Boanerges

There is no place so dark and deep that God's love is not deeper still- Corrie Ten Boom. This was written while in a nazi concentration camp where Corrie ( and her whole family) was sentenced for smuggling Jews out of Germany. Her ministry flourished in those barrracks- the point is the greater the darkness the more the light of God's love will shine. Do not give up!

Fluffy

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Be transparent before God, He sees right thru you, anyway!
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Please pray for your local emergency responders, daily.

Beloved

If it has not been said already " though we may love and speak the truth isn't it the Holy Spirits job to bring people unto Christ...? I agree... Listen, listen, listen... as long as you know you are strong enough in the Spirit to not be swayed to his beliefs system... Jesus is full of Joy and Laughter so have a good time with your friend as He would... Of course as long as its not sinning... You be lead by the Holy Spirit as what to do and say

1. Mark 10:21
   And Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come [and] accompany Me [ walking the same road that I walk].
2. John 11:5
   Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.]
3. John 13:1
   [NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree.

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Shalom

( SHALOM says: Completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord. )

Beloved
1 Corinthians 14:1 Let Love be your highest goal.

slavetoChrist

"If I make my bed in hell.. I know You are with me.."

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we know the way!
we speak the truth!
we live the life!
cause He's the Lord!

EndTimeZSouljah

Aight thanks. I will keep all of your replies under consideration. Please, pray for him too. His name is Dustin.

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EndTimeZSouljah

He has told me before that he believes there is a God. But he does no believe in the Christian God. How do you all think I can use this to show him the way?

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Boanerges

I love to point out to people that Jesus was either God or a liar and that His miracles could only be real or fake. Since He performed His miracles in front of thousands of witnesses even His enemies cannot deny them. The fact that His enemies had to find excuses for His miracles ( blaming the devil etc) instead of denying what so many witnessed is proof in itself. His enemies were His witnesses.

slavetoChrist

exactly.

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we know the way!
we speak the truth!
we live the life!
cause He's the Lord!

EndTimeZSouljah

Well you guys..I feel terrible sorrow right now, I am also ashamed because I am drunkened, but I am not afraid to let you all know. But I have tried and he does not want to know the truth for some reason..and I do not understand why people try to come up with excuses like 'delusional'..etc. because all u have to do is attempt to worship God and you will know the truth. I tried to make a deal with him to worship the Lord on the 'Holy Ghost stance' and he denied it. I dont know what else to do. I feel it is too late..I already made this a def note in my own mind that this is the last night I drink and that is usually when I hang out with him so I feel this is the last chance..I feel so sorry that he could not believe in the truth. You know, the rest of the world thinks of it as religion, but I know whats happening, I KNOW God is the realness, and some people think we are just people that have religion..but they know not what they are doing. I feel bad that he didnt convert to the truth..but life must go on. Praise be to Jesus.

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carolinasteve

Oh, Endtime, take heart, brother. It's true that not all will hear the truth and believe. Look at the so called desciples that walked away from Christ, and he was right there in front of them. While it may seem of little consolation that you may have done all you believe you could do, and all that God asks of us all, by presenting the truth to your friend, that is indeed what you have done. Do not lose faith in the power of God to open the eyes of the blind. This is a power that none of us posess. When someone hears and believes, it is the work of the Holy Spirit in them, not just in us. .

I believe the evangelist must look at themselves as Moses, wanting to lead there brothers and sisters to what God has promised them. Keep in mind that Moses was faithful, as long as he allowed himself to be the mouth of God, and followed God's directions. But moses got overzealous, and he hit the rock with his staff when God told did not tell him to. God rebuked him, because Moses took it upon himself to act, instead of listening to God and obeying.

Speak and act when the spirit moves you,as He directs you to, and you will see the enemy defeated by the power of God. take itupon yourself to "save" somone, and that is exactly who you will have with you in the fight. Yourself. DId Jesus before his ascention tell the desciples to wait, until they were visited by the Holy Spirit, to go out and begin spreading the Gospel?

Obviously, God 's will is that either you are not the one to lead your friend to Him, or that now is not the time it will happen. It may not happen at all. But you cannot know enough about the future to condem your friend to death because he didn't listen to what you had to say this night. Jesus healed many because of the faith of others. SO please do not give up on God. His way is the only way that anything can happen, and when you see this, you will have peace in the knowledge that God is in control, and He knows the way.
Peace and blessings to you
-Steve