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Jerry
& Joyce

Haven On Earth
PROBLEMS OF ETERNAL
MOMENT
Christian
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INTRODUCTION TO
THE REVELATION
Past Haven N Tell Talks
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Speak The Truth In Love [ Selected
]
In Ephesians 4:15, Paul mentioned speaking the truth
in love. In other words, when we tell people the truth,
let's not make it "a knife to cut them to pieces." It's
heart-breaking to see someone get up and leave a service or
walk away because of the way the message was given. That
means: that in spite of how much Truth was presented to
them, it was ineffective, and it drove them away. Truth
should be presented with an appeal.
We'll never forget
what a man taught us when we went to work as an automobile
mechanic and we didn't know whether to open the trunk or the
hood when they handed us a work sheet that said, "tune the
engine." He said, "When someone comes in with a problem
about his automobile and starts to tell you what he thinks
it is, don't interrupt him and say, 'That's not it!' Learn
to be a good listener, though he may not know what he's
talking about. Then, after he gets through, don't tell
him, 'You're wrong!' Just say, 'Let's look into it and see
if we can find what the trouble is.' " We learned a good
lesson! We can make many friends with that attitude and
approach.
We'd like to share with you something else we
believe is a fact. We'll never win people to Christ until
they have confidence in us. They can't have confidence in
what we say until they first have confidence in our
life.
One of the first things a salesperson learns is
that they can't effectively sell any product to someone
until they're sold on it themselves. This same principle
applies to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We're going to have to
be convinced that it's not only the "right way," but that
it's the "only way," one hundred percent, no question
about it! Only then will we get a glimpse of the urgency
of showing it to others, and the way we will be most
effective is by showing it in the way we conduct our
life.
We need to learn how to evaluate our words in the
light of eternity, and we need to learn how to evaluate
the things that we do in the light of eternity. How are
they going to affect the people who are on their way to
the judgment?
There are some things that we
believe, which are just not necessary to try to compel
other people to follow. They're personal! Let's let God work
through the ministry that He called, to instruct and to
enlighten and to direct other people. It becomes a law
when we compel someone to do something before he
understands, and it becomes burdensome. However, when God
reveals it, it becomes a blessing.
We can see
somebody who was just saved doing things that we can't do.
Let's not "jump on him/her" and say, "You aren't saved
because of what you're doing." Remember how long it took
for us to get where we are! We didn't always know what we
know now. Somebody had a lot of patience with us and loved
us in spite of what we were doing until we grew up a bit. Now,
it's our turn to do the same thing with others.
If
they're dong what we think they ought not to be doing, let's
pray and ask God to "lay in on the pastor's heart" to
preach a message that will shed some light there. And when
it comes under the anointing of the Holy Spirit from the
Book of God, then they will want to "put it on" and it will be
a joy and a blessing, and it will draw them closer to God.
When we try to hang it on them before God gives them
understanding, it will be a weight to them. We'd better be
careful. We don't know the level of understanding that that
individual has. Let's remember that we are "bothering
with" God's children. They're not ours and they don't have
to measure up to our opinion.
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