Powerful Evangelism Tactics for 2021 America: Part I gave a lot of lead up: https://fatherspiritson.com/2021/09/powerful-evangelism-tactics-for-2021-america-part-i/
Part II will have some more of how we can take what we learned changed in the past decade such as rampant, oppressive censorship and resentment towards people of faith. Knowing this, We will move towards helping people find the truth in the ways of love and goodness moving forward. Jesus Christ is the Son of the God of Love, and literally wants us to be less self centered and help others more. Other popular but fake religions tell people to conquer the world in hate, fear and hurt our brothers and sisters of humanity. In your heart, you know love is the way. Of all races, we’re bound together by one spirit, and that spirit is love. To rebel from love leads to hate. Hate leads to harm and more hate. And when we’re all hating and harming each other, that is hell. You don’t even need to believe in the spirit yet to know hate leads to hell for we’ve seen hate lead to hell on Earth in wars, oppression, etc. We don’t want harm, we don’t want oppressed, so lets find out the right way to live in love to avoid that.
Colossians 2:2 I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God’s secret, which is Christ himself. -Good News Translation
When I was writing Part I, I had many things on my mind in what I wanted to cover. I often go on long orbiting tangents of the point I am going to cover, because it adds flavor, depth and beauty to discussing matters of spirituality. Connecting these seemingly unrelated topics at the surface level requires me to remember the first topic I was thinking of though… So sometimes when you try and do an orbiting tangent, you cannot return to Earth and go flying off into space. Those who’ve done this know what I’m talking about and if you admit it mid speech cuz you did it, most people laugh in a good way. Don’t stammer here, just laugh and say,”Anyone remember what I what I was trying to explain?” or something. It engages conversation of the funny event.
If you do something embarrassing, man up to it and say,”My Bad!” For My Bad culture is the opposite of blame game culture. Remember Blame Game was the first sin mankind spoke to God. I don’t have a company now, but if I did, my biggest goal would be to remove blame game culture. If you ever heard about climbing the corporate ladder by cunning, trickery and using and abusing your fellow employees… This is because everyone wants to keep their job so bad, they blame mistakes on others. Getting blamed for stuff you don’t do angers you, and if you’re not Christ centered, you’ll start firing back. As we said above, it is hate, and hate leads to more hate. Anyway, you do not want blame game culture in your corporation, company or family.
Genesis 3:8 That evening they heard the Lord God walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees. 9 But the Lord God called out to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked.” 11 “Who told you that you were naked?” God asked. “Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?” 12 The man answered, “The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” 13 The Lord God asked the woman, “Why did you do this?” She replied, “The snake tricked me into eating it.” -Good News Translation
So how do you beat blame game culture? You have a ready and willingness to say,”My Bad!” when you really screw up. Don’t say it if you’re unsure of a mess up, but don’t blame anyone else either. Just when you absolutely for a positive fact know you done screwed up say,”My Bad!” It actually becomes funny, and this brings camaraderie unlike blame game which destroys relationships and jobs. I found this out in high school soccer. I trained martial arts and stuff, but didn’t get into soccer until high school. So I had great athleticism but couldn’t aim the ball. It was funny, I’d do stuff like flying jump kicks at the ball, then completely shank a basic pass. “My bad!”, and they laughed. This was when Foo Fighters and the “Big Me” video was popular. We were like the soccer crew of that music video, just trying to do our thing and not caring. Those were good times… And a large part of it was the My Bad culture God guided me to(when I didn’t know God was real).
Proverbs 13:1 Wise children pay attention when their parents correct them, but arrogant people never admit they are wrong. -Good News Translation
Fourth paragraph in and I’m finally tackling the reason I thought of writing this and trying to flavorfully explain why it had nothing to do with my original Part II ideas I had when writing Part I. I was writing an inspirational to a friend. Then I gave em a nice Bible verse at the end. The evil temptation is to give someone a Bible Study verse on something they’ve been offending you with, but God teaches us to take the log out of our eye before the mote out of someone else. Being convicted of sin by others you have conflict makes you feel oppositional, argumentative and the message is not accepted as well. Reading an inspirational that is flowery then ends on conviction of your sin is like hearing a friend say,”You’re awesome, but really you are messed up and need help.”
Matthew 7:7 “Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you, 2 for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others. 3 Why, then, do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the log in your own eye? 4 How dare you say to your brother, ‘Please, let me take that speck out of your eye,’ when you have a log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. -Good News Translation
Instead of repelling someone from the Bible, attract em. When you can give someone a Bible verse, pick from one of the many flowery and uplifting ones. Keep it in context as not to be disingenuous with what the Bible says. If you often give your friend a verse from the Bible that is flowery, they might think to themselves,”Hey, I need fed more than I’m being fed. I’ll pick up a Bible and see what else is in it.” That is one of our goals as evangelists and messengers of the Good News of Jesus Christ. We want people to read their Bible. We also want people living out their Bible, but that requires growth in the spirit which normally requires time.
Ephesians 4:15 Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.
We’re not out to change people. We’re here to let them know God is a friend who’s been by their side all their life and they can talk to him like a friend and confident. When they find out they’re loved by God, it will set their hearts on fire for love themselves. Then they can willingly let God change them. It happens all the time. The Power of the Good News of Jesus Christ never loses it’s power, and is tried and true. Trust in the Holy Spirit of Love which goes to and fro and binds us all together. Love is the only way we can push forward as humanity. Amen!
2 Corinthians 5:18 All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.