Now is not time.
Don’t brag about what will happen tomorrow. You don’t really know what will happen then. (Prov 27:1)

I tried to be a Christian before, but then I failed.
God is strong and can help you not to fall. He can bring you before His glory without any wrong and give you great joy. He is the only God. He is the One who saves us. (Jude 24,25)

l am not good enough.
God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through Him. He who believes in God’s Son is not judged guilty. He who does not believe has already been judged guilty. (John 3:17,18)

I’m not so bad.
There is no one without sin. None! There is no one who looks to God for help. All have turned away … All people have sinned and are not good enough for God’s glory. (Rom 3:10,11,23)

I don’t want be Christian because being a Christian means no more freedom. I cannot do what I want.
Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young. Be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires. Do whatever you want to do. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do. (Eccle 11:9)

All religions are the same.
Jesus answered, “I am the way. And I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.” (John 14:6)

It doesn’t really matter what I believe?
… those who do not know God … and those who do not obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ … will be punished with a destruction that continues forever. They will not be allowed to be with the Lord, and they will be kept away from His great power. (2 Thess 1:8,9)

I don’t need God
It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul? (Mark 8 :36)

Life is quite meaningless.
I came to give life, life in all its fullness. (John 10:10)

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H. A. Ironside once told the following:

“One of the first gospel illustration that ever made a real impression upon my young heart was simple story that I heard a preacher tell when I was less than nine years old. It was of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long line of smoke in the west, stretching for miles across the prairie, and soon it was evident that the dried grass was burning fiercely, and was coming toward them rapidly. They had crossed a river the day before but it would be impossible to go back to that before the flames would be upon them. One man only seemed to have an understanding as to what should be done. He gave the command to set fire to the grass behind them. Then when a space was burned over, the whole company moved back upon it. As the flames roared on toward them from the west, a little girl cried out in terror. “Are you sure we shall not all be burned up?” The leader replied, “My child, the flames cannot reach us here, for we are standing where the fire has been!”

On Him Almighty vengeance fell,
Which would have sunk a world to hell.
He bore it for a chosen race,
And thus becomes our Hiding Place.

The fires of God’s judgment burned themselves out on Him, and all who are in Christ are safe forever, for they are now standing where the fire has been.

Source: Robert G. Lee, SERMONIC LIBRARY, pp. 105-06.

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The Maker of all human beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to the serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units, code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed, ” Sub-sequential Internal Non-Morality”, or more commonly known as ” S-I-N “. It is primarily symptomized by loss of moral judgment. Some other symptoms:

• Loss of direction
• Foul vocal emissions
• Amnesia of origin
• Lack of peace and joy
• Selfish, or violent, behavior
• Depression or confusion in the mental component.

The manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is providing factory authorized repair and service, free of charge to correct this SIN defect. The number to call for the recall station in your area is:
P-R-A-Y-E-R Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN by pressing R-E-P-E-N-T-A-N-C-E. Next, download J-E-S-U-S into the heart. No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, the JESUS repair will replace it with:

• Love
• Joy
• Peace
• Longsuffering
• Gentleness
• Goodness
• Faith
• Meekness
• Temperance

Please see operating manual, ” HOLY BIBLE ” for further details on the use of these fixes.

WARNING: Continuing to operate the human unit without correction, voids the manufacturer’s warranty, exposing owner to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded.

For free emergency service, call: J-E-S-U-S

DANGER: The human units not receiving this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace.

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God does not condemn us to Hell; God wishes all humans to be saved. He will love us to all eternity, but there will exist the possibility that we do not accept the love and do not respond to it. And the refusal to accept love, the refusal to respond to it, that precisely is the meaning of Hell. Hell is not a place where God puts us; it’s a place where we put ourselves. The doors of Hell, insofar as they have locks, have locks on the inside.

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During the second month of nursing school, a professor gave his students a pop quiz. One conscientious student breezed through the questions, until he read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”

Surely this was some kind of joke. He had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would he know her name? He handed in his paper, leaving the last question blank.

Before class ended, another student asked if the last question would count toward everyone’s quiz grade. “Absolutely,” said the professor. “In your careers you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello”.

He never forgotten that lesson. He also learned her name was Dorothy.

