Matthew Stuckey here and I want to give you another soul winning tip. In the last
video I talked about hell and I focused on the fact that we deserve hell and how
to explain hell and what verses to use and if they have any questions about it.
But in this video I also want to talk about hell but what I want to talk about
is not being an obnoxious jerk when you're talking about hell. And you know
this is something that needs to be said in 2021 because there are a lot of
ministries out there that are an absolute jerk when it comes to hell and
they need to remember that the Bible says the gospel is the good news. And so
the Bible says in Isaiah 52 verse 7,
how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation,
that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth. When the Bible speaks about the gospel
it calls it, you know, the good tidings. It's the good news and the gospel is
meant to be good news. So the message we're proclaiming should be good news. If
all you do is talk about hell, that's not good news, it's bad news. Now people need
to understand that they deserve hell and we talked about that in the last video.
However, once they believe that they deserve hell, then you get to move on and
to the good news that Jesus died, was buried, rose again, and then that if you
believe on him, you'll be saved immediately and it's eternal life. You
focus on the good news. So with a normal gospel presentation, the vast majority of
your presentation should be on the good news, not on the bad news. Because it's
pretty easy for people to understand that they deserve hell. It only takes, you
know, a couple verses. You explain it and once they admit that, that they deserve
hell, you move on to the good news. It will take you more time to explain the
good news because you're explaining it's by faith alone, that you receive it
immediately, that you can't lose it, that it's a gift, that it's eternal life.
People have been lied to so much about how to get to heaven that it takes some real
time to actually change their mind about that. However, it doesn't take that much
time to show people that they deserve hell. All you have to do is show them a
couple verses and you know what, as long as they're willing to admit it, you move
on to the good news. And so there is a ministry out there called Way of the
Master by Ray Comfort. And this is exactly what I'm talking about, about
being an obnoxious jerk. Now, Ray Comfort is a false prophet. He preaches
repentance of sins for salvation, which is a false gospel. And the reason why he
focuses so much on hell is because his whole message of salvation is, you're a
wicked evil piece of garbage. Now repent of your sins and give your life to God
and do right. But see, that's not the gospel in the Bible. The Bible says that
you have to change your mind about what you believe, but you don't have to turn
from your sins. You don't have to quit drinking. You don't have to quit smoking.
You don't have to repent of your sins to be saved. All you have to do is believe on
Jesus Christ. And so the way he gives his gospel presentation is he just goes
through a list of sins and makes people feel miserable. I've seen with Ray
Comfort that he will talk to a man that is right beside his wife and then just ask
that guy, have you ever lusted after a woman before? Right in front of the man's
wife. Well here's the thing, why are you trying to embarrass that guy? What's the
purpose of it? Now I've given the gospel to men that are right by their wives and
I'll still show them that they're guilty and that they deserve hell, but I'm not
going to be an obnoxious jerk right in front of them. And so when we're preaching
the gospel, we need to remember that it is the good news. It's not bad news, it's
the good news. Once they understand they're guilty, then we move on. So here's
the thing, you don't need to spend 20 minutes explaining that they're guilty
and they deserve hell. Immediately when they believe that, you can move on from
that. And so the two verses in Revelation, Revelation 20-14 and Revelation 21-8 are
great verses. One explains hell and then Revelation 21-8 shows who is going to
hell. But once you explain and show them that they deserve hell and they believe
it, move on to the good news. You don't have to spend forever on the bad news.
There is no purpose in doing that. They need to understand that they're guilty,
but you don't want to overdo it. Because you know what, the normal gospel
presentation is going to be perhaps, you know, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, depending on
who you are and who you're talking to and a variety of different factors. But
you know, you have 15 minutes. You don't want to turn into a 45-minute
conversation and just focus on the fact that they're a miserable wretch because
that's going to give them a wrong idea of what salvation is. What you need to
show them is that they're guilty and they need a savior, but also explain to
them you're also guilty and you need a savior and then you move on to the good
news. So by all means, show them about hell, but don't overdo it. Don't be a jerk
at the door because your goal is to get them to change their mind about what
they believe. Once they realize they're guilty, explain to them what Jesus Christ
did. Thank you and God bless.