John -
You have provided very wise words here, for us all to consider very carefully:
Hello dear Brothers and Sisters. I have a question, looking for some input.
If I want to give a witness to someone say on Youtube or even in person, what would you recommend? say something fairly short but hopefully to plant a seed with someone? I'd appreciate some suggestions. Thanks everyone.
I recommend that when you feel like witnessing to someone that you take a shot of whisky to clear your head.
Turn away from the false ideas of the great evil satanic churches. It is not our job to witness or try to save people.
Jesus and He alone is Saviour. It is His job and He is very good at it. He does not need our help.
Only a very, very small number of people are being saved at this time. Most of humanity will not be saved until the next age, after the return of the Great King. That is why Jesus spoke in parables and has blinded the understanding of the Many.
We are told to give an answer to those who ask us, but I have found that it is a complete waste of time since they cannot understand without the Spirit of God.
My family still try to get me to pray at family dinners, which of course I never do. They ask me why and I tell them I follow Jesus Who tells us to pray in private and not to say the same stupid words over and over. At my mother's funeral, several times the Our Father prayer was said, and I did not participate. Many could not understand why I did not participate or even stand up during the church service.
Jesus tells us to "come out of her My people."
I agree that there is a world of difference between 'show' and 'substance', or between 'talking the talk' and 'walking the walk' John - and this includes praying (which should be in private).
Matthew 6:6 (KJV):
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.I understand that only twice did Jesus pray in the open - once so his disciples could understand that Jesus was always in prayer and communication with His Father, and the other time on the stake, while Jesus was suffering and in so much pain (when He Prayed several times to His Father, including when He Said 'My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?'), and just before Jesus died (when Jesus said 'Father, into You Hands I commit My Spirit!' ):
John 11:41-44 (KJV):41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid.
And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Mark 15:34 (KJV):
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Luke 23:46 (KJV):
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
I lost my father over ten years ago, to cancer, as he smoked for 61 years, then he gave it up, and was then the calmest man around - and I used to nag him about giving up - and he told me he wished he never started smoking - which he did when he was 15.
He is now at rest, and does not need to deal with all the pressures he had from life - and I kept saying to people, we will all see him again later.
One of my brothers in law came over to me and said to me, I was relieved when you said that no one is lost forever, as I was worried about my dad - and when you said that, all this pressure left me, as if this massive weight was lifted off of my shoulders.
I still miss my father, John, very much - we used to discuss life and things all the time, and others thought that we were fighting, but we were not - and he could say anything to me without upsetting me, and I could say anything to him also - and we trusted each other.
I am sure you will all miss your mother John; but we are all in His Hands, regarding our time here on Earth - and we will all see each other again, later on.
May He comfort you all at this time; and shower you all, with His Blessings.
Warmest Regards.
George