Trade-in Witnessing

For all you gamers out there, here's a way to reach the lost without ever having to see them or even talk to them. I have done it several times but this is the first time that I have thought about sharing. I just traded in Fable 3 with a little "extra" for the next person who owns it. Here's what you do. The next time you trade in a game to your local GameStop, slip a gospel tract inside the game's instruction manual (having the manual will already give your tract credibility to the next guy because so many used games don't have them). The store employees rarely check inside the booklet ( if they do, you'll need to be ready to give an answer for the hope you have lol) so the person who purchases the game next will get the gospel message at God's appointed time. Of course you are not reaching mass amounts of people by doing this but at least one person at a time will get the good news. Make sure it is a biblical tract that has the bad news as well as the good news. After all, people need to know what they are being saved from in order to know what they are being saved to. It should include sin(God's Law-the 10 commandments), future judgment and punishment, Jesus' death and resurrection, repentance and faith. You can find great tracts at www.livingwaters.com and www.afterlifecatalog.com There are many ways to share your faith. Try this one next time you have some games to trade in. Your unwanted game may be a definite treasure to a lost gamer. If for some reason you are an unsaved gamer who has stumbled upon our site, click here to see why you need Jesus. God bless.

Philemon 1:6 (English Standard Version)

and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.

Lime in the Eye!!!

For those that haven't seen it, there is a Corona beer commercial where a couple sits on the beach. A woman walks by and the man stares. He keeps his stare on her across the screen. When he turns back, his significant other squirts lime right in his eye. Of course, they ended up making one where the female casts a lustful glare at a passing man. In comes the third commercial in the series that I just saw while watching the World Cup. In the final installment of this 7th Commandment Trilogy, the man watches a group of females pass. As he looks back to his companion, he squirts the lime in his own eye! This immediately reminded me of the Bible verse Matthew 5:29. "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell." So I got to thinking, "I guess the world understands that concept." The guy knew it was better to burn his eye with lime juice than to be in trouble with his partner. What I still don't think that the world gets is the verse before that one. Matthew 5:28 says a lustful look is the same as adultery in the eyes of God. Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."Now I've heard every excuse or reason from "I'm not gay to it's only looking to I'm only human" when it comes to this topic. To me it just seems better not to take the chance with my eternal destination because of an extra look or too long of a look. Averting my eyes seems a way better option than gouging out my eye, burning for eternity, or even getting a lime in the eye. Maybe you can look without lusting. I don't seem to have that ability so I do my best to look away when at all possible. It's worth it to me because I know that when we are judged by the 10 commandments that God will judge our thoughts as well as our actions in this area. He tells us specifically that adulterers will not inherit His kingdom and I definitely don't want to store up wrath for myself on the day of wrath, do you? Don't forget this is just one of the Commandments we will be judged by. Maybe it's the only one you're guilty of. If you're guilty of one, you've broken them all according to the Bible. So, if you're reading this and you've found yourself guilty against God's Law, repent and trust in Him today!

Romans 2:5 (New International Version)

⁵But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

God has a wonderf.....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

So I'm cruising the internet today waiting for my beautiful bride to bring home my copy of the new Transformers game when I stumble across a link that says "Who is Jesus?" Knowing who He is I clicked just to see. Lo and behold the first thing that it says was that God has a wonderful plan for your life. Ever since taking the Online School of Biblical Evangelism and the Ambassador's Academy these words are like nails going down a chalkboard to me. Jesus never said this to anyone, anywhere in the Bible. In fact He says just the opposite in John 16. "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."What He did do while witnessing was to use the 10 commandments. Examples would be the woman at the well and the rich young ruler. He never promised any wonderful plan. He simply showed them their need for salvation by showing them that they'd fallen short of God's Laws. I think Ray Comfort's analogy for this is great so let's bring it more current for you with a horrific event most of us were around to see. If you were to get to go back in time to Sept, 10 2001 and share the Gospel with those who worked in the World Trade Center, would the "God has a wonderful plan" message be approppriate? That question leads to this one. If it's not the right Gospel message in all situations, can it be the biblical message? That is why biblical evangelism is so important. It appeals to the sinner's conscience, which everyone has. Now back to the woman at the well. She was enjoying the pleasures of sin for a season. Telling her God has a wonderful plan for your life may reenforce her current lifestyle. She might have even said something like, "ya He sure does!! Hehe wink wink." It may cause her to think "what could be better than what I'm doing now?" One of the functions of the Law is to stop the sinners mouth. No justifications. No excuses. Using the Law when witnessing is biblical guys. It works on the homeless, millionaires, and everyone in between because of their God given conscience. Please, don't just listen to what I'm saying here. Be like the Bereans who tested everything they heard against scripture. Also, listen to Hell's Best Kept Secret and read God has a Wonderful Plan. I'll leave you with a few compelling verses that show the importance of using the Law when witnessing.

Galatians 3:24 (New International Version)
24So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Romans 7:7 (New International Version)
7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Psalm 19:7 (King James Version)
7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:

Romans 3:19-20 (New International Version)
19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.