Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

Many people in America today are as Bible ignorant asthe Hindus in South Asia. Many are steeped in humanismand believe in evolution, and evolution is as far-fetchedas any Hindu myth. If we tried to use the aforementionedsoul-winning technique in South Asia, we could get halfthe people to pray a sinner’s prayer “so they could go toHeaven one day.” But in the vast majority of cases, whatthey would be doing would be adding Jesus to their othergods, which, typically, is the first thing a Hindu tries todo. It is quite another thing for the Hindu to turn to JesusChrist ALONE as Lord and Savior and to turn FROM allof his other gods, as we see in 1 Thessalonians 1:9: “Forthey themselves shew of us what manner of entering inwe had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols toserve the living and true God.” But this, and this alone, isbiblical salvation.I have never met a Hindu who understood the gospel thefirst time he heard it. There probably has been some, butin the 20 years I have been a missionary among them Ihave not experienced it or even heard of it.We have found that in the vast majority of cases, theHindu has to hear the gospel over a period of time. Hemust be dealt with very carefully and very patiently.Someone might argue that people in the Bible got savedthe first time they heard. Yes, some did. The Philippianjailer is an example, but he had also been listening toPaul and Barnabas’ preaching and we don’t know whatother preparation he had received before that night.203