I heard it again yesterday. It amazes me how some people who claim Christ use man-made wisdom to show our work and response to Christ. I was told that I was exactly like the salesman trying to make a sale in regard to teaching someone the gospel. People will either buy it or reject it because of salesmanship.
Salvation is atonement not an attainment! Salvation is something believed not achieved! We aren't offering others a business transaction. It is God reaching to lost man, offering us reconciliation through the death of Jesus. If we reduce our efforts, our teachings along the lines of a business transaction, then our salvation is bought not received!! We aren't peddling wares. Paul made sure the Corinthians understood that: "For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God." (II Cor. 2:17)
Let us understand and grasp that without complete acceptance of God's offering through Jesus on His terms, man is going to be eternally doomed. What God offers is one thing: do you want a relationship with Me? It comes not by salesmanship but faith in the offering of God through Jesus and no amount of salesmanship can produce faith! Faith comes by accepting and embracing the word of God.
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