Obstacles to witnessing- the world

"They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world and the world hearth them. we are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us: he that is not of God heareth not us" 1 Jn 4: 4, 5. "Marvel not if the world hate you" 1 Jn 3:13.

One day, a very close friend said to me, "Wemp, you are a conviction. We all know we should be witnessing but every time I get around you, you just led someone Christ and I am convicted."

We Christians are a conviction to the lost world, gulp, or should be. "Let your light so shine" Matt 5:16. Don't put it under a bushel basket"

We should be a conviction by our "light," our life and by our lips. Our life must back up our lips. Remember though that faith cometh by hearing the Gospel not by seeing a good life. "How shall they believe" without the gospel.

"We are ambassadors for Christ,,,, we beseech you, be ye reconciled to Christ" 2:20. and I love YOU, ABC Sumner

GLORY TO GOD. I just heard and saw the picture of my tract "Your Ticket to Heaven" Printed in Nepalese and that there is a good chance to get it printed n Germany. Pray for these as well as about 15 more to be printed somewhere. Our goal ow is to get it printed in 100 different languages for more to be saved! Pray for this.

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Second obstacle to wintessing-,You must know

Three big obstacles to witnessing- and most important to know

"Thanks for that (Fri. email) I just happened to need it right now. God's timing is perfect!"

"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices: 2 Cor. 2:11. One of his devices is to bring doubt as he did to Eve, "Hath God said? Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden" Gen 3:1. God says to day, "Preach the gospel to every creature" Mk 16:15 and it is amazing how many Christians say, "We can't all be witness, we can't all be soul winners or "that just isn't my thing". Jesus said, "Follow me and I will MAKE you fishers of men" Mat 4:19. And because of these doubts and disobedience our world is filled with evil and evil men and getting worse by the minute.

"If our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost; in whom the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them" (and they get saved). 2 Cor. 4:3, 4. Satan not only is bringing doubt to Christians but bringing blindness to the world.

Dear child of God what is it going to be like when your children sit in school and hear all the godless teaching and godless morals being taught. I heard one of our presidential candidates has said, "We are no longer a Christian nation". "Resist the devil and he will flee from you.". Let us reclaim our country as a Christian nation. Remember Germany did nothing about the atheism and look what happened to them. Pray and preach to gospel to bring people out of darkness and into the marvelous light of the gospel of Christ.

"Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men" we persuade them to come to Christ. and become new creatures in Christ Jesus. 2 Cor. 5:11. We are ambassadors of Christ telling them the good news, that Christ died for our sins, paid our debt in full, rose again and was seen by hundreds of people. My what good news. What transforming news. ABC Sumner

"I love to tell the story" Do you? The harvest is plenteous. Tell our Web friends today. www.sumnerwemp.com

"Go and tell" This good news to everyone.

On hindrance to witnessing- most important to know to witness.

No. 1. THE FLESH IS WICKED.

"The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked" Jer.. 17:9. "Out of the heart proceedeth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness..." Mett 15:19. If a Christian is walking in the flesh and not walking in the spirit he is susceptible to any of the deeds of the flesh. No wonder that even preachers fall into immorality. Christian must learn to be filled and walking in the control and power of the Holy Spirit or he for sure will not witness. "Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you and ye SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME. Make sense?

THE FLESH IS WEAK
"The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak" Matt 26:41 .Almost all born again Christian's know they ought to and want to witness but the flesh is weak .There must be that conscious and total dependence on the Holy Spirit to witness effectively. I have written on being filled with the Holy Spirit over and over again. It is simple, Understand what the will of the Lord is... be not drunk with wine...but be filled with the Holy Spirit" Eph 5:17, 18. Don't be under the influence and control of wine but be under the control of the Holy Spirit. "How?" By asking. . "If we ask anything according to his will" by faith, "we know that we have it" 1 Jn 5:14-15. Or just "yield your members as instruments of righteousness unto God" Rom 6:13. and walk by faith that the Holy Spirit has control over you.

THE FLESH IS WORKING
"For the flesh lusteth (desires) against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh" Gal 5:7. Dr. Kenneth Weist a great Greek scholar says. "Being filled with the Holy Spirit is not putting gas in the tank but putting a driver behind the wheel." God wants us to depend on and trust the Holy Spirit to control us so we can witness in His power. Walking in the Spirit is a constant and conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit to control us and do what He cam to do in our lives, control us and use us to His glory. Make sense? I love YOU and long for you to be controlled by the Holy Spirit and see many people saved. ABC Sumner The second hindrance to witnessing Wed.