Would it not be better to lead a christ like life themselves quietly, have a christ like character much so that people are attracted to what you follow on their own and ask you for advice?
2006-10-08 01:17:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is that not bearing witness to christs message?
2006-10-08 01:18:24 · update #1
thay need them to pay the priests wages but the more thay try to convert the more thay get hated so all thay have to do is stop trying to brainwash people
2006-10-08 01:33:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
True Christians do not make that assumption.
Others also carry the misconception that Jehovah's Witnesses go from door-to-door because they feel it is their duty to get a householder to "convert". In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion, or even if no one would listen to them!
That is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.
(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:
(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
2006-10-09 16:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Go teach all nations". Simple, direct and clear command from Jesus himself.
2006-10-08 08:20:43 · answer #3 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they have always take what they want to believe and the rest is just filler.
2006-10-08 08:19:32 · answer #4 · answered by BBQ MASTER 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