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Posted by htnqn28 (Member # 6745) on :

Why is it that only Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses walk door to door to share their beliefs. As Christians, I'm sure that we'd like to have more people know the truth about the God. Is it because we shouldn't interfere in someone's private space (I'm a new christian and I've always wondered about this.)

Posted by corriee (Member # 6705) on :

Baptist Churches used to go out and knock on doors, expecially before revivals. Now they don't even have revivals. Things change, for the better or worse.
I think people got really tired of someone knocking on their door, expecially with the age of television. It disrupted their evening. I remember going on church visitation and in some homes television was louder than we were. No one could talk. We weren't welcome, so it gradually died out.
I am sure others have reasons, this is all I can think of at the moment. I am so happy that you have been saved and are in the family of God.

Posted by htnqn28 (Member # 6745) on :

Thank you so much for your response. I have a friend who's a Jehovah's Witness and many of his questions and statements have struck a cord with me (i.e. the fact that he reads his so-called bible religiously/dilligently and most Christians don't etc.)

I realize that he's in a cult and I pray that some how he'll come to know the real truth about God. In the mean time, I need to get myself extremely acquainted with the Bible so I can defend it and myself, when and if I'm able to discuss religion with him again.

Posted by Betty Lou (Member # 6713) on :

Blue Letter Bible.com is a great place to start.
You can read along while you listen. This is helpful to people like hubby and I who cannot pronounce many of the names in the Old Testament.

Posted by corriee (Member # 6705) on :

There is also a program by J. Vernon McGee
( ThrutheBible.com) and you can listen to his
through the Bible tapes on your computer. He is
a wonderful teacher.
Betty is correct tho about reading the Bible for yourself, or along with some one else and asking God to help you understand it. Not only does that help you understand the Bible, it increases you faith when the Holy Spirit teaches you. It is just so wonderful to experience that. Don't turn back, don't turn to a cult, people never get out from those and they are of satan.
Be grounded in the Gospel, the birth, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who came to save the world from their sins. He was man and He was God. God dwelt among us as a Man for a time and then gave Himself as a sacrifice that we might have eternal life.

Posted by sevenlamps (Member # 6715) on :

If my memory serves me right I believe one of the gospels has Jesus telling his disciples not to go house to house. I'm not sure if that was only for one such outreach or if it was intended as instruction for the church. Find that verse and you might have a clue about that activity. God bless.

Posted by sevenlamps (Member # 6715) on :

Also, a good site for getting some quick exposure to witnesing would be wayofthemaster.com.