I'm just sitting here thinking about different ways different Christians reach out to non-believers. There are those people who sit there and tell people about God's love, but not about his judgement. And then there are people who tell them about God's judgement, but not his love. When Jesus was telling people about coming to Him, I know he never flat out said "you've done this and this wrong, REPENT!" But he didn't totally ignore the person's sins either. For example, with the lady at the well. Jesus got the woman to tell him her sins. He knew what they were, but he never had to flat out say it because she admitted to them. Can you give me different examples of how Jesus approached non-believers?
2007-07-30 06:35:22 · 8 answers · asked by jamie68117 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, you're not entirely correct. Jesus DID tell the woman at the well what she had done was sin, and he did tell her to repent.
Where you're right is that he did not attack the poor woman. He approached the subject indirectly to get her attention, and talked about her issues. He wasn't accusatory, but he made his point.
It can be surmised that this was how he usually approached sinners; that is conversationally. Jesus was a friend to sinners. He was not an accuser, nor was he simply a messenger. More frequently than not, Jesus sat down to eat a meal with the people he ministered to; the same way he did with his own apostles.
2007-07-30 06:42:59 · answer #1 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here are some examples: The lepers, 10 asked for healing, and He healed them, yet only one returned to thank Him. He asked (knowing where they were) where are the other 9?
The men who drug the woman to Jesus accusing her of adultry...when they had most likely gang raped her. They wanted her stoned so she would be kept silent. Jesus instead, knelt and wrote in the dirt while telling the men, "You who are without sin; cast the first stone." They couldn't , because they were equally guilty of the sin ( whether they all slept with her with her consent or whether they raped her) they still had had sex with her and her with them either way. When the men left without stoning her, Jesus asked,"Woman, where are your accusers? And she told Him there were none (they were gone). Then Jesus told her there were none to condem her and neither did He and for her to go and sin no more. John 8: 1--11. Check out the The Most Important Commandment Luke 10 : 25--28 and the Good Samaritan Start at Luke 10 : 29----37. There are more, but dig in the Word and find them.
2007-07-30 07:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by 1magicmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said in John 3:17 that he did not come into the world to condemn the the world but that the world through him might be saved. In his encounters with various people he was careful not to condemn some however he did tell one woman to "go and sin no more" in the case of the woman brought to him about whom it was stated that she was caught in the act of adultery, This is debatable as they failed to produce the man. whay in fact his critics were hoping Jesus would say was to either let he go (which would have been against the law of moses) or stone her which would have gone against his claim that he did not come into the world to condemn.....etc.
Jesus knew their thoughts so that's why he simply said that whoever was without sin can cast the first stone. this whole situation was nothing more than an attempt to "set Him up" so they could have him put to death but backfired on them. When dealing with people and attempting to encourage them to accept Christ as their Savior, it's important to be totally non-judgmental and so win their confidence as Christ did.
2007-07-30 06:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did deal with each person differently. Usually, he would discern their hearts and address them accordingly. Jesus only spoke that which he heard the Father saying. Simply stated - he had compassion on the humble and was very stern with the proud.
2007-07-30 06:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by A Voice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heavy on the compassion easy on the judgment. He probably realised that He was speaking to ordinary human beings not earth bound angels. God made us as we are. It's like giving a child an ice cream cone and then saying you can hold it but you'd better not eat it - or else!!!
2007-07-30 06:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First & foremost he showed "LOVE" - Never being pompous & proud as the "human" priest were.. which is why - many times Jesus was basically smacking them down. Jesus accepted the sinner as anyone else- with his arms opened wide.
2007-07-30 06:46:24 · answer #6 · answered by darkness breeds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the woman caught in adultery he said to the people about to stone her he with out sin throw the first stone and no one did then he told her who left to condemn you she said no one .... then neither do i GO AND SIN NO MORE told to Mary of Magdalena luv dad me and my holy bible
2007-07-30 06:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With LOVE and WISDOM; with that what comes out of your mouth will be TRUTH.
2007-07-30 06:57:05 · answer #8 · answered by Debs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