As some of you know I spent part of the last 10 Days at the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show selling kitchen cabinets. I will spare you the details on the cabinets mainly because I am sick of talking about them.
When I told a couple people what was doing I was often met by a disturbing statement and a statement that reveals the heart of some of our issues with evangelism. The statement I was met with went something like, “Sales should be a good experience for you since you will essentially be trying to get people to buy into Jesus with your calling as a pastor.” This statement is troubling to me because I hate the thought of the Gospel needing a sales pitch. I cannot stand that some people actually think that we are the ones that bend the perverted wills of man into accepting the truth of Christ.
The Gospel does not need a sales pitch. People do not accept the truth of Christ based on how good or bad the presentation is; people accept Christ because he is calling them unto himself. “And those whom he predestined he also called…” (Romans 8:30, ESV). God does the calling. He does all the work and we just proclaim (see Matthew 28:19-20, Romans 10:14).
So what do you think? Do you see God as the sole worker in the hearts of those he is calling or do you think you have something to do with it?
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