John 13:34,35 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." There are those who do not believe in ONE-ON-ONE soul-winning or visitation efforts. They will take these verses and twist them by saying that if the world sees our love for one another it would compel them to trust Jesus Christ. That is about the biggest excuse o...f laziness for not telling others about Christ. Jesus Christ did not say that they would become disciples and believers in HIM, but that they would know that we are His disciples. The LOVE would give POWER behind our PREACHING, the WITNESS behind our WORDS, the EXAMPLE behind our EXHORTATION. Love is the PROOF in the PUDDING. Love for the one another is important, but it cannot be our excuse for not telling a lost and dying world of salvation found in Christ.
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