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Salt adds flavor, creates thirst, In the days before modern medicine, salt was often used to disinfect a wound. When it’s applied to the wound, it stings. People won’t always appreciate your witness, because it will sting the wounds of their sin.

We often use salt as a pinch of zest for our food. Salt, as Jesus was speaking about it, was the salt of the earth- not merely to season our food and satisfy our taste buds, but the sodium chloride which kills bacteria, preserves our food, heals our wounds, and makes us buoyant upon the seas of life. The salt of the ocean waters is the salt of the earth.

Ancient Roman baptisms included placing salt on the baby’s tongue as the infant received water. Salt is an essential life-enhancing element! This baptism with salt is not unusual. Armenian babies are salted at birth. Jewish babies are cleaned, salted, and wrapped.

In this short statement Jesus was also warning his disciples to avoid two errors. First, he was saying that Christians must not forsake the world and go into isolation. Why? Salt will do no good to meat unless it is rubbed into it. Only then will it function as an antiseptic. We are to be in the world so that the world may benefit by our difference from the world. And second, he was saying that Christians must also avoid the error of being one with the world and embracing its values and ways.

To be the salt of the earth is to help make our living upon this earth a little more buoyant; it is to lift up the brokenness of the world and tend to it with the same grace which has been given us.

Read Mathew 5:13; Col 4:5-6; I Peter 3:15-16; I Tim 4:2

When I accept Jesus’ call to be the salt of the earth, I give flavor to the world around me. I help conserve God’s goodness in the events and people I encounter.
* Who do I know that needs Christ?
* What can I do with my life to create a thirst for Christ in theirs?

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A game warden heard about a local fisherman that was illegally using dynamite to fish at the local lake. So the next day he decided to investigate and mayby catch the fisherman in the act. At about 6 a.m. he arrived at pier dressed as a fisherman himself and noticed a gentleman climbing into a small boat with a tackle box but no fishing pole.

Thinking that this must be the culprit, he asks if he might join the fisherman and come along for the ride. “Sure” says the angler “I could use the company. It’ll be nice to have someone to talk to while I’m fishing”.

So the game warden climbs aboard and off they row to the middle of the lake. As soon as they reach the middle the fisherman reaches into his tackle box and pulls out a stick of dynamite, lights it and tosses it overboard… CABOOOM!! up float a bunch of dead fish which the fisherman scoops up into the boat.

The game warded pulls out his badge and identifies himself. “I’m the game warden and you’re under arrest for fishing with dynamite!”

About this time the old fisherman lights another stick of dynamite, hands it to the game warden and says,
“You gonna talk or fish?”

When it comes to evangelism, are we just talking, or are we fishing?
Are the methods we use for evangelism effective or do they simply cause a lot of collateral damage?

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Materials
1. Cardboard box or a sheet hung across a barrier to hide the other side.
2. A pole with a string and bent piece of wire shaped into a hook.
3. A variety of items with loops or hooks attached.

Activity
Place the items in a large box. Make sure the box is big enough so that no one can see into the box. Give them their fishing pole with the hook and allow them to fish items out of the box. Have some items that are nice prizes while others that are jokes such as an old shoe. Wire or rattan baskets with handles can also be used with items placed inside. Wire loops can be attached to items that otherwise might be difficult to snag. For an added application, attach scripture verses to the items.

Discussion
1. What are the things the world values? What things does the world go fishing for?
2. What are we to fish for as Christians?
3. Is a person a fisherman if year after year he never goes fishing?
4. Is a person a fisherman if he never catches a fish?
5. Is a person a true disciple of Jesus Christ if he never attempts to win a soul for Christ?
6. As a fisherman, do we cast our nets in our backyard or do we go to a place where fish can be found? Jesus never suggests that the world should come to the church but commands the church to go into the world to witness. Jesus has given us the example – he goes to the people, he never waits for the people to come to Him.

Applications
1. Matthew 4:17-22 – We are to be “fishers of men”
2. Use for a lesson on evangelism.
3. How is telling others about Jesus similar to fishing?
4. Lures are attractive to fish. How can you make the good news of Jesus attractive to your friends?

Closing Activity
As a closing gesture, give each kid a fishing lure as a reminder of the fact that we should be fishers of men (Remove the hooks for safety and tape them to a card with a key phrase from the passage in matthew 4:17-22.)
“I hope you will be good fishers of men each day!”

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