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Date Posted: 02:43:15 04/18/08 Fri
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gavyn
's message, "Re: Please consider this!!" on 20:18:08 04/06/08 Sun
>>>>If God cannot lie. Then he means that every time you
>>>>spread his word he will honor your efforts and use
>>>>them for a purpose. No matter how you do it as long
>>as
>>>>it is not illegal or disrespectful I know of alot of
>>>>people that think that tracts are ineffective and
>>just
>>>>a waste of time. My hope is that after reading this
>>if
>>>>you are one of those people that you will change
>your
>>>>mind and be encouraged to pass out tracts. .
>>>>Sowing the seed of the gospel.
>>>>A student at Jacksonville University in Florida was
>>>>given a tract. The student crumpled the pamphlet up
>>>>and tossed it into a trash bin in his dorm. Later,
>>his
>>>>dorm mate picked it out of the trash, read it, and
>>was
>>>>soundly saved. He is now a pastor of a church in
>>>>Florida. “A Christian I met in a home group said his
>>>>job was raking litter off the Avon River. It was
>>dull,
>>>>boring work and he often wondered what life was all
>>>>about. One day he raked a soggy piece of paper off
>>the
>>>>water and decided it was interesting enough to keep,
>>>>so he carefully placed it in his bag and took it
>>home.
>>>>That evening he dried the paper in front of a heater
>>>>and carefully unfolded it, then he read it . . . it
>>>>was a gospel tract. He became a Christian that
>>>>evening.” Richard Gunther
>>>>Gospel tracts-how to use them. If Paul meant “by all
>>>>means,” he no doubt would have used gospel tracts as
>>a
>>>>means to reach the lost. A Christian book relates
>the
>>>>true story of a diver who saw a piece of paper
>>>>clutched in the shell of an oyster. The man grabbed
>>>>it, found that it was a gospel tract and said, “I
>>>>can’t hold out any longer. His mercy is so great
>that
>>>>He has caused His Word to follow me even to the
>>bottom
>>>>of the ocean.” God used a tract to save the man.
>>>>Why should a Christian use tracts? Simply because
>God
>>>>uses them. He used a tract to save the great
>>>>missionary Hudson Taylor, as well as innumerable
>>>>others. That fact alone should be enough incentive
>>for
>>>>a Christian to always use tracts to reach the lost,
>>>>but there are even more reasons why we should use
>>>>them. Here are a few: Tracts can provide an
>opening
>>>>for us to share our faith. We can watch people’s
>>>>reaction as we give them a tract, and see if they
>are
>>>>open to listening to spiritual things. They can do
>>>>the witnessing for us. If we are too timid to speak
>>to
>>>>someone about the things of God, we can at least
>give
>>>>them a tract, or leave it lying around so that
>>someone
>>>>will pick it up. They speak to the individuals
>when
>>>>they are ready-they don’t read it until they want
>to.
>>>> They can find their way into people’s homes when
>we
>>>>can’t. They don’t get into arguments; they just
>>>>state their case.
>>>>
>>>>Dr. Oswald J. Smith said, “The only way to carry out
>>>>the Great Commission will be by the means of the
>>>>printed page.” Charles Spurgeon stated, “When
>>>>preaching and private talk are not available, you
>>need
>>>>to have a tract ready . . . Get good striking
>tracts,
>>>>or none at all. But a touching gospel tract may be
>>the
>>>>seed of eternal life. Therefore, do not go out
>>without
>>>>your tracts.” If you want people to accept your
>>>>literature, try to greet them before offering them a
>>>>tract. If you can get them to respond to a warm
>“Good
>>>>morning,” or “How are you doing?” that will almost
>>>>always break the ice and they will take it. After
>the
>>>>greeting, don’t ask, “Would you like this ?” They
>>will
>>>>probably respond, “What is it?” Instead, say, “Did
>>you
>>>>get one of these?” That question has a twofold
>>effect.
>>>>You stir their curiosity and make them ask, “One of
>>>>what?” That’s when you hand it to them. It also
>makes
>>>>them feel as though they are missing out on
>>something.
>>>>So they are.
>>>>Perhaps you almost pass out at the thought of
>passing
>>>>out a tract. Don’t worry; you are not alone. We all
>>>>battle fear. The answer to fear is found in the
>>prayer
>>>>closet. Ask God to give you a compassion that will
>>>>swallow your fears. Meditate on the fate of the
>>>>ungodly. Give hell some deep thought. Confront what
>>it
>>>>is that makes you fearful. Do you like roller
>>>>coasters? Some Christians want to try bungee-jumping
>>>>or sky diving. Isn’t it strange? We are prepared to
>>>>risk our lives for the love of fear-and yet we are
>>>>willing to let a sinner go to hell for fear of
>giving
>>>>out a tract. Ask yourself how many piles of bloodied
>>>>stones you can find where Christians have been
>stoned
>>>>to death for preaching the gospel. How much singed
>>>>soil can you find where they have been burned at the
>>>>stake? Part of our fear is a fear of rejection. We
>>are
>>>>fearful of looking foolish. That’s a subtle form of
>>>>pride. The other part of our battle with fear comes
>>>>directly from the enemy. He knows that fear
>>paralyzes.
>>>>We must resist the devil and his lies. If God is
>with
>>>>us, nothing can be against us.
>>>>Never underestimate the power of a gospel tract.
