No one will be able to say, "but Lord, I was better than that person over there", or "I was with that believer and they were good on my behalf."
Some people actually think they will get into heaven on a relatives merits. I was once told that, before my husband was saved he said to me, "I will get into heaven because of you." LOL, LOL
I clearly explained that he had to get his own, I could not lift a finger to help him except to tell the truth and pray for him. His face when white, realizing that he would have to trust Christ for himself.
Praise the Lord, it was shortly after that, he began to think about it and became born again. I think we might be surprised at how many unsaved people think like this.
I desperately wanted him to become saved, I prayed and prayed and prayed, after I stopped haranguing him about it, he saw that I had given up trying to change him, that is when Christ went to work on him.
I believe to this day that God told me to witness to him, but I had taken it to a whole new level of nagging God never intended. God said in my heart when I cried out to Him to save my husband; "when you are finished nagging him, then I can begin to work on him.
That is exactly what happened, so often we think we have to be the ones to make it happen, when God wants us to speak a few times, live it ourselves and then He will do all the rest. We can trust Him to do what is needed.
I believe too, that this is the reason that God said, "if they don't receive you shake the dust from your feet", because all the nagging in the world will not change a person's heart, it is God who works in them. As long as they have the information, we can trust God to work without us. Our voice becomes a sounding gong, all the person hears is the gong.
In short: speak purposely and clearly as led by the Holy Spirit and then stop and allow God to work His miracles in another person's heart.
Some people actually think they will get into heaven on a relatives merits. I was once told that, before my husband was saved he said to me, "I will get into heaven because of you." LOL, LOL
I clearly explained that he had to get his own, I could not lift a finger to help him except to tell the truth and pray for him. His face when white, realizing that he would have to trust Christ for himself.
Praise the Lord, it was shortly after that, he began to think about it and became born again. I think we might be surprised at how many unsaved people think like this.
I desperately wanted him to become saved, I prayed and prayed and prayed, after I stopped haranguing him about it, he saw that I had given up trying to change him, that is when Christ went to work on him.
I believe to this day that God told me to witness to him, but I had taken it to a whole new level of nagging God never intended. God said in my heart when I cried out to Him to save my husband; "when you are finished nagging him, then I can begin to work on him.
That is exactly what happened, so often we think we have to be the ones to make it happen, when God wants us to speak a few times, live it ourselves and then He will do all the rest. We can trust Him to do what is needed.
I believe too, that this is the reason that God said, "if they don't receive you shake the dust from your feet", because all the nagging in the world will not change a person's heart, it is God who works in them. As long as they have the information, we can trust God to work without us. Our voice becomes a sounding gong, all the person hears is the gong.
In short: speak purposely and clearly as led by the Holy Spirit and then stop and allow God to work His miracles in another person's heart.
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