Ouch! The truth hurts..

Glory to God for a great morning! This morning as soon as I rounded the corner by the courthouse there stood one of my Jehovah’s Witness friends. He immediately started talking to me about John 15 and then began to ask me questions on what the Bible says about the Trinity. He would hardly let me finish a word without interrupting me. I think he wanted me to answer his questions they way he wanted them answered. This went on for about 15 minutes until I knew that I had to get going.
So I told him “You and I have had plenty of conversations. You have heard the truth and you need to repent and put your trust in the true Jesus Christ of the Bible because one day you will die and you will close your eyes for the last time and the fog that you have been living under will be lifted. You will be judged and you will receive justice for you sins. So please walk away from the Watchtower or it will drag you into Hell forever.
He did not like that at all. He asked me “What gives you the authority to judge me?”
I’m not judging your character and I don’t have any authority to judge you but God does and I’m telling you what Scripture says.
He said “Well I can tell what you think of me! You tell me that you care about me but you’re condemning me to Hell!”
So I asked him “If you saw me about to drink from a cup filled with poison what would you do?”
I would tell you not do to it, but if you wanted to that would be your choice.
I said, I would smack that cup of your hands, kick you in the stomach, whatever I had to do to keep you from dying. That is all I’m trying to do. He walked away angry and I could tell his feelings were hurt. I guess sometimes getting the truth hurts and sometimes giving the truth hurts too.

Next I met Patrick. He was very open to talk and I truly appreciated his time. We went through the Commandments, sin, and repentance. It was pretty much a straight forward witnessing encounter. Towards the end of our talk Patrick told me that he was a Christian so I briefly discussed how so many people think believing in God is enough to get to Heaven but it takes repentance and faith in the Savior. Thanks Patrick for you time this morning.

As I was walking back to the car I noticed Ely sitting at the bus stop. I quickly looked for the optical illusion tract and started a conversation with him. I just love that tract, it makes things so easy. I started by asking him a few scenario questions and then transitioned to the Law. Ely told me that he thought he would go to Heaven because he was trying to live better. So I tried to explain the God will punish our sin even if we are sincere about changing. About that time his bus pulled up so I hope I run into him again. It was a good talk. It was a great morning..