{"id":5654,"date":"2015-08-19T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2017-02-08T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T07:38:54","slug":"59-how-to-make-false-converts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/59-how-to-make-false-converts\/","title":{"rendered":"#59 How to Make False Converts, 13 Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most dangerous things in our churches today is people who think they&#8217;re Christians but they&#8217;re not. Many unbelieving and unrepentant people are members in good standing in churches today, they attend regularly, serve in various ministries and bring some of the best lasagna to potlucks.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/podcast-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Now Is the Time <\/a>I give you 13 ways to make a false convert.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_59.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F59-how-to-make-false-converts%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_59.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=5654-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_59.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_59.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 25:07 &#8212; 23.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5654-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5654-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5654-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_59.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F59-how-to-make-false-converts%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0are also great ways to catch this podcast.<\/p>\n<h1>13 Ways to Make False Converts<\/h1>\n<p>(Just in case you didn&#8217;t catch it the text below is satire, listen to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/59\" target=\"_blank\">podcast audio<\/a> for more detailed explanations of these problems)<\/p>\n<h2>1. Do all the talking.<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let the person you&#8217;re trying to share the gospel with ask you questions or respond unless they want to pray the sinners prayer, just keep talking to them and keep sharing the gospel with them until they finally break down and repent.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Tell them they need to ask Jesus into their heart.<\/h2>\n<p>You might also try to use a few other enigmatic phrases, tell them that they need to be <strong>&#8220;washed in the blood,&#8221;<\/strong> or that they should <strong>&#8220;be born again,&#8221;<\/strong> or simply, <strong>&#8220;get saved.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you don&#8217;t explain these phrases in everyday language, just let them figure it out.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Instead of answering their questions pressure them to make a decision.<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry about how much they really understand, just go for the decision, put the pressure on them and make them feel awkward if they don&#8217;t repent right then and there.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Scare them with hell.<\/h2>\n<p>Make it hot, make it uncomfortable, make them sweat. Many people have been scared right into heaven.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Convince them that the Christian life is fun.<\/h2>\n<p>Promise them that if they become a Christian God will bless them physically and financially. They&#8217;ll move up in the world, drive their dream car and find that dream husband\/wife. Life will be luxuries and filled with temporary comforts of this world.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and don&#8217;t tell them about how nearly all the disciples were martyred.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Attach salvation to some event, action, or class.<\/h2>\n<p>Tell them they need to &#8220;come forward,&#8221; say a prayer, light a candle, stop drinking, complete a &#8220;confirmation&#8221; class. Find something actual that they can do and attach salvation to that event.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Assure them that a prayer will get them into heaven.<\/h2>\n<p>Ask them if they can ever remember praying the sinners prayer, if they did, then they&#8217;re good, if they didn&#8217;t then have them pray it right away, they&#8217;re good now.<\/p>\n<h2>8. Leave the discipleship to someone else.<\/h2>\n<p>Make sure to leave the discipleship to someone else, you don&#8217;t have time to waste on their spiritual growth, certainly God can take care of that. The best thing you can do is leave them on their own so you can evangelize others.<\/p>\n<h2>9. Don&#8217;t investigate their background or beliefs.<\/h2>\n<p>What a person currently believes doesn&#8217;t matter, it&#8217;s wrong anyway, so what&#8217;s the point in finding out about it? Don&#8217;t waste your time listening to them tell you about their convictions, just tell them what you believe.<\/p>\n<h2>10. Only tell them about\u00a0Jesus.<\/h2>\n<p>Really all they need to hear about is Jesus, that stuff in the Old Testament is interesting but it will just confuse them. Just tell them that Jesus died for them and they should believe in Him. Don&#8217;t get into details about how God created everything and how Adam and Eve sinned and all those pesky laws in the Old Testament.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you can just give them a Bible without the Old Testament in it, that would be best!<\/p>\n<h2>11. Get them to repeat your words.<\/h2>\n<p>In the end it really doesn&#8217;t matter what they know or what they understand. The most important thing is that they say the right words in prayer. If they don&#8217;t know how to do that then you can just have them repeat your words.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re good now.<\/p>\n<h2>12. Count your converts.<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a missionary or evangelist this is especially useful. Make sure you count everyone that came forward. Publicize the numbers so that everyone will know what an amazing job you&#8217;re doing for God.<\/p>\n<h2>13. Assume that if they grew up in a Christian home then they&#8217;re good.<\/h2>\n<p>Kids who grew up in Christian homes don&#8217;t really need the Gospel. They know it backwards and forwards so you shouldn&#8217;t worry about them, they&#8217;re in!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>13 Ways to Make Real Disciples<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just in case you didn\u2019t catch it the text above is satire, of course we don\u2019t want to make false disciples! Unfortunately it often happens and sometimes it\u2019s our methods of evangelism that are to blame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be wrong of me to only tell you what not to do. Let\u2019s look at these 13 methods again but this time let\u2019s discuss the proper approach that will help ensure that you are making real disciples of Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>1. <del>Do all the talking<\/del>.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening is an important part of sharing the Gospel. Notice that when Paul entered a new city he often didn\u2019t simply preach the Gospel but rather discussed the Gospel with those interested. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Act 17:17<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>17<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussion is vital for effective Gospel sharing. Discussion allows the gospel messenger to understand better the false beliefs of the people he is sharing the gospel with. Allowing discussion also helps build trust and repore. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>2. <del>Tell them they need to ask Jesus into their heart<\/del>.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve been in the Church long enough your speech is probably already laden with Biblical and Church slang and you may not even realize it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is nothing really wrong with many of these terms, it\u2019s just that someone who doesn\u2019t have a church background isn\u2019t going to understand what you\u2019re talking about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to listen to ourselves as we share the Gospel and ask if what we are saying would be clear and understandable by someone who had never picked up a Bible or walked into a church in their life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>3. <del>Instead of answering their questions pressure them to make a decision.