant to their readiness to make such a jump.  When we get onto an interstate highway, we don't just turn into 70 mph traffic.  Rather, we get the benefit of using an "on ramp" that allows us to safely merge into the faster moving traffic in order to get into the flow without getting run over.  In bringing people to Christ, we often come across as pharisees that are moving at one speed and think everyone else should be moving at the exact same speed.  When they don't, the we often get impatient and begin to act  with contempt in our heart.  "Why can they be more like me?"  In this show we discuss how to approach people as Christ demonstrated time and time again, with gentleness and respect.  He allowed people to be where they are and encouraged them to move to someplace better.  He helped quench their thirst with the "well of living water".  This is that thirst that all of us have. The desire to quench our understanding of our purpose and how it fits into the universe.  If we truly want to bring people to Christ we must not get trapped in our pharisaical, self-righteous delivery of the greatest message concerning the greatest man that ever lived.   We must learn to take people where they are and move with gentleness and respect. https://rocksolidfamilies.orgSupport the show#Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy,  #marriagecounseling,  #parenting,  #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Strongdads, #coaching, #lifecoach, #lifecoaching, #marriagecoaching, #marriageandfamily, #control, #security, #respect, #affection, #love, #purpose, #faith, #affairs, #infidelity