{"id":5620,"date":"2010-05-11T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2010-05-10T09:07:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T14:07:55","slug":"love-them-like-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/love-them-like-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Love them like Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday night on Powertalk<\/a> we had two calls asking how to respond to their friends who were unbelievers. One was an Atheist and and another, a Muslim.<\/p>\n

I believe the real root of their questions was, “How do we convert Atheists and Muslims?”
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\nI encouraged them to simply love them — regardless of their beliefs and love them regardless of whether or not they come to a saving knowledge of Jesus or not.<\/p>\n

To often we know the “facts” of our faith and forget about the relationship of our faith.<\/p>\n

My father-in-law shared a story with me about a woman who had converted from Islam to Christianity. She said the key factor in her decision was when she realized she could have a personal relationship with Jesus — something she had not had before.<\/p>\n

People are dying for real relationships and real love.<\/p>\n

I hope we can come to a point in our faith where we’re not about arguing or debating the facts and apologetics of our faith with unbelievers — but simply loving them like Jesus…<\/p>\n\n

What are your thoughts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What was it that brought you to Jesus?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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