Sometimes I meet someone who really causes me to scratch my head and say to myself.. “I don’t get it!” Let me explain myself. Awhile back I was in Raleigh at an outside style mall, and I had a chance to sit down beside an older lady who said she was a Presbyterian. I started asking her a couple of questions and the conversation started to get interesting. (I never take someone’s word that they are a Christian, if they are, then they will LOVE to talk about their savior, and if their not, then most likely they will get a little snippy.)
She said that she was trying to do the right things in order to get into heaven- reading her bible, being good, praying, etc… So I said, “Did you know that God was going to judge us by the 10 commandments? How do you think you do if God did that?” To that she said, “Oh, I think I would pretty good.” So I started taking her through some of the commandments.. here is how it went.
Me– “Have you ever lied before? That is the 9th commandment”
Woman– “No! I don’t lie to people. I am a very honest person.”
Me– “Wow! Really? Never even once?”
Woman– “No, not that I can ever remember.”
Me– “Ever stolen anything? That is the 8th commandment.”
Woman– “No. I have never stolen anything in my life.”
Me– “OK, Ever used God’s name in vain… Even if you said something like “Oh my G__?”
Woman– “Never. Never.”
Me– “Have you ALWAYS put God first and foremost in your life?” …(Look at Psa 14:3)
Woman– “Yes, I have always tried to put him first every day of my life.”
Me– (Trying to find SOMETHING) “Well, Jesus said whoever looks with lust commits adultery in their heart, is it possible you have ever done that?”
Woman– “No. I have never looked with lust.”
Me– “Wow, it kinda sounds like your perfect. Are you perfect?”
Woman– “Well, I am not perfect; I have made some minor mistakes, but nothing bad.”
Me– “Let me ask you this, why do you need a savior? If you have not broken any of the commandments, why did Jesus have to die?”
Woman– (Very politely) “I don’t think I want to talk about this any more.”
See what I mean? I just don’t get it!! Isn’t Christianity supposed to be about forgiveness of SINS?? Why join the club if you’re not a SINNER?? It is important to remember that just because someone attends all the church functions, or carries a Bible around, or lifts their hands in praise to God, it doesn’t mean that they are a child of God. I will talk about what a true Christian looks like later.
–Danny
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Hello,
One of the weirdest conversations I’ve had was when I went through some of the Ten Commandments with a young lady who denied breaking any of the ones I asked her (including lust). She was obviously pregnant, and in the course of the conversation, I learned that the man standing next to her was her boyfriend, and the baby’s father. I told her that I was going to have to jump to the conclusion that she had in fact committed fornication, and that is a sin. She ran away screaming that her child was God’s baby.
Thanks,
Bill
I spoke with a man just yesterday that said he had never looked a woman and lusted after her. I ask him again, in a different way, to make sure he understood the question. I said, “you have never looked at a woman and had a sexual thought about her?” And again he said no. So just on a hunch, I asked him if he ever had sex outside of marriage and he admitted to that. So I asked how he could have done that without looking with lust? Then he admitted that he had, in fact, looked with lust. Whew, like pullin’ teeth!