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we must share the gospel with a sense of urgency, and we should be desperate in our call to sinners to repent before a holy God. We must avoid the temptation to pressure people into making a \u201cdecision\u201d that they don\u2019t really believe in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salvation is by faith and not be mere mental ascension or decision. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressuring someone into a decision that they don\u2019t really believe in will never result in salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>4. <del>Scare them with hell<\/del>.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hell is real, hell is terrible, hell is scary! We must never skirt around the issue of hell and nor should we use it as a scare tactic to get people into heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus talked a lot about hell but he never used it as a motivation for belief unto salvation. Some might say that Jesus did scare people with hell in Matthew 10:28<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mat 10:28<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>28<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can&#8217;t kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in context you can easily see that Jesus is not scaring but rather giving comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mat 10:29-31<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>29<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0&#8220;Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren&#8217;t they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father&#8217;s permission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>30<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0Indeed, even the hairs on your head have all been counted!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>31<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0So stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus exhorts his followers to fear (respect, honor) but not to be afraid or scared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicating the truth that hell is real and that there is a terrible punishment for sin must be included in our gospel message, but we need to call people to much more than simply belief in a real heal. We must call them to believe in a real God who is in a real heaven and who really can save them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>5. <del>Convince them that the Christian life is fun and entertaining.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosperity gospel falls far short of the real gospel. When we preach Jesus we need to be clear about what we are calling people to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus said: &#8220;If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continually.\u201d Mat 16:24<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Jesus does promise great blessing in this life, he also promises persecution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who repent because they want the good life will only remain in the church as long as life is good. (Mat 13:20-21)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>6. <del>Attach salvation to some event, action, or class.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes people get saved when they pray the sinner&#8217;s prayer or when they come forward and repent after the sermon. Nevertheless coming forward or saying a prayer is not what saves them and it should not be attached to salvation as an assurance that the person is really saved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By assuring someone that they are now saved because of some action they took or prayer they said can give an unbeliever a false sense of security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biblically there are two things we can associate salvation with:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belief is the basis for our foundation, it is really the only thing that we find consistently present at the moment of salvation (John 20:31)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fruit (personal righteousness and holiness) is a sign of salvation that should follow the moment of salvation. (John 15:4)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>7. <del>Assure them that a prayer will get them into heaven.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sinners prayer is a proper response to the gospel and it is part of the process of repentance. However, we must be very careful not to communicate to unbelievers that the sinner&#8217;s prayer has some sort of magical incantation powers!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowhere in Scripture are people required to pray the sinner&#8217;s prayer in order to receive salvation. Salvation comes through belief in gospel truth. The sinners prayers is simply a verbal declaration and confession to God of the individual&#8217;s belief in the gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>8. <del>Leave the discipleship to someone else.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the mind of Jesus and the apostles preaching the gospel and making disciples were inseparable. Jesus simple told us to \u201cgo and teach all nations\u201d (Mat 28:19) This includes the initial gospel message and the continued process of discipleship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discipleship isn\u2019t just vital for spiritual growth but also for the salvation of some. In my experience some people get saved during the discipleship process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>9. <del>Don\u2019t investigate their background or beliefs.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul in Athens gives us a good example of the importance of knowing the background beliefs of those we are sharing the gospel with. (Acts 17:22-34)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Paul took time the time to investigate the beliefs of the Athenians he was able to accurately communicate the gospel in a way that was understandable to them and that directly answered the problem of their particular false beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>10. <del>Only tell them about Jesus.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, the gospel is all about Jesus but Jesus is not all that we need to know about in order to believe the gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certain core truths such as the existence of one Creator God, man\u2019s problem with sin and the need for a substitutionary sacrifice are all vital to our faith. It can be dangerous to assume that people know these things already.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>11. <del>Get them to repeat your words.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salvation is not a matter of pronouncing a set of words, phrases, or sentences. When we ask someone to \u201crepeat after me\u201d we run the danger of them thinking that if they repeat the right words in the right way then they will be saved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instead of asking someone to repeat after you focus on making sure they understand the core gospel truths. If they do understand and they profess belief in those truths then allow them to pray with their own words to God.<\/p>\n<h2><b>12. <del>Count your converts.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is actually a place for counting converts, Luke tells us that about 3,000 people were baptized in Acts 2:41. Someone must have been counting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem we run into is when we put an undue amount of emphasis and attention upon the numbers. When numbers become good publicity they become dangerous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A preacher who is more concerned with the written figure on paper than with the unwritten faith upon the heart of an individual will likely convince many unbelievers that they have received salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>13. <del>Assume that if they grew up in a Christian home then they\u2019re good.<\/del><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be easy to assume that children of believing parents know and believe the gospel because they grew up in the church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The danger here is that the children of believing parents are some of the best at hiding their condition of their hearts. Memorization of dozens or even hundreds of Bible verses, attending nearly every church function, even good behavior is not proof that a child understands the gospel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work of gospel preaching must never simply assume that someone understands and believes. 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