Tell Them the Truth!

Tell Them The Truth!


Ephesians 4: 17-19

17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

 Think about your friends, family, and co-workers for a moment.....How many of them fit today's verses?  I know plenty of people who do, and it is extremely upsetting.  In verse 17 we see a command....once we are saved, we are to no longer live like everyone else.  We are not to live like unbelievers.  Anyway, verse 18 is what scares me to death about people I know.  I sit back and wonder sometimes about how these people can think the way they do.....I think about how they can do some of the things they do with little remorse...When I read verse 18 though, it makes perfect sense.  Their hearts have been hardened.  I can tell you that I have been dealing alot lately with someone who has a hardened heart.  These people will tell you things like " I don't believe in God the way you do", or " me and God have our own relationship".  Any of ya'll ever heard anything like that?

When you hear these things, you should start telling them the truth about Jesus and what He did for them....and start telling them the truth about life before it's too late.  It says in verse 19 that they have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality and greed to practice every kind of impurity.  

Now remember, we were once like these unbelievers....and we got saved.  So please don't quit witnessing to them or praying for their salvation.  Tell them the truth about what being saved has meant for you.  Don't fill them up with a bunch of unreal expectations.  In my case, I can tell them that from the moment I got saved, satan was trying to destroy my family.  I won't go into detail, but he definitely caused me alot of heartache.....That being said though...I'm SAVED by the blood of Jesus!  I have a personal relationship with the creator of the universe.  I physically feel it when I am talking to him and studying His word, and this fulfills my needs somehow.  Actually, this fulfills my soul.  I can't explain it, but it's true.  

Anyway, I got off subject again, but the point to all of this is 3 fold:

1.  Don't make up stories about your salvation in order to "help" someone make a decision for God.

2.  Tell them the truth.  Who Jesus is and What He did.

3.  In a non-judgemental way, ask them about their life and if it is fulfilling to them.  Then tell them that Jesus can reach a place in your soul and nourish you in a way that you could never explain....THIS IS THE TRUTH!