Evangelism or harassment ?

It is the duty of every Christian to evangelize God's word but not everyone is gifted with that gift. Evangelize doe not mean that you must stand on the street corners or in the mall and hand out religious pamphlets or Bibles .

You can evangelize by living the right way and be like a beacon in the sea of darkness.If your life is not much difference from those non Christians,your religion will be in vain.

If you don't have that gift, you may instead turn off people from your religion.Distributing Bibles and religious materials and inviting the non Christians to churches or cell groups are some of the ways to evangelize.

To hang outside schools and in public places and talking to those students or people about God is not the way to do it. It can be considered harassment and many people do not like to be accosted and be forced to listen to some religious nut.

They are like those pesky salesperson who is trying to sell you some useless gadgets. The more forceful you become , the more they will withdraw from you. Even good friends may avoid you .

Even as a Christian, I do not agree with this way of evangelizing. You will accomplish nothing but only contempt and dislike for your religion. There is a proper place and time to spread the word of God.

Going from door to door and talking about your religion can turn many people off . You may share your experience about what God has done in your life but not many people will believe you .

People are not interested in your religion when what you give them are only words and not deeds.Those who quote Bible scriptures are the worst kind. They want to show others that they are right, superior and holy than thou, while others are wrong.They pick and chose those scriptures they like and keep quiet about the other scriptures which showed their wrongs.

If you help them ,understand their problems and be there for them , they will listen to you .If a man is hungry , you do not tell him that God love him and the goodness of God, bless him and and then leave him to his own problems.

Will that poor hungry man accept your empty talk ? What good are empty words which cannot fill his empty stomach.What he needs is bread or food .Therefore , the man who gives him food gives it out of the love for God. You who gives him only words, do it out of your hypercritical love for God.

If you are of God, you will try to live the way God wants you to. You would be the living example of what your religion teaches.

You may put up posters or flyers or advertise in the newspapers about your activities in church and let them decide if they want to come or not.Those who want to seek more about God will come .

Whether a person is ready to accept God or not, only God Knows. Someone will plant a seed, others will water it and it is God who will decide when to harvest it.

To know God is to have love for others. Love thy neighbour as your self. Don't bang the Bible on their heads or forced them down their throats.


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