Alright, our sewing tip for today is learning when to throw in the towel.
You're about to be looking at Titus 310, that's the reverse of the week.
And operating to Titus 310, Amanda's inheriting after the first and second application of JET.
So, I'm saying throwing in the towel, I'm thinking kind of a fighting analogy, right?
There's two boxers in the ring and a boxer doesn't want to quit.
This corner throws in the towel saying, stop the fight, you're done, right?
And so, when do we throw in the towel to follow?
What I mean by that is we go sewing and we decide, you know what, I'm wasting my time,
I'm going to be here for 30 more minutes, it's not productive.
Our goal is to win sewers of the war.
Well, three different reasons of when to throw in the towel.
And one of those is if they will not believe the Bible.
That's what Titus 310 basically alludes to, it says,
Amanda's inheriting after the first and second admonition rejects.
You say, what does that mean?
Well, it means, for example, you show them Romans 3 and you ask them,
do you believe in hell?
And they say, yeah, you know, I'm not really sure if I believe in hell.
Then you show them Revelation 20, 14, the law of number point in here, right?
And then they say, no, I don't really believe it.
And you show them Revelation 21, 8, where it says, the lake of fire, it says,
they're going to be burned forever.
And then they say, well, I don't believe that.
Well, that's two admonitions.
Because you showed them something in the Bible,
they clearly said they do not believe it.
What the Bible is saying is you reject that person.
Meaning you just kind of move on, right?
You just go out to the next door and you don't waste your time
because of the fact you're not going to end up getting saved.
You can't get saved if you don't believe in hell.
And one mistake people make is they just kind of move on past that point.
It's like, well, they didn't get it, but three out of four is good enough.
They get three out of four points, it doesn't work that way.
If they miss a point, they must believe that.
And if you just move on, you're going to have to go back to them.
And if they don't get it, here's the basic principle.
If they don't get it on the first time,
they're probably not going to get it on the second time, right?
They're less likely to get it on the third time,
even less likely than on the fourth time.
So if they don't get it on the first and second time,
they're not going to get it on the 75th time, right?
So the Bible's giving us a basic example of when to throw the towel.
Now, here's the thing.
Some people see things in the Bible and they don't say,
well, that's not true, they're just not sure.
That's a little bit different.
If someone says, I do not believe that,
they're just not believing the Bible, they will not get saved.
So one reason when to throw the towel is when someone does not believe the Bible.
That can happen at any point in the conversation
where you show them the Bible and they just do not believe it.
You show them a couple verses that Jesus is God and they don't believe it,
you're not going to end up believing this.
And if you've been solely for a length of time,
we've all spent too much time doing conversations.
And I've tried to show people Jesus is God.
And I keep thinking maybe on the seventh time it'll be,
and you show them like 10 verses, like, and then they never look it.
They don't get it on the first and second time,
you just kind of move on to the next person.
Another reason, and let me say this,
you do not make exceptions for a strange religion.
Just because they're an atheist doesn't mean you make an exception.
We're an atheist and they get 20 advantages.
No, if they don't believe after the first and second, then you just move on.
Now, if they say, you know, I'm not sure, but I'd like to see more,
you can move on.
But if you're saying, no, that's not true.
Well, you're not going to get what they say.
You don't spend extra time performing.
Well, they're important.
So I need to give them extra time.
No, you're just going to waste an hour.
And that white-faced guy with blue eyes is not getting saved.
You're not going to end up getting saved.
You don't spend extra time on a unique religion.
They're either going to believe the Bible or not.
Point number two is this.
You end the conversation if you get to the end and they just didn't believe it.
What I mean by that is you go through the Gospel and then at the end you say to them,
you know, do you believe this?
This is different than what you believe before or not sure.
And if they say, well, you know, I'm not really sure.
Sometimes I'll ask them, do you want me to show you more verses?
95% of the time they say, what do you want to think about?
95% of the time I just want to think about.
Very rarely do they want to spend more time.
They've heard what you have to say and usually they just want to think about it.
Every once in a while they'll say, yeah, I'd like to see more verses.
And if it's someone who is thinking about it and not sure, I'll give them extra time.
But usually they're like, yeah, let me just think about this.
And so if you get to the end and they don't believe it and they're like,
you know, I still think you'd lose your salvation.
It's just like, you know, you're probably done with that conversation.
And the third reason would be if you're preaching the Gospel
and they are all over the place and they don't let you stand to your presentation.
You're preaching the Gospel and they want to talk to you about AIDS in Israel and Palestine.
Well, it has an interesting topic, but it's just like it doesn't really have anything to do with it.
That could happen today.
I have no idea.
It's like, man, do you think more and more preaching is about to happen?
Or whether you think it is or not, something more important is the Gospel.
And you're just going to end up wasting time.
And here's the thing, if you answer their question,
what's going to happen is you're going to have another question.
So you're headed off to say, yeah, that's interesting.
Let's just talk about it at the end of the conversation.
And then they'll forget about it.
Because that's just going to end up wasting your time.
And some people we talk to, even if they're not trying to argue with us,
even if they're not a heretic, they're just all over the place.
And you're just not going to get them saved, but you're just wasting your time.
So the three reasons.
Number one is if they just deny the verses of the Bible and say that's not true.
Give two definitions, you move on.
Number two is if you kind of get to the end of the conversation and they're just like,
yeah, you're not sure if I believe they didn't deny it,
but they just don't believe in it either.
You could ask them if they want to see a few more verses.
Most likely they're not going to.
And lastly is if they don't stay on top of you.
They're all over the place.
Just talk about every single thing on this.
That does happen.
Sometimes people I've noticed are just lonely out there.
And you knock on your door and they've been waving at you.
Right?
And their kids live a long distance away.
And they're just like, I remember when I was a five-year-old,
you know, and I used to walk this and this and the other.
They're just like, what in the world?
It's like, I don't even know who you are.
This does happen sometimes, right?
And those are the three points.
So are we already done?