Mentoring and Disciplship

I have recently taken up a new hobby: on-line evangelism. This is where I met the JW I spoke of in an earlier blog. Many of the questions posted in the Yahoo questions site are either not serious questions, or are phishing for someone to argue with. Often there are a lot of atheists that lurk there, and they pounce on the innocent questions/ questioners.

To those who are not serious questioners, I love using lines of Scripture that point to their lack of faith, and disbelief in God and the Word. To the innocent questioners who are seriously asking for information, I also use the Word, but less confrontationally. Sometimes I find a strong Christian there and enjoy a brief fellowship in private emails as we share the faithfulness of the Lord.

I believe that the people who come into the Yahoo Questions web page, come there of their own free will; that is, they come there because they are drawn there by God, the Holy Spirit: John 6:44

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

For the JW's and Mormons, I tell them that they do not worship the same Jesus that I worship, because their Jesus was either just a man (Mormons), or else their Jesus was just an archangel (Michael). Neither of their Jesus' is the Jesus of the Bible, neither of them is the Divine God-Man.

For the atheists, I put in extra voltage, even sarcasm. For example, one guy was making a joke about worshipping "baby Jesus," saying "Oh, yeah, I forgot, we don't need to worship him. He never existed." I tackled him with archeology, then apologetics, and then Scripture:
2 Thessalonians 2:11

"For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,"

Ending with, "Oh yeah, I forgot, you are deluded."

I do this in the spirit and expectation of Isaiah 55:11

"So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it."

God's Word is what is at stake, not me or anything about me.
God has made a promise, and His reputation is what is at stake.

I wield the Scripture in the spirit and expectation of Hebrews 4:12

"For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart."