{"id":4502,"date":"2021-03-06T00:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T23:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/?page_id=4502"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:56:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:56:33","slug":"eight-reasons-reason-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/faq\/eight-reasons-reason-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Reasons Why People Won&#8217;t Accept The Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reason 2 &#8211; &#8216;Men have no true sight and sense of their own sinfulness.&#8217;<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\r\n<iframe id=\"lbry-iframe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/eight-reasons-why-people-won%27t-accept\/1f61e77ecb5f3328b6d1c4368dd778597fffdde9?r=6RkkWM5UgCkvmSiTHePQLaQ2Bo4g93p3\" allowfullscreen frameBorder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h3>Intro<\/h3>\r\n<p>Okay! We&rsquo;re on a roll here! This is the second reason of why people\r\nwon&rsquo;t accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>I&rsquo;ve been pretty busy in the week after the introductory video about this\r\nseries. I didn&rsquo;t say much about anything but still it received\r\nhundreds of views and a lot of comments. Many positive responses,\r\nwhich is nice and encouraging. But it also looked like YouTube\r\nemptied its special bucket, full of sceptics, atheists and other &lsquo;we\r\nwill always argue against religion&rsquo; type of people. I am used\r\nto see that on YouTube, but didn&rsquo;t notice this group on Odysee\r\nyet.  It was bit of a challenge to open the comments with our\r\ninternet connection, but in the end I hope I&rsquo;ve replied to\r\neverybody.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Anyway, the second reason of why people won&rsquo;t accept the Gospel:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&lsquo;<b>Men have no true sight and sense of their own sinfulness.&rsquo;<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>Boston said:<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1.25cm\" class=\"textq\"><span class=\"leftq\"><\/span>Men have no true sight and sense of their own sinfulness. They see not\r\nthe sinfulness of their nature, of their hearts, lips, and lives, but are like Samson, without his two eyes:\r\n<br>\r\n<i>Matthew 4:12 &lsquo;They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.&rsquo; <\/i>\r\n<br>\r\nThey are pining away in their sins ; their sickness has not yet taken them\r\nby the heart ; their wounds are not lanced ; the law has not had its effect upon them, and therefore the Gospel is not relished. \r\n<span class=\"rightq\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>I would\r\nhave liked it to meet mister Boston. He sounds like a smart man. A\r\nman that could easily teach me some good stuff about the Bible.\r\nAgain, his observation is spot on. And again, it is not only talking\r\nabout his time but this attitude towards sin can be found throughout\r\nall ages and in every corner of the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Let&rsquo;s\r\nstart by looking at the word <i>&lsquo;sin&rsquo;<\/i>. Yuck! That&rsquo;s\r\na ugly and nasty word to use, isn&rsquo;t it? It sounds so much like\r\na qualification of a very bad person. A sinner! Yes, that&rsquo;s\r\nwhat you would call a dictator or a rapist. Whenever I start to talk\r\nabout sin, people immediately back away from the conversation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;<i>Sure,\r\nI have done wrong things in my live&hellip; But that doesn&rsquo;t\r\nmake me the same as a serial killer!&rdquo;<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You\r\nsee? The word &lsquo;sin&rsquo; knows categories in the minds of\r\npeople. You have little sins and you have big sins. The little ones\r\nare okay and they don&rsquo;t make you a sinner. Like\r\nthe man or woman who said: <i>&ldquo;Sure,\r\nI have lied before&hellip; But&hellip;&ldquo;<\/i>\r\n. There is almost always a &lsquo;but&rsquo; right after the\r\nacknowledgment of having done things\r\nwrong.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>But, that doesn&rsquo;t make me flawed..<\/li>\r\n\t<li>But, Stalin was way worst than I am..<\/li>\r\n\t<li>But, &egrave;verybody lies so now and then..<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>Sometimes\r\nI watch the videos of Ray Comfort, aka the banana man. He doesn&rsquo;t\r\nmind that nickname and it happens to be that I love bananas. We eat\r\nthem all day, every day.  Anyway, he meets many who just don&rsquo;t\r\nunderstand the severity of sin. They come up with all sorts of\r\nexcuses, but Comfort has a handy trick. He starts asking people\r\nquestions about the 10 commandments. \r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> Have you ever lied?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> Yes.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> what does that make you?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i>  A liar.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> Good, have you ever hated somebody<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> Yes.