How To Get Someone Saved Wrongly Part 2

How To Get Someone Saved Wrongly Part 2

Having witnessed to thousands of individuals for more than 10 years in the streets, I have heard all kinds of 'gospel' being shared. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬.

I had shared the gospel with a certain race that believes in polytheism. Almost 95% of the time, they would say "Yes" to believing in Jesus. Few years ago, I decided to change the way I share the gospel with the same race, in order to test out the truth. I said that "Jesus is the only Way to the Father. He is the true God. All yours are not. So to believe in Him, you have to renounce the rest."

Immediately, I got a "No" as their responses. It is presumptuous to think that we can get anyone saved with a diluted gospel, especially those who believe in polytheism. If you try to reach someone who believes in monotheism, you will realise that they understand the gospel message better and they are much more likely to reject your message because they already have one god whom they believe in.

It is extremely presumptuous to reach another culture/race with a diluted gospel and think that they are saved. The Americans, in general, are doing that and I have seen/watched/heard so many of them (including popular public figures) doing that over and over again. They are not getting people saved. They are just clocking another testimony and letting the people add one more 'jesus' into their lives without repentance (returning to the only One who created them).

Have you realised that we seldom follow up with those whom we claim to have 'born again' in the streets? Some of us did that and we came to the realization that they did not really comprehend the Gospel when they said "Yes" to Jesus. It was a moment of impulse made because of power encounters.

Disclaimer: There is nothing wrong with God-encounters. I love it. But they are tools and means to the Gospel of the Kingdom. They are not an end by themselves.

Albert Einstein says that "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

We have to constantly re-evaluate what kind of Gospel we preach in the streets in order to make disciples and fulfill the Great Commission.

A gospel message that does not include His Kingship is incomplete. We are not receiving Jesus into our lives ----- that's not salvation. We are giving our lives to Him and living under His reign. Read the whole book of Acts and you will see that none of them received Jesus. They gave their lives to Him.

There wasn't a debate on baptism like the modern church. Baptism is the proof of their repentance (Matt 3:8; James 2:26). Baptism does not save someone. But it proves salvation. If one is saved and understood the Gospel message, he will want to go for baptism.

To understand the Gospel of the Kingdom, one must look at the Gospel that Jesus preached, since He is the exact representation of God (Col 1:15; Heb 1:3). We will look at it in the next part.