Unusual Evangelistic Approach

I was listening to a comedian recently that was giving his testimony. He called himself an atheist and ended up treating the people around him badly. He wanted to change, but every time someone tried to point him to Jesus, he would always get mad and walk away. He went so far as to buy a bunch of self-help books, but they didn’t do too much for him either. One day a rich comedian (wealth from former occupation) was having a conversation with him and the dreaded topic came up. He brings up the bible. The atheist says, “Don’t give me that Bible. I don’t want to hear it.” The friend said, “What do you mean?” To which the first replied that he was an atheist and didn’t believe that garbage. So, the friend responded, “What is it in the Bible that you don’t think is true?” The atheist said, “I don’t know. I never read it.” To which the friend proclaimed, “You’re not an atheist. You’re a moron!” Asking him to explain himself, the friend responded, “A true atheist is not only a Bible scholar but is scholarly in all the faiths of the earth, and after a long intellectual journey has come to the conclusion that there is no God in the universe. You on the other hand want to circumvent the whole process and still come to the conclusion that there’s no God. That’s lazy and moronic”. I must admit I was rolling on the floor laughing. Although this approach may work with some, I would not recommend calling people names as a way to witness your faith in the living God. It does make an interesting point though that many atheists today do not do so from a point of knowledge, but from a place of lazy avoidance. It is a way to not have to deal with faith, God, or the meaning of life. I think understanding that many that don’t want to talk about their faith are not doing so from a place of understanding, but from a place of not wanting to understand. This is so heartbreaking because their unwillingness to listen and consider what God says in the Bible brings them to a verdict of guilty, having the depths of hell as their final destination. It’s not trying to get them to become members of our local church but desiring to see them as a people that have been redeemed and made new in the presence of God. Father, there are so many that don’t know You. Open our eyes to see the lost and searching. Use us to bring them to You. Amen