Witnessing to the Gospel
"You can live spiritually among nonbelievers in two ways. One way is to enter into arguments or disputes but for the sake of the Lord to be subject to every creature (cf. 1 P 2:13) and to acknowledge that you are Christians. Another way is to proclaim God's word when you see it is pleasing to the Lord, so that those who do not believe may believe in the all-powerful God--Father and Son and Holy Spirit--Creator of everything, and in the Son who is Redeemer and Savior, and so that they may be baptized as Christians; for 'no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born through water and the Spirit'." --St. Francis, Rule of 1221, Chapter XVI
Francis is saying it would be easy to enter into