>>After
>>>>George Whitefield read one called “The Life of God
>in
>>>>the Soul of a Man,” he said, “God showed me I must
>be
>>>>born again or be damned.” He went on to pray, “Lord,
>>>>if I am not a Christian, or if I am not a real one,
>>>>for Jesus Christ’s sake show me what Christianity
>is,
>>>>that I may not be damned at last!” Then his journal
>>>>tells us “from that moment . . . did I know that I
>>>>must become a new creature.”
>>>>If you have never given out tracts, why not begin
>>>>today? Leave them in a shopping cart, or put them in
>>>>the mail when you pay bills. Then each night as you
>>>>shut your eyes to go to sleep, you will have
>>something
>>>>very special to pray about-that God will use the
>>tract
>>>>you put somewhere. You will also have a deep sense
>of
>>>>satisfaction that you played a small part in
>carrying
>>>>out the Great Commission to reach this dying world
>>>>with the gospel of everlasting life. Don’t waste
>your
>>>>life. Do something for the kingdom of God while you
>>>>are able to. Always remember: treat every day as
>>>>though it were your last-one day you will be right.
>>>>
>>>>Charles Spurgeon on Tracts:
>>>>“I well remember distributing them in a town in
>>>>England where tracts had never been distributed
>>>>before, and going from house to house, and telling
>in
>>>>humble language the things of the kingdom of God. I
>>>>might have done nothing, if I had not been
>encouraged
>>>>by finding myself able to do something...[Tracts
>are]
>>>>adapted to those persons who have but little power
>>and
>>>>little ability, but nevertheless, wish to do
>>something
>>>>for Christ. They have not the tongue of the
>eloquent,
>>>>but they may have the hand of the diligent. They
>>>>cannot stand and preach, but they can stand and
>>>>distribute here and there these silent preachers . .
>>.
>>>>They may buy their thousand tracts, and these they
>>can
>>>>distribute broadcast.
>>>>“I look upon the giving away of a religious tract as
>>>>only the first step for action not to be compared
>>with
>>>>many another deed done for Christ; but were it not
>>for
>>>>the first step we might never reach to the second,
>>but
>>>>that first attained, we are encouraged to take
>>>>another, and so at the last . . . There is a real
>>>>service of Christ in the distribution of the gospel
>>in
>>>>its printed form, a service the result of which
>>heaven
>>>>alone shall disclose, and the judgment day alone
>>>>discover. How many thousands have been carried to
>>>>heaven instrumentally upon the wings of these
>tracts,
>>>>none can tell. “I might say, if it were right to
>>quote
>>>>such a Scripture, ‘The leaves were for the healing
>of
>>>>the nations’-verily they are so. Scattered where the
>>>>whole tree could scarcely be carried, the very
>leaves
>>>>have had a medicinal and a healing virtue in them
>and
>>>>the real word of truth, the simple statement of a
>>>>Savior crucified and of a sinner who shall be saved
>>by
>>>>simply trusting in the Savior, has been greatly
>>>>blessed, and many thousand souls have been led into
>>>>the kingdom of heaven by this simple means. Let each
>>>>one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin
>>>>to do something
>>>>now. The distribution of tracts is the first
>thing.”
>>>>Just a few Ideas on where to put tracts
>>>> At pay phones In shopping carts In clothes
>>pockets
>>>>in stores In letters to loved ones With a generous
>>>>tip even if the service wasn't the best. On seats
>in
>>>>restaurant lobbies With fast-food employees,
>>>>cashiers,flight attendants, cab drivers, and gas
>>>>station workers. In restrooms At rest areas On
>>>>ATM machines and bank counters In envelopes with
>>>>bill payments. Please make sure the bill is on time
>
>>>>In elevators On hotel dressers for the maid and in
>>>>the dressers On ice machines
>>>> On newspaper racks In waiting rooms of doctors’
>>>>offices and hospitals On seats at airports,
>>subways,
>>>>and bus stations In plane seat pockets Inside
>>>>magazines In cabs In laundromats
>>>>At truckstops in the lounge In canisters at the
>>>>drive-up tellerand in night deposit box In the
>>>>postage paid reply envelopes you get with Junk mail
>>>>Mail tracts to families that have just lost loved
>>>>ones look through your papers obituaries. You can
>>also
>>>>mailthem to people convicted of DUI or other crimes
>>>>Put some in a plastic brochure holder by your door
>>to
>>>>give to anyone who comes to your door, and as a
>>>>reminder to bring some with you when you leave the
>>>>house. In open car windows To people you see
>waitng
>>>>in their cars at parking lots. At libraries in
>>books,
>>>>magazines etc. If you rent videos put one in the
>>>>movie you are returning. Leave them on video games
>>>>in the arcade
>>>>Basically anywhere you go. Just pray that God will
>>>>prepare peoples heart and open doors before you
>leave
>>>>for the day and trust God to do the rest. Remeber it
>>>>is God who does the saving not us. We are merely
>>>>planters and waterers.
>>>>If God is speaking to you about your lack of
>>>>evangelistic concern, pray something like this now:
>>>>Father, please forgive me for my lack of love for
>>this
>>>>dying world. From this day forward I
>>>>will strive to be a “true and faithful witness.”
>>>>Please give me the wisdom to know what to
>>>>say to reach the lost. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
>>>>I hope that this will encourage some if not all to
>>>>consider tracts. May God bless you.
>>>>Taken from the evidence bible
>>www.theevidencebible.org
>>>>
>>>>Intersted try
>>>>www.fellowshiptractleague.org
>>>>www.raycomfort.com
>>>>www.chick.com
>>>>www.av1611.org
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