Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

have prayed a prayer and have been given assurance ofeternal life. Since they were not told that God requiresthat they repent of their sin and idolatry and that therewill be a change of life, they are comfortable and selfassuredthat they have a ticket to Heaven. Those whoobserve these things are made to think that salvationmeans little or nothing in relation to one’s manner of life.We conclude with the testimony of an evangelist aboutthe danger of multiplying false professions through faultysoul winning techniques:“Many years ago, in order to answer the criticism ofthe mounting number of false professions, I heard abrother say, ‘I would rather lead 100 souls to Christ,knowing that 95 of them were false professions, andsee five of them go to heaven, than to not attempt tobe a soul-winner.’ The first tragedy of that statementis assuming that those are the only two options:either to rack up false professions while winning afew, or to not witness at all. How about the option ofbeing a witness within the guidelines of scripturalteaching, which produces very few false professions!The second tragedy is the flippant attitude about the95 people to whom you gave assurance of salvationthat will one day wake up in hell! Most of them willnot allow a genuine witness to approach them abouttheir souls, because they’re banking on that falseassurance that you gave them.”223