A Few Thoughts about Reaching Out to Others
A Few Thoughts about Reaching Out to Others All of us have relatives or friends who do not accept Christianity or the Scriptures. We have prayed and tried to convince them. There are a couple of verses that have been very helpful to me in this process of seeing others come to faith. Of course we know as the Scriptures teach that none can come apart from the Holy Spirit giving them a new heart. ( The theological term for that is regeneration which precedes faith) "And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men , apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." 2 Timothy 2: 24 Peter also talks about this " But and if ye suffer for righteousness' ...