I start to get into the biblical teaching that the newly spiritually revived (i.e. Spirit-indwelt) Peter shares with a large group of Jewish worshippers in Jerusalem for the Feast of Weeks celebration. If you now somethings about the teaching that Peter shares (in Acts chapter two) with the Jews who had come to Jerusalem to participate (i.e. worship) the Lord (at the Feast of Weeks), then you already know that using kind and gentle words was definitely NOT how Peter reached out to these Jews. Sadly, we live in a time when many of our church leaders emphasize the necessity of always being kind, gracious and compassionate (to unsaved people...or even saved people) when sharing biblical Truth with them! Yeah, that tactic sounds all nice and mushy...but it's not biblical. Oh, there are times when we need to be kind and compassionate. But I believe more often than not...Believers need to emphasize the seriousness of sin when reaching out to lost people! I know that Yeshua Christ never put His arms around His Followers (when they screwed up spiritually) and said... "Hey, that's alright!" "We all make mistakes!"
Speaking the Truth in love because so few are, Brother Bob
I start to get into the biblical teaching that the newly spiritually revived (i.e. Spirit-indwelt) Peter shares with a large group of Jewish worshippers in Jerusalem for the Feast of Weeks celebration. If you now somethings about the teaching that Peter shares (in Acts chapter two) with the Jews who had come to Jerusalem to participate (i.e. worship) the Lord (at the Feast of Weeks), then you already know that using kind and gentle words was definitely NOT how Peter reached out to these Jews. Sadly, we live in a time when many of our church leaders emphasize the necessity of always being kind, gracious and compassionate (to unsaved people...or even saved people) when sharing biblical Truth with them! Yeah, that tactic sounds all nice and mushy...but it's not biblical. Oh, there are times when we need to be kind and compassionate. But I believe more often than not...Believers need to emphasize the seriousness of sin when reaching out to lost people! I know that Yeshua Christ never put His arms around His Followers (when they screwed up spiritually) and said... "Hey, that's alright!" "We all make mistakes!"
Speaking the Truth in love because so few are, Brother Bob