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It has been quite long since anyone posted a question, so here I go.
I love to share good stuff with my friends through emails, especially Christian things which I come across internet. One of my friends, deletes my email when she finds that it contains Christain material. She says that she is not going to follow a structured religion. She says her prayers to God, but not in the name of Lord Jesus. About Christianity, she says that pastors and church leaders do/had sexually expolited people so she can not be a Christian. I explained her that coming to Jesus is having a relationship with Jesus and believing in Him is not a structured religion. Yet she is pretty adamant. I remember her in my prayers for her to come to Lord Jesus. I know that only Holy Spirit can change a person.
Should I keep trying to reach her or am I wasting my time and should "dust off my sandals?".
It has been quite long since anyone posted a question, so here I go.
I love to share good stuff with my friends through emails, especially Christian things which I come across internet. One of my friends, deletes my email when she finds that it contains Christain material. She says that she is not going to follow a structured religion. She says her prayers to God, but not in the name of Lord Jesus. About Christianity, she says that pastors and church leaders do/had sexually expolited people so she can not be a Christian. I explained her that coming to Jesus is having a relationship with Jesus and believing in Him is not a structured religion. Yet she is pretty adamant. I remember her in my prayers for her to come to Lord Jesus. I know that only Holy Spirit can change a person.
Should I keep trying to reach her or am I wasting my time and should "dust off my sandals?".
Keep praying, and keep the door open. Sometimes after the seed is planted, it takes time to come to fruition. We cannot convince a person into salvation. It takes us planting the seed, and the work of the Holy Spirit on the person's heart to bring the person to the point where they are open to receiving the truth of the gospel.
As far as how much to talk to her about it, or to send emails, that is something as a matter of prayer. There is a fine line sometimes between making sure that she knows that you are there to talk when she is ready, and perhaps being seen as an annoyance. Stay in prayer and follow God's guidance on that point.
What does the person mean by structured religion and why is that so offensive to this person?? All religions have a set of beliefs that they adhere to, in that respect you could say they are structured. And the fact that someone in a particular religion has done something wrong should have nothing to do with accepting or rejecting a certain religion. Is there anyone who is without wrongdoing in their life?
Religion and Christianity has been structured from shortly after the death of Christ.
One merely has to start reading the writings of Paul to see rules that churches need to follow and how they are suppose to behave.
She is merley making excuses, the actual of others should never be something to stop your faith.
Those who don't want to admit thier own desire not to accept something normally attack it by showing those that failed.
That is what I love about the bible, it tells you about how so many failed, but still were used by God or how they were able to change.
Think of which major Old testement prophets or leaders may have married a prostitute, or sleep with his daughters or perhaps had someone killed so he could marry thier wife.
Think of which major Old testement prophets or leaders may have married a prostitute, or sleep with his daughters or perhaps had someone killed so he could marry thier wife.
This is a good point. The person's focus should be on the infallible word of God, and on what God has done, not on what fallible men do and have done. We will always make mistakes, but all of us can be forgiven through the blood that Christ shed on the cross.
Sooner or later everybody will run out of excuses. Some it happens when there is a major catastrophe in their lives. Sadly for all to many it will will not be until after death and they are standing before the throne to answer for their actions. All we can do is keep telling our friends about the love and grace of God. It is still up to them to make the decision.
Thank you very much folks. I would not give up on sending emails or telling about Jesus and Christianity to her and my other friends. This is a challenge I am taking up to see how long can they resist Lord Jesus. And let's see which way Holy Spirit works on them. Please remember me in your prayers.
I too have friends that send me religious emails, I may read them if they're interesting, but it's just for the read, not because I'm interested in joining.
If it's all about Christianity, church, etc. then it gets deleted and I ask the person to stop. I have my beliefs, I don't need or want someone else shoving theirs down my throat.
If the person insists on sending more, even after I've asked them to stop, then I block their emails.
It's almost like being raped, you've said no but they won't listen or respect it. I have no tolerance for people like that.
That's my take on it.
The more someone bullies (which is what you're doing in my opinion) the more unsavory it becomes. You won't get through this way.
She's made herself clear, why don't you respect her wishes?
I don't see anyone trying to force anything on anyone. It is no more forcing it on someone that you would be forcing to give a needy person to accept food that you know that need.
Praying for someopne to be saved is done out of care and love for others.
I don't see anyone trying to force anything on anyone. It is no more forcing it on someone that you would be forcing to give a needy person to accept food that you know that need.
Praying for someopne to be saved is done out of care and love for others.
Tom, she made it very clear that she didn't want any more religious emails but the OP is still going to send them because he believes that Christianity is the only way.
That's forcing.
If I sent you emails about Deism, my beliefs and you request I stop and I don't, that would be forcing you to see my views.
Pray all you want, but stop harassing her.
Also, giving a needy person food, I think we can all agree that food is a necessity. Religion isn't.
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