Ray Comfort's Blog, page 21

Words of Comfort: Children of disobedience.

The Bible calls human beings “children of disobedience.” Children know naturally how to be selfish and lie. Rebellion is rooted deep in the human heart until we are born again and become children of God (see John 1:12).

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Words of Comfort: When I died...

“There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Mueller, his opinions, preferences, tastes, and will—died to the world, its approval or censure—died to the approval or blame even of my brethren and friends—and since then I have only to show myself approved to God.” George Mueller

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Words of Comfort: Day of rest.

“I am no preacher of the old legal Sabbath. I am a preacher of the gospel. The Sabbath of the Jew is to him a task; the Lord’s Day of the Christian, the first day of the week, is to him a joy, a day of rest, of peace, and of thanksgiving. And if you Christian men can earnestly drive away all distractions, so that you can really rest today, it will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good mentally, good spiritually, good temporally, and good eternally.” Charles Spurgeon

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Words of Comfort: The Law vs. Legalism.

Some people may wonder if using the Law (the Ten Commandments) in evangelism produces legalism. When the Law is used to show a sinner that sin is “exceedingly sinful”—that nothing can commend him to God—he clings to the cross knowing that he is saved by grace and grace alone.
This knowledge gives the Christian the understanding that even after a lifetime of good works, fasting, praying, seeking the lost, etc., his “works” don’t commend him to God—he is still saved by grace and grace alone. How...

Words of Comfort: God and man.

Some may ask how Jesus could be both God and man. It has been well said that when God, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, became a man, He didn’t cease to be God. He created a body, and then filled that body as a hand fills a glove (see Hebrews 10:5). See also 1Timothy 3:16.

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Words of Comfort: Lighthouses

A lighthouse keeper gained a reputation as being a very kind man. He would give free fuel to ships that miscalculated the amount of fuel needed to reach their destination port. One night during a storm, lightning struck his lighthouse and put out his light. He immediately turned on his generator, but it soon ran out of fuel, and he had given his reserves to passing ships. During the dark night, a ship struck the rocks and many lives were lost. At his trial, the judge knew of the lighthouse ke...

Words of Comfort: Letter from an unsaved friend.

My friend, I stand in judgment now,and feel that you’re to blame somehow.On earth I walked with you by day,and never did you show the way.
You knew the Savior in truth and glory,But never did you tell the story.My knowledge then was very dim.You could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together, here on earth,you never told me of the second birth.And now I stand before eternal Hell,because of heaven’s glory you did not tell! 
(Anonymous) 
From, The Evidence Bible
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Words of Comfort: “The Man upstairs.”

When people refer to God as “the Man upstairs,” they reveal that they have no concept of (nor living relationship with) Him. They will use such words because they feel uncomfortable sayingHis name. Often they will have a measure of reverence for God, but not enough to obey Him. Ask if the person thinks he will go to heaven when he dies. He’ll almost certainly say he will, and a little probing will reveal that he’s trusting in his own goodness to save him. However, the only way sinners can hav...

Words of Comfort: Fear of man.

Although God assured the prophet Jeremiah that He formed him, knew him, sanctified and ordained him, he still was paralyzed by the fear of man (see Jeremiah 1:5,6). When the fear of man seeks to paralyze us, we must stop saying “I cannot speak” (as Jeremiah did) and instead say with the Apostle Paul, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” This one verse obliterates every excuse we try to offer for not preaching the gospel to every creature. It counters the fear of man, the f...

Words of Comfort: New Earth.

The unsaved have no idea of our hope in Christ. 

They presume that when we die we will spend eternity in Heaven as some sort of spirit or an angel. In truth, God’s Kingdom is coming to earth, and God’s will will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We will become neither spirits nor angels, but we will have new bodies similar to the resurrected body of the Savior, never again to be plagued by disease, decay, death, dentists or dandruff. We have God’s word on this, and He has giv...