Hardened hearts

[missmuffet]

17 hours ago, Debp said:

I wasn't talking about that sort of conversation.    I was talking about people on forums who keep rejecting the Gospel message.     If you keep telling them of Christ and they continually keep rejecting, I think that only serves to harden their hearts more against the Gospel.

 

 

That is their choice if they reject Christ. But we can continue to put the message out there.

[Starise]

I don’t think it’s up to anyone else to tell us about the person we might be ministering to. Everyone is different.

One of the fruits of the Spirit is patience.

I am really beginning to dislike the hovering mentality we have here which may have served to ruin one recent situation. If a lost person is talking and asking, then keep talking, even if they are critical. 
And the way forums work isn’t condusive usually to focus unless there are only a few responders. The more responders there are the more splintered thoughts generally become which really just undermines some conversations. Now instead of one thought, they have to respond to multiple things which is a lot like multiple threads.

God is the one who saves them and who brings them to that place and we are each led in how God wants us to do that.

This is the problem with these things, everyone makes up a rule when there are different ways for different situations.

And I haven’t had the same amount of time to be here, so I chose to focus on one task. Now I feel as if I can’t even do that anymore.

 

[Neighbor]

On 1/21/2025 at 9:24 PM, Debp said:

Some people seem to continually reject the Gospel message on forums.    Or perhaps they are just a troll who enjoys playing a game with Christians.

If they are someone who rejects the Lord, I always thought it is best not to continually engage them in spiritual conversations as that will just harden their hearts moreso in their rejection.   

Found a good article on hardened hearts at The Institute for Creation Research.

https://www.icr.org/article/hardened-or-sprinkled/

 

Hi, The post quoted reminds me once again  of all those that were determined to share of our Lord with me, doing so in oh so many ways and styles over the many yers that I always rejected. Some were kind, some were brutal, yet when the Holy Spirit came upon me at my own awakening or new birth I remembered how each of them had tried so hard to enlighten me. It was like a flash back experience. One that I  recall bits of every now and again as life's situations provoke my memory.

So for that reason at least, I suggest there is no really wrong testimony style for a Christian. Perhaps the "problem" is only in the mind(s) of the various witnesses and  other Christians of Christ Jesus,- if each think they are the one that will reap a harvest instead of being planters of seeds or tenders of fields.

 

[In the Clouds]

Every person is different on how they receive the Word and what is needed for them to hear the Truth.  Some need a gentler approach and others need a bolder attention getter.   

[farouk]

13 minutes ago, In the Clouds said:

Every person is different on how they receive the Word and what is needed for them to hear the Truth.  Some need a gentler approach and others need a bolder attention getter.   

Hi @In the Clouds If prayer and the Scriptures radiate from the heart of the believer, then the particular way of communicating to others may experience the Lord's gracious overruling and guidance...

[Debp]

9 hours ago, Starise said:

I don’t think it’s up to anyone else to tell us about the person we might be ministering to. Everyone is different.

One of the fruits of the Spirit is patience.

I am really beginning to dislike the hovering mentality we have here which may have served to ruin one recent situation. If a lost person is talking and asking, then keep talking, even if they are critical. 
And the way forums work isn’t condusive usually to focus unless there are only a few responders. The more responders there are the more splintered thoughts generally become which really just undermines some conversations. Now instead of one thought, they have to respond to multiple things which is a lot like multiple threads.

God is the one who saves them and who brings them to that place and we are each led in how God wants us to do that.

This is the problem with these things, everyone makes up a rule when there are different ways for different situations.

And I haven’t had the same amount of time to be here, so I chose to focus on one task. Now I feel as if I can’t even do that anymore.

 

@Starise  Minister as you feel you should.   I only wanted you to know that I did this thread on my own as I was led.    There was no discussion with any others as you may have thought.