Ripping up My Bible
Man, today, I picked up my guitar in 3 days. It was goooood.... I love singing, but I hate my voice.
Yesterday, I met up with them Mormons again, this time Heather, a Crusade Staff member, went with me. So I explained to her how I really didn't want to talk to these guys, partly because I knew they were trying to convert me, and the partly because I'm lazy. But I really felt the desire to reach out to them at the same time. However, so far, our conversations haven't amounted to much, except them trying to convert me, and me trying not to get converted. So Heather gave me a challenge, and she said, "Why don't we try sharing about grace today?." Which I thought was PERFECT, because I've been reading Galations lately. (It's cool how God uses things you've been learning. I've really been noticing that a lot lately).
I should let you guys know, I didn't bring my Bible which was a HUGE mistake! I thought it would be ok, since Heather had hers. Anyway, so we met them at Wendy's again, and the lead elder asked me "So, have you thought any of the things we've taught you?" Awesome! They gave me a chance to speak! SO! I went into how I couldn’t wrap my head around with their beliefs, in how I had to be baptized in order to go to Heaven, and I pulled out Galations 5 to back me up. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Galations… GET FAMILIAR WITH IT!! It’s awesome!!
But man, as I read those verses, the main elder started to look a bit angry. But praise God, it was like Heather and I were anointed! Everything that they said we were able to refute, with scripture! I know, I know... The point of evangelizing is not about proving yourself right, and others wrong. And in this case, it’s to show the error of their doctrine, and hopefully plant some seeds of doubt into them, so that they may wonder and start to seek after the truth. Despite that… being able to refute everything that they came up with, it felt good... cause... We had them by the balls man!
Unfortunately, Heather had to go, and so did her Bible. Oh yeah, about that Bible, man it was so weird going through hers. Let me tell ya, Bring Your Own Bible!! It’s YOUR sword! Grabbing someone else’s sword, the balance is all wrong, and you can’t swing it right. But God blessed us yesterday even still, and I was able to find the right verses.
I didn’t want to stay too much longer either, so I was trying to leave, but, they brought me back to the point of baptism, and they had scripture to back them up this time too. And the elder said to me, “John 3 says, unless you are baptized by water and by the Spirit, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” And that verse seemed so familiar, but I didn’t have a Bible to confirm it at the time!! Dah! So he got me, and I had nothing to say. But then he said: “Yeah, what are you going to do now? Are you just going to rip up that page of the Bible and toss it away?” And I was shocked! And speechless! I told them I’ll look into it, and we set up another appointment, but honestly, I got pretty bitter at those words, and that seed of anger just bloomed inside of me.
I mean… That motherless lowlife, accusing me of tossing out the Bible?! I love God more than that guy ever will!
*sigh* It’s ironic, me, trying to share that one’s saved not by works, and yet, here I am, making the act of loving God a work in itself. I’m right with God now, and I’m a little bit encouraged too. I think I can share with them on how I was angry with’em and all, and hopefully that’ll be a good testimony. But, if your reading this, pray for me; that the Holy Spirit will teach me the right words when I need them. And that seeds will be planted in these guys, that they may later come to know Christ. I think next week will be the last time I talk to them.
Oh yeah, by the way, if you check out John 3… They totally took it out of context. It’s good to be on the winning team :)
Yesterday, I met up with them Mormons again, this time Heather, a Crusade Staff member, went with me. So I explained to her how I really didn't want to talk to these guys, partly because I knew they were trying to convert me, and the partly because I'm lazy. But I really felt the desire to reach out to them at the same time. However, so far, our conversations haven't amounted to much, except them trying to convert me, and me trying not to get converted. So Heather gave me a challenge, and she said, "Why don't we try sharing about grace today?." Which I thought was PERFECT, because I've been reading Galations lately. (It's cool how God uses things you've been learning. I've really been noticing that a lot lately).
I should let you guys know, I didn't bring my Bible which was a HUGE mistake! I thought it would be ok, since Heather had hers. Anyway, so we met them at Wendy's again, and the lead elder asked me "So, have you thought any of the things we've taught you?" Awesome! They gave me a chance to speak! SO! I went into how I couldn’t wrap my head around with their beliefs, in how I had to be baptized in order to go to Heaven, and I pulled out Galations 5 to back me up. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Galations… GET FAMILIAR WITH IT!! It’s awesome!!
But man, as I read those verses, the main elder started to look a bit angry. But praise God, it was like Heather and I were anointed! Everything that they said we were able to refute, with scripture! I know, I know... The point of evangelizing is not about proving yourself right, and others wrong. And in this case, it’s to show the error of their doctrine, and hopefully plant some seeds of doubt into them, so that they may wonder and start to seek after the truth. Despite that… being able to refute everything that they came up with, it felt good... cause... We had them by the balls man!
Unfortunately, Heather had to go, and so did her Bible. Oh yeah, about that Bible, man it was so weird going through hers. Let me tell ya, Bring Your Own Bible!! It’s YOUR sword! Grabbing someone else’s sword, the balance is all wrong, and you can’t swing it right. But God blessed us yesterday even still, and I was able to find the right verses.
I didn’t want to stay too much longer either, so I was trying to leave, but, they brought me back to the point of baptism, and they had scripture to back them up this time too. And the elder said to me, “John 3 says, unless you are baptized by water and by the Spirit, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” And that verse seemed so familiar, but I didn’t have a Bible to confirm it at the time!! Dah! So he got me, and I had nothing to say. But then he said: “Yeah, what are you going to do now? Are you just going to rip up that page of the Bible and toss it away?” And I was shocked! And speechless! I told them I’ll look into it, and we set up another appointment, but honestly, I got pretty bitter at those words, and that seed of anger just bloomed inside of me.
I mean… That motherless lowlife, accusing me of tossing out the Bible?! I love God more than that guy ever will!
*sigh* It’s ironic, me, trying to share that one’s saved not by works, and yet, here I am, making the act of loving God a work in itself. I’m right with God now, and I’m a little bit encouraged too. I think I can share with them on how I was angry with’em and all, and hopefully that’ll be a good testimony. But, if your reading this, pray for me; that the Holy Spirit will teach me the right words when I need them. And that seeds will be planted in these guys, that they may later come to know Christ. I think next week will be the last time I talk to them.
Oh yeah, by the way, if you check out John 3… They totally took it out of context. It’s good to be on the winning team :)
posted by Jonny at 1:11 a.m.
2 Comments:
dang man, you gotta know your stuff really well to go head to head with them....good luck with that....
they take everything out of context....that's why they're mormons...the "splinter" group...as anne white would call them!! :P
The Mormons use an "Inspired Version" of the bible. The founder of their religion (Joseph Smith) modified verses of the bible because he believed it was not accurate. Along with the bible they have other books that their elders have written. There are numerous contraditions in their writings and the bible (1 Tim 3:16). Always bring your own bible. Did you know that the bible is so accurate, that if they burned all the bibles in the world, they can still reproduce all but ~12 verses in the bible from historic evidence
Here are some things they believe:
- They believe the father God was a human being that was intimate with Mary to create Jesus
- Jesus and Satan are brothers
- Humans can become a god and populate another world
- Everyone goes to heaven. But heaven is separated into 3 levels. They go to the highest level. Non-Mormon Christian believers go to the 2nd. Everyone else is the bottom level
Of course none of these statements are true. It would be interesting to see them back it up with scripture.
Keep up the good work
- anonymous
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