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> The Bible says that whoever hates his brother, it is like he has\r\nmurdered him in his heart. What does that hatred make of you?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> A Murderer.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> Have you ever used God&rsquo;s name in vain?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> Yes.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> What does that make you?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> Uuuhhh.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> Let me help you. The Bible calls it blasphemer.<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> Have you ever looked at o woman with lust?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> Of course!<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> What does that make you according to God&rsquo;s word?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Person:<\/b><\/i> A man?<br>\r\n\r\n<i><b>Ray:<\/b><\/i> Well, yes but also an adulterer of heart. So by your own admission you are a lying, adulterous, blaspheming murderer. You tell me: Innocent or guilty..<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Well, at that point the situation is clear. The person understands that his or her wrongdoings are more than &lsquo;just&rsquo; a mishap.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When I go to the villages and talk about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I do\r\nnot follow the unwritten handbook of an evangelist. This is basically a collection of ideas\r\nabout how to approach people. It is the standard of what you learn during Bible studies.\r\nListeners are being asked whether they admit that they have sinned.\r\nMost people will answer this honestly and they would say yes. That\r\nsounds wonderful but it doesn&rsquo;t mean they understand how severe\r\ntheir situation in front of God is. \r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mostly I quote <i>Romans 3:23 &ldquo;For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God&rdquo;.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then I tell the people that sin is nothing more and nothing less than your\r\nwrongdoings. Little fibs, gossiping, anger, not\r\ncaring for one and other, selfishness, not respecting your parents,\r\nusing foul words etc. Seemingly small things compared to major things\r\nlike murder, adultery, and other big sins that can be seen by\r\neverybody. Still, these\r\n&lsquo;little&rsquo; sins are more than enough to miss out on the\r\nglory of God. God\r\nis perfect and He cannot allow anything less into close proximity.\r\nAnything less would ruin perfectness. \r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is amazing that God the Father provided a solution. He was not obligated\r\nto do anything, still He came down from heaven and became flesh. He\r\nwas born in a poorman&rsquo;s hotel, a stable. He became human and\r\nlistened to the name Jesus, also known as the Christ, the anointed\r\none. The Lord Jesus walked\r\nthis earth, He suffered the same problems as you and I. He knew\r\ntemptation but did not fall for it. He lived a perfect life. As being\r\nthe perfect human He could substitute for our wrongdoings. And\r\nHe did! He took all\r\niniquities,\r\nbig, small, seen and unseen upon Himself and He died for it. The\r\nultimate punishment. Then after three days He came back to life\r\nagain. He\r\ndefeated death and became\r\nthe\r\nultimate ruler over everything.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Paul says in <i>Colossians\r\n2: 10 &ldquo;And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all\r\nprincipality and power [&#8230;]&rdquo;<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Did you here that? In Christ you will be complete. The\r\nother way around goes the as well. Without Jesus you are incomplete. Not because you miss an arm\r\nor leg, no you miss the necessary glory of being without sin. Sin\r\ncauses you to be incomplete but through Jesus Christ, Who is above\r\nall, through Him you can become complete. This\r\namazing Saviour wants to save you too. Don&rsquo;t be like the fool\r\nin the Bible who build his house on the sand. Be like the smart guy\r\nwho made sure that his house was build on a good foundation. Jesus\r\nChrist is the best foundation you can ever get for you life! And I\r\nguess your life is worth more than just a sandy underground, right? \r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reason 2 &#8211; &#8216;Men have no true sight and sense of their own sinfulness.&#8217; Intro Okay! We&rsquo;re on a roll here! This is the second reason of why people won&rsquo;t accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I&rsquo;ve been pretty busy in the week after the introductory video about this series. I didn&rsquo;t say much about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4506,"parent":1086,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[225,308],"tags":[260,257,258,259,242,239],"folder":[98],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4502\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4502"},{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=4502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}