Why wont they listen?

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soberxp

soberxp

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The right way to do this is to be selective in your evangelism. Jesus said you can't give pearls to dogs, lest they bite you in return, or to pigs, lest....... So we can use the principle of choice when we preach the Gospel.

But the Gospel itself is for everyone.
 
Magenta

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God has blinded the Jews until the fullness of Gentiles have come in. Also, I have heard that many
Jews do not get taught from Isaiah about the suffering servant for fear their eyes will be opened.
 
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Locoponydirtman

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pottersclay said:
First off consider what your saying, the monument to the unknown god was with the monuments of other gods.
For paul to preach one GOD is from genesis. To preach one GOD was very dangerous for the greeks considered Caesar as a god also. It could of resulted in pauls death.
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I just go by what is written.
 
Aaron56

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soberxp said:
The right way to do this is to be selective in your evangelism.
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Simply go to where you are led by the Spirit which will include the familiar and the unfamiliar.
 
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pottersclay

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ResidentAlien said:
All true, but your original point was we need to prepare people to hear the gospel by laying a foundation of the Torah; however, none of what you said above demonstrates that this is the case. Yes, some Jews did believe but as a whole they rejected it. I'm not saying we shouldn't include the Torah when we preach the gospel, just saying a person doesn't need to first learn the Torah before they can be saved.
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Saint please when did I say the torah? I beleve i said genesis to the greek. As to the jew it would be abraham.
2 different starting points...
 
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pottersclay

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Magenta said:
God has blinded the Jews until the fullness of Gentiles have come in. Also, I have heard that many
Jews do not get taught from Isaiah about the suffering servant for fear their eyes will be opened.
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This is very true to date .
 
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pottersclay

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Aaron56 said:
Simply go to where you are led by the Spirit which will include the familiar and the unfamiliar.
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I believe in being led by the Holy Spirit but also know your audience.
Look at society and how its changed...be aware of what is lacking..this is part of a workmens home work.

Jesus said i will make you fishers of men...what bait will you put on the hook? What type of net will you use?
 
Aaron56

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pottersclay said:
I believe in being led by the Holy Spirit but also know your audience.
Look at society and how its changed...be aware of what is lacking..this is part of a workmens home work.

Jesus said i will make you fishers of men...what bait will you put on the hook? What type of net will you use?
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IMO, it's good to know your audience. That's wisdom. But the Spirit may still lead us where we do not want to go.
We would likely refuse to go where we don't want to go because of our own proclivities.
Today, Christians are going everywhere including places they don't belong.
 
ResidentAlien

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pottersclay said:
Saint please when did I say the torah? I beleve i said genesis to the greek. As to the jew it would be abraham.
2 different starting points...
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You said Torah in your very first post: "Preaching to the jews was much easier in a way, that they knew the Torah." If you don't even remember what you said in your post I'm afraid I'm wasting my time here. I'm done with this thread.
 
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pottersclay

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ResidentAlien said:
You said Torah in your very first post: "Preaching to the jews was much easier in a way, that they knew the Torah." If you don't even remember what you said in your post I'm afraid I'm wasting my time here. I'm done with this thread.
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I apologize i did mention torah but not to teach it but to show the jews already knew the foundation of creation and sacrafice, again i apologize.
The one scripture everyone has heard is in proverbs.
Train a child up in the way he should go and when he is old he shall not depart. There are many more scriptures that point to this idea.
Todays society imo is about 4 generations deep into not doing this. Many parents thought it best for a child to decide what they would want to believe. We see this in our culture today in many other issues now to the point of gender identity. Who would of thought?
We need to get back to basic bibical truths, i believe and build from there.
Explaining the reason for our Lords sacrafice as a requirement in order to please GOD and why.
 
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