......to become a Christian".
When Paul stood before Agrippa to testify of the charges brought against him of insurrection because he preached the freedom of the gospel. Agrippa made this statement ALMOST.....thou persuadest me.....
Acts 26
Let's look at what persuasion
is. To persuade is to cause someone to believe something through reasoning or argument, after a sustained effort. To prevail upon; to convince.
What convinces a person to follow Jesus?
Matthew 13
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Hebrews 11:13 ( read chpt. to see who these are)
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
How can we be persuaded to believe in Jesus? Only by the hearing of the word, even if it's only the spoken word of God This gives us faith to believe or be persuaded of God. After consistent, routine exposure to the truth of God's Word, we become fully persuaded of what it says. We don't have to try to get faith- it just comes by hearing the Word of God day after day.
***So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17**
Abraham believed God as he waked with him. He was fully persuaded.
Romans 4:20-22
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief ; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Abraham was full persuaded. In other words, he had faith.
The word can be preached or taught and individually studied and we are commanded to share the gospel by the word of God,Jesus!
There are 3 modes of persuasion, some come naturally by the presenter of what one is trying to convince another of.
1. Ethos is a way of convincing your audience of your credibility.
2.Pathos; Most simply, pathos is the appeal to our human emotions. We're more often moved by our emotions than by logic or common sense, so pathos is a powerful mode of persuasion.
3. Logos; Logos is the appeal to our logical side. Logos is about the facts we present in our sharing and the logical manner in which we present our ideas.
If one is NOT FULLY PERSUADED, then the opposite reality can be to become " bewitched".
Bewitch 1. enchant and delight (someone). Today we live in a world consumed with self and gratifying the flesh. Ppl who claim to belong to God but having itching ears, wanting to be tickled or placated in their sinful behaviours. Believing a lie and being deceived!
Paul admonished the Galatians for such by returning to the works of the law here.
Gal. 3.
1.O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? [2] This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ?
How then can we live in the persuasion of the truth of the gospel. Only through living and walking in the word of God, led by the Spirit may we be FULLY PERSUADED TO FOLLOW JESUS!
WHAT IS YOUR WITNESS ?
DO YOU PERSUADE.
DO YOU BEWITCH.
When Paul stood before Agrippa to testify of the charges brought against him of insurrection because he preached the freedom of the gospel. Agrippa made this statement ALMOST.....thou persuadest me.....
Acts 26
Let's look at what persuasion
is. To persuade is to cause someone to believe something through reasoning or argument, after a sustained effort. To prevail upon; to convince.
What convinces a person to follow Jesus?
Matthew 13
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Hebrews 11:13 ( read chpt. to see who these are)
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
How can we be persuaded to believe in Jesus? Only by the hearing of the word, even if it's only the spoken word of God This gives us faith to believe or be persuaded of God. After consistent, routine exposure to the truth of God's Word, we become fully persuaded of what it says. We don't have to try to get faith- it just comes by hearing the Word of God day after day.
***So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17**
Abraham believed God as he waked with him. He was fully persuaded.
Romans 4:20-22
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief ; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Abraham was full persuaded. In other words, he had faith.
The word can be preached or taught and individually studied and we are commanded to share the gospel by the word of God,Jesus!
There are 3 modes of persuasion, some come naturally by the presenter of what one is trying to convince another of.
1. Ethos is a way of convincing your audience of your credibility.
2.Pathos; Most simply, pathos is the appeal to our human emotions. We're more often moved by our emotions than by logic or common sense, so pathos is a powerful mode of persuasion.
3. Logos; Logos is the appeal to our logical side. Logos is about the facts we present in our sharing and the logical manner in which we present our ideas.
If one is NOT FULLY PERSUADED, then the opposite reality can be to become " bewitched".
Bewitch 1. enchant and delight (someone). Today we live in a world consumed with self and gratifying the flesh. Ppl who claim to belong to God but having itching ears, wanting to be tickled or placated in their sinful behaviours. Believing a lie and being deceived!
Paul admonished the Galatians for such by returning to the works of the law here.
Gal. 3.
1.O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? [2] This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ?
How then can we live in the persuasion of the truth of the gospel. Only through living and walking in the word of God, led by the Spirit may we be FULLY PERSUADED TO FOLLOW JESUS!
WHAT IS YOUR WITNESS ?
DO YOU PERSUADE.
DO YOU BEWITCH.
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