Atheists / Unbelievers

[redeemed098]

Its like David said in the Psalms...

"I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you."

There is a difference between "head" knowledge and "heart" knowledge.

When I listen to the books of the bible, I am able to hear the heart of the writer as inspired by God, thus I am able to hear the voice of God.

When I listen to the unbeliever and his wealth of knowledge, I know I am only listening to his "head". I am listening to how much he has trained himself to remember.

Its like Jesus spoke..."What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul.."

When the believer shares the word of God, he is sharing what through revelation from God has taken up residence in his heart. This is not knowledge retained in ones head, but in ones heart.

In opportunities to witness to people in real life situations face to face, I have often heard the comment that when quoting scripture to people, it amazes them how these scriptures are retained. Not only that, but when sharing the scriptures, Ive also been told that people can hear my heart more than they can hear my voice. This opportunity is to a certain degree lost over the internet. Face to face people can see into your eyes...It is hard to glean the same heartfelt message with typed words on a computer screen. Im not trivialising the internet at all...I realise though that a face to face encounter is quite a different thing.

There are many people who are in here and have even passed through here that would have a wonderful collection of pearls by now. Sadly it is time to wipe the dust from our feet for some. They are being pandered to by our incessant preaching, thus giving them opportunity to wow us with their amazing level of intellectual knowledge. What would offend them most of all would be for us to say no more. Im not at all saying dont converse any longer....Im simply stating that they have heard the message and it is now time to wipe the dust and move on...Realise that there is nothing more you can say and to attempt to do otherwise is simply a reflection of our own pride. Jesus would have wiped the dust off his feet ages ago with some in here. Let them open their bag of pearls once they have stopped trampling them and look at them in their own time. Give them time to look at the pearls....Let them take their eyes off us long enough to look at the message. Let the Word of God do the Work, and stop trying to do it yourself.

Its time people to leave the atheist to his knowledge and let him unpack the pearls himself.

Regards,

Ben.