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The Thing I'm Most Ashamed Of

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Oct 05, 2009 Author: 
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I have been a Christian for 17 years. I have done some things I regret, some things I'm proud of. I have preached, given devotions, led worship, taught, sang, prayed, ushered, been on mission trips, and done many other things for the church and Christ.

But there is one thing I've never done that I am extremely ashamed about . . .

I've never led anyone to Christ.

Never.

It drives me crazy to say that.

Some people think witnessing or evangelism is only for a certain kind of person and that every Christian is not supposed to do it.

I think that's a lie from Satan himself. And I really do mean that.

If Satan could convince Christians that they didn't really need to tell anyone about the Gospel, then after the current generation dies, he takes over.

It's difficult for me to talk to people about my faith. Maybe it's because I'm an introvert or because I don't have much experience. Either way, I have no excuse.

So my wife and I have decided to study passages of Scripture that talk about the Gospel. Either where people are telling someone about the Gospel, preaching it, or receiving a command to tell someone. Basically anything that deals specifically with someone acting on the Gospel.

After the study, I'm not sure what we're going to do, but we've got to get busy. I'm tired of being ashamed of this. People are dying and going to hell while I refuse to obey God because I'm "uncomfortable" or "introverted."

@jacobriggs

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Aaron
Oct 14, 2009
07:17 pm
Appreciate the openness and honesty Jacob. Pray that God will continue to use you and mold you. I am reminded of something your wrote in another post. "It is one thing to recognize a problem and something different to do something about it" or something close to that. Statistics (for what they are worth) tell us that 90% of Christians have never shared their faith. 95% have never led anyone to Christ. Although it was in the research, I am willing to bet that 99% of the 95% are not bothered by that enough to do something about it. Yes Christians know that they need to witness, but they don't do it and most of them do not care that they do not do it. Thank the Lord that you see the problem and are doing something about it. God bless you my dear friend as you serve the Lord and tell others about HIm. Very soon you have the joy of leading a person to personal faith in Christ. Looking forward to hearing the report!
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