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To: dukeman

It is the Law of God that is a (tutor) to lead people to a true relationship with Christ.
The Law was meant to reveal to us how sinful we are in the eyes of God.
The Holy Spirit convicts our conscience using the Law.
The result should be a "humble heart".
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Becoming a Christian can only happen when one humbles themselves before God in light of repentance, and then receives the sacrafice Christ provided.
The youth need to be shown that they are breaking the commandments of God like the rest of us.
The Body of Christ today is guilty of preaching a watered down gospel. We do not need a Savior because "He can fill a void in your heart", or "because you'll find true happiness and joy", or "rich blessings will abound".
Take a teen to the Ten Commandments, show them how they have broken most of them, let them know that on judgement day they will stand before the Almighty Judge and will be found guilty of breaking the Law, let them know the penalty is "liers, thieves, blasphemers, those who have looked upon a "man or a woman" with lust has already committed adultry in their heart, those that have hated have committed murder in their heart, will be thrown in the Lake of Fire.
Let the Law humble first. Then bring the good news of Christ to them.


47 posted on 01/16/2006 6:02:53 AM PST by uptoolate
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To: uptoolate

Well said. I've seen it expressed this way as well: The Gospel is a fine, silken thread. But it cannot penetrate the human heart unless tied to the needle of the Law. The Law makes the path into the heart and pulls the Gospel in after it.


49 posted on 01/16/2006 6:38:55 AM PST by dukeman
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