Further tips on how to handle an angry unbeliever heckler when sharing the Gospel:
-Always go out in twos or more and try and get the team members to gently remove the heckler if he is being unreasonable and hindering the street preaching instead of helping.
– If they begin to get crude or blasphemous remember not to cast your pearls before swine.
-Take it as an opportunity to show grace, never become irate back.
– Try and get their name so you can interrupt them easier when they begin long rants.
– Confess yourself state your sins and how you are by no means perfect but forgiven by the grace of God, they will appreciate your vunerabilty and won’t see you as morally sanctimonious (this works very well in 1:1 setting also)
– Let them spout everything they want to say at the beginning, theres no point battling to be heard plus the crowd will see you are willing to listen to his arguments also.
– Try your best to leave them with a contact number or tract once the emotions die down he will reflect and you don’t know how the Spirit of God will work on that person.
– Rejoice 11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.(Matthew 5: 10-12)
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Great advice Joe. God bless you.
Great help here. Thanks always for sharing your thoughts and insites!
Thank for this message. I was trying yesterday to talk to a small group made up of 3 people; they were friends. It didn't last no more than 3mins. They were alright to begin with, but as two left, the one left was very dismissive and bad mouthed. At the end of it, I've been feeling down; even to this very day. However, I like what you said about Ray Comfort. Last weekend he and a buddy of his was preaching outside a supermarket to the people waiting in line. When they were done, the people gave them a round of applause, I didn't expect that. Have a watch of it. I think the store they were at is called Costco. God bless you, brother!
Really good advice my brother. God bless and protect you as you take the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ regularly out to the people. I have been praying for you Joe.
What a humble man of God!❤ Godbless brother!!