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''...I TRY TO FIND COMMON GROUND WITH HIM SO THAT HE WILL LET ME TELL HIM ABOUT CHRIST...'' 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
Josh McDowell writes 'An executive "head hunter" who goes out and hires corporate executives for other firms once told me, "When I get an executive I'm trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him a drink, take my coat off, undo my tie, put up my feet and talk about baseball, football, family, whatever, until he's all relaxed.
Then when I think I've got him relaxed I lean over, look him square in the eye and say - 'what's the purpose in your life?' It's amazing how top executives fall apart on that question."
Well, I was interviewing this fellow the other day, had him all disarmed with my feet up on my desk talking about football. Then I leaned over and said - 'what's the purpose in your life, Bob? Without blinking an eye he said "To go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can." For the first time in my career I was speechless.'
There are basically five reasons why we don't share our faith more often:
1) We think it's the preacher's job
2) We aren't sure of our own salvation
3) We're scared of being rejected or laughed at
4) We've never taken time for learning how
5) Our love for Christ has grown cold.
But not Paul: he said, '...whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.' Can you say that?
''...I TRY TO FIND COMMON GROUND WITH HIM SO THAT HE WILL LET ME TELL HIM ABOUT CHRIST...'' 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
Josh McDowell writes 'An executive "head hunter" who goes out and hires corporate executives for other firms once told me, "When I get an executive I'm trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him a drink, take my coat off, undo my tie, put up my feet and talk about baseball, football, family, whatever, until he's all relaxed.
Then when I think I've got him relaxed I lean over, look him square in the eye and say - 'what's the purpose in your life?' It's amazing how top executives fall apart on that question."
Well, I was interviewing this fellow the other day, had him all disarmed with my feet up on my desk talking about football. Then I leaned over and said - 'what's the purpose in your life, Bob? Without blinking an eye he said "To go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can." For the first time in my career I was speechless.'
There are basically five reasons why we don't share our faith more often:
1) We think it's the preacher's job
2) We aren't sure of our own salvation
3) We're scared of being rejected or laughed at
4) We've never taken time for learning how
5) Our love for Christ has grown cold.
But not Paul: he said, '...whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.' Can you say that?
