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Good point, Ann.

And what would he do in a Confucianist country like Japan, China or Korea, where everything revolves around relationships? I've seen a few saved through direct evangelism, but more saved through relationship evangelism. I once counselled an erring man (at his wife's request) for a whole year before he got saved. The man I teach the Bible to every week has been coming for over 1 1/2 years and is still not saved. Direct evangelism? Yep, did that with both of these men. They just weren't ready yet. A relationship was crucial.

 

I disagree. The Bible way is "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." The Great Commission nowhere says anything similar to your statement here.

 

Thiis a very bold statement. Let's see if you prove it.

These are simply examples of how your theory works. They are not proofs, they are not stated principles, they are just examples of how Jesus did personal evangelism. He did it other times when He did not even mention the law. So you have not proved your point.

Again, you have not proved your point. Rom. 2:12 is not talking specifically about evangelism, nor is verse 15. What tells us how to do evangelism? The Great Commission in Matt. 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20 and Acts 1. You have not yet referred to any of these passages, so your theory of evangelism is unproven until you do. You have no warrant at all to say as you did, "People that disagree with this disagree with the Bible."

One thing you are missing here is that it is not us, it is the Holy Spirit who "convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment" (John 16:7-11). When we proclaim the Gospel that Christ died for our sins and rose again, the Holy Spirit does the work in the heart, not us. We may use various Scriptures as we give the Gospel, but we cannot convict of sin. Only the Holy Spirit can do that.

Again, the idea that if we disagree with your way we disagree with Scripture does not hold water when considering the book of Acts. Peter did not preach law on Pentecost (2:14-39). Peter did not preach law when the lame man was healed (3:12-26). Peter did not preach law to the Sanhedrin, yet they were "cut to the heart" (5:29-33). Paul did not specifically preach law when he witnessed cross-culturally on Mars Hill (17:22-31; he preached against idolatry, but not from the Law). Need I go on?