Witnessing to Mormons

Here's an actual street witnessing encounter between Todd Friel and two Mormon missionaries. It's about sixteen minutes long and very interesting. Hope it helps.

http://www.wayofthemasterradio.com/podcast/2005/12/20/podcast-03/

 

oh i have GOT to hear that...i'll let you know when i'm done.
:thumbs:

 

He had them going in pretty good circles, and had them talking out of both sides of their mouths.
My guess would be at least one of these guys got shipped off after that encounter.

 

I have witnessed to Mormons for over 35 years and have noticed in the past few years that Mormon missionaries are much better prepared and have a better acquaintance with the Bible than in the past. Rather than argue or debate with a Mormon I like to start any interchange with Isaiah 43:10,11. When they can explain how they can become a god when God says there are no others, then I am willing to move on to something else. Conversations are usually short but they go away with something to ponder.

BTW, I witnessed to a Mormon subordinate of mine for over 2 1/2 hours showing him both the error of Mormonism and the truth of Scripture. His parting words were, "I know you are right, but I cannot leave Mormonism."

 

God bless you as you witness to those so deceived.

 

Most companies, and I suspect the law also, forbids or frowns upon such activity. Supervisors wield power over peoples jobs, promotions and livelihoods. Trying to proselytize subordinates would get you fired and a likely hostile work environment lawsuit against you and the company. If I were your boss, you'd be gone.

 

Just remember that you work for the King . . .

But, discriminating against a Christian for sharing his or her faith is discriminating against them on religious grounds and is ILLEGAL.

If you were his boss, you would get sued.

 

Wayne, by proselytizing an employee over whose job you have great influence, you place your company at risk of a major lawsuit for religious discrimination. Your understanding of employment law is lacking.

One reason my company trains employees to talk about work and the job at hand, not politics or religion.

 

And I'd sue you for everything you're worth.

 

You sure wouldn't know that around here.

Witnessing to Mormons is easy because they all read from a prepared script. Once you get them off the script, they're completely lost.

 

First of all, while I was living out of God's will in the early 70's, I met and married a "jack" mormon whose great-uncle was President of the mormon church at the time. I learned a lot from his grandmother and mother about the mormon faith. I had home teachers visit me and try to win me over to their church. They did not succeed.

Years later, I rededicated my life to Christ (after a horribly abusive and adultrous relationship ending in divorce) and I have since studied this whole topic in-depth (my son was saved last summer, but he was already married to a mormon girl) and find it very difficult for true soulwinners to witness to mormons because they don't study "the book of mormon" and "the doctrine and covenants" and "the pearl of great price", the 3 main mormon texts. If you don't know what your enemy believes, how can you conquer them??? I.E., you need to be ready to show how their texts contradict each other and deny the real God and the real Jesus!!!

Pray and study their texts, read the Holy Bible, and know the differences. I assure you that they have learned the differences (slanted to the lies) and will tell you what you want to hear to remain "main-stream" Christian unless you can get them to admit to their weird cult-like beliefs that lie under the surface.

And remember, it is a totally "works" based religion, so know your Grace principles and scriptures well, they absolutely don't understand the Grace of God.

If you are a legalist, it will be hard to counter what they say to you. Sink yourself into God's grace and mercy.


My 2 cents worth, having been married to a "Kimball" at one time.

Debbie Mc

 

Well, first off, you'd lose. Secondly, even if you won, you wouldn't get much! :laugh:

 

There is a lot of information at http://www.hismin.com/

Those people get over 2000 Emails each year.

 

My understanding of God and His law is much greater than my concern about the laws that you are using to discriminate against Christians.

You have made it clear who you respect.

 

Pretty good post.

I am always amazed by the 'Christian literature' that only repeates what others have already written on the subject. I guess research scares them.

God bless

Wayne

 

I recently heard a couple of ex-Mormons speak on this subject and they took an approach that appears to be somewhat more successful than most Christian efforts seem to be. Their approach is not to argue Mormonism vs. Christianity, but simply, through relational evangelism, to continually develop opportunities to present the gospel. Just keep presenting it, and eventually, offer an opportunity to accept it. Once they've received Christ, and they are safely in the Kingdom, discipleship can take whatever time and course it needs to take to lead them to the decision that they need to leave the Mormon church. That's a conclusion that they must come to on their own, and requires the assistance of the indwelling Holy Spirit for them to make. The approach that most Christians take, opposing Mormon doctrine and equating a salvation experience with leaving the Mormon church, creates too much conflict, which is why the efforts of most Christians to convert Mormons to Christ meet with virtually no success.

If you want to develop a real understanding of the difficulties encountered by Mormons related to leaving the church, read Leaving the Saints by Martha Beck. It's not one of those journey from Mormonism to true Christianity feel good books. Most Mormons who leave the church don't convert to Christianity, and this book will show you why. I think it will also show you some of the common pitfalls to avoid when witnessing to Mormons.

 

Maybe one other thing should be mentioned. In my life, two of my best girlfriends were Mormons, one in high school and one later, in my twenties and thirties. With each of them we ended up discussing her faith and mine. With both of them I asked a lot of questions. Both were eventually instructed by their bishops not to have any further communication with me. That was sad, but I guess not unexpected.

I still miss them.

 

I agree, but you must show them the real God and the real Jesus, or they think they already know him/them. Mainstream mormonism present Jesus and God pretty normally...it's when you get down into their religion, you see it is not the One true God or His only begotten Son that they worship.
So they must have a clear concept of God and Jesus before they can even comprehend salvation. My daughter-in-law always says she believes in Jesus already, but she thinks Jesus and satan were brothers, and either one could've been our Saviour, but satan messed up and didn't get the chance. And God used to be a regular man, according to her and what she was taught.

Debbie Mc

 

Great thread!

Keep it up!

 

Thanks, I agree...it IS a great thread...

My lost daughter-in-law said this:
"A loving God would not condemn us to a burning lake of fire"

because mormons don't believe in hell. So that also needs to be addressed in order to have a clear understanding of what salvation is. If you don't believe in hell, what are you being saved from?

The touchy feely way of dealing with non believers is not necessarily the best way. I love her, so therefore I keep praying she will some day come to the truth. I only quote scripture to her, I let God do the talking.

Pray for Nica....pray that the Holy Spirit will open her eyes and her ears.

Debbie Mc