Christians, What Do You Think?

March 23 2007
Hypothetical question for the Christians out there:

Is 1 person converted to Christianity worth the cost of turning away 1 other person forever because of the tactics used?

Example: If you go door-to-door witnessing to people, and you are able to convert 1 person to Christianity, but... you also cause 1 person to never want to become a Christian because they are fed up with Chrisitans coming door-to-door, is it worth it?

More or less, is a person saved worth a person lost forever as a result of you?


The Capn

March 23 2007
if one person decides to never be a Christian just because they are tired of Christians trying to convert them, that will not be held against the person who tried to do the converting (assuming that the Christian was using wisdom in witnessing methods). it is not the fault of the Christian, but rather the fault of the person who refused Christ

Tyler Lowery

March 23 2007
Heaven rejoices everytime a person gets saved. Most Americans have more than one chance to accept but if the person chooses not to accept then it is his own fault.

Rebekah Minor

March 23 2007
i dont like going door to door...but i think you should email scott terry and see what he says, becuase i think it would be comical.

Rachael Moore

March 23 2007
i don't know it you are trying to ask whether or not one of those is better... but maybe about the methods. because in your example of going door to door, one would have to wonder how many they are turning away. and the same when people hand out tracks.... how many people really get saved from tracks, really? in my opinion, both going door to door and handing out tracks are ineffictive means to save people. to me the most effective is building relationships. when people go door to door they ask the ridiculous question, "if you were to die today would you go to heaven?". that probably scares people into wanting to be saved, rather than it coming from their heart. so, where it is good to have a person accept Jesus, it is also not so good to turn away people by measures that are extremely too impersonal and ineffective such as tracks and door to door. so i guess... that my opinion is we need better ways to reach people... not just trying to get numbers, but building meaningful relationships.

Meg

March 23 2007
hmmm that's a tough one...um...i'd have to say yes...it is worth it...because okay..um.. say you didn't share at all....(going door-to-door or wahtever.) then neither one of them would have been saved anyway. ..now, if you did share (or go door-to-door..) then you would at least have saved someone from going to the fiery furnace..so it's a 1 to nothing....i'd take the chance and share.........every person counts. =)

Grace

March 23 2007
I would have to say, Yes its worth it. like Meg (although i have no idea who she is) i agree with her!! :)

Sarah

March 23 2007
it really doesn't matter which way you do it. ultimatly it is God who touches the hearts of people to come to Him and we are mearly a tool that God uses in His ultimate plan. The point is that we don't have the power...God does. To think that we have any power in the ultimate plan of God is something that we are severly mistaken about. So my answer is whether you think it is right or wrong going door to door, that doesn't save people. People aren't going not come to Christ just because they are irritated at our "tactics".

Sarah

March 23 2007
oh and yes it is definatly worth it just to have that one person come to Christ. God is just as excited about that one person as He would be for 100 people.

Brandon Ray

March 23 2007
It is so totally worth it. God redeems us with rewards for the witnessing and preaching of his Word, and to witness to someone is a powerful thing. Even if you do lose 1 person, God forgives you for your mistake (if there was one) and I would just pray for that person to be broken sometime in his/her lifetime.

Sally

March 24 2007
This doesn't really answer the question. But in my opinion, if someone turns away from Christianity because one of their brothers/sisters in Christ wants to share His great name, then i would say they are most likely spiritually poor, and don't have a relationship with Christ to begin with. and have technically been "lost" long before they make it public that they are turning away. but i guess to answer the question, As Christians,we're called to bring people to Christ, and pray for those who are lost. and that's all i have to say about that. :]

beth cooper

March 24 2007
whether someone chooses to become a christian or not is their choice. however i realize that there are those people that take things to extremes when trying to convert someone. but if the person is already a christian than they have their own beliefs and should not be swayed from it just because of the techniques someone chooses to use.

Brantley (Miles)

March 24 2007
the one that is feed up with Christians has most likely denied Christ more than once so the fact that they are annoyed is not the problem its the fact that they are not willing to trust in or believe in God

Brent Walker

March 24 2007
if you don't go, then perhaps niether person will become a christian. God has commanded us to go and tell. Yes, Jesus built relationships, however, he and the disciples also converted thousands of people to christianity that they just met. take the woman at the well for instance. it is in the relationships though, where you can help build a disciple. does that mean i am a fan of door-to-door witnessing? no - mostly because the christians that go door-to-door are condeming rather than loving. I have seen it work effectively though. You cannot prevent people from rejecting Christ...the important thing is that you GO and TELL. Let God take care of the rest.

Garrett Haynes

March 25 2007
If someone is lost forever as a result of you trying to witness to them, more than likely its because they hardened their heart towards Christ, and not anything you did wrong (assuming that your motives were right). So yes, unless u just decided to go storm hell with a supersoaker and use the "fire and brimstone" method, its probably not your fault.

Amy

March 25 2007
After reading a lot of these, I would have to say I agree with what everyone is saying. If both of those people were die that night without your influence, then they would have both gone to hell. But with your influence, if both died that night one would get to go to heaven. I really think that if someone is going to be that turned off by Christianity that chances are their hearts were already so hardened towards it. Now, I will say that door-to-door evangelism is not my favorite, but if someone feels called to it and God uses them through it then that's awesome.

Mathis

March 25 2007
I think that God would work with the person who was turned off and that you should always convert one to a christian if possible. Like I said I belive that God can work with people's soals and make them reconsider

Kelly

March 25 2007
i think its worth it;; cause isnt it better to try and get one person to believe in God than to loose two people?