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On my way home yesterday, saw a SUV sporting a “JESUS SAVES” on one side, and “Acts 2:38” on the other.
And they used the - “please give me massive letters so people could see it from space” version. Obviously, it is not new to see these kinds of things on cars, or bumper stickers like it. (but it still got me thinking about it - and I guess it worked on me huh!) :)
My honest question(s) is: Does this really work overall, and is it good - whether it works or not?
What if in a ratio of perhaps 1 to 30 (just a range, not scientific here), it pisses off 30 people who want nothing to do with God and further alienates them from wanting to know anything about God or Christianity; or it truly leads 1 person to read that verse and decide that they really do want to follow Jesus and His life? Do we take that 1, and just count the 30 as bitter and not caring anyway? What if the 1 only “prays the prayer” but doesn’t do anything with their faith, was it good enough to do just to get someone some “fire-insurance” (if that happens)? [ref]1. I’m not knocking praying a real prayer of wanting to follow Jesus, I’m responding to not doing anything with your faith after that, that how someone lives doesn’t change at all from that point on - if it is the starting point.[/ref]
Or is it whatever gets the message out, and that’s for God to deal with in how others respond (and He thinks “Chris” should just shut up and not ask questions about it?) ;)
Thanks for your civil and respectful thoughts (on both sides) :)
Look forward to the chats we have on these types of things!
