How Can We Talk to People About Jesus When They Have No Faith Background Yet Struggle With Objections?

David Meyer is bringing the message today on the question, "How can we talk to people about Jesus when they have no faith background yet struggle with objections?" We are honored to have David and Brenda with us today from Ecuador! This week, we will be looking at the way the Apostle Paul approached this question with the people of the city of Thessalonica. The people of Thessalonica weren't that different in their thinking than those of our modern society. The Thessalonians thought of religion mostly in terms of what the myriad of gods could do for their own prosperity. The teaching of the Gospel, a free gift of salvation through the sacrificial death of a Man named Jesus on a Roman cross, was a difficult concept for the Thessalonians to digest. Paul gives us three principles in this chapter that we can use in sharing our faith today. First, our preaching must be with the boldness that comes from the conviction that we speak the truth. Second, sharing our faith is just as much about sharing our life of faith than it is about opening our mouth. And finally, the effectiveness of our message rests in the God who provides salvation, not on our own powers of persuasion.