Everyone deserves to be a part of God’s wonderful, everlasting family.
Hence, God expects us to be like Don Richardson in the book Peace Child and introduce Him to people from other cultures and with other faiths.
However, I don’t think that God wants us to use harsh words or actions to tell others about Him because those harsh actions repel people from God. I have seen this many times on the streets in Korea . While I am walking, a “street-preacher” would come and tell me to go to their church or I would burn up in hell.
I know that this statement is true, and as a believer, I am personally not uncomfortable listening to this statement. However, to others, this statement is offensive and extremely rude. They feel forced to believe in God, but God doesn’t want people to believe Him simply out of pure fear but out of love.
Instead of utilizing these offensive and blunt statements, I personally believe that we should first find a way to connect God into their lives, just like what Don Richardson did to the Sawi. We must tell them how much God has given up so that we could be happy and how much He loves and cares for us.
We mustn’t lie or hide anything, but at the same time, we mustn’t offend them.
Why should Christians do this though?
As Christians, we strive to use the gifts God has bestowed upon us by telling others about Him and to make our indescribable Creator happy. As Christians, simply following God’s words and adding more members into our family brings us immense joy because these are the things that God delights in.
You are so right Rong - we should not offend others but rather your last quote absolutely sums up our responsibility.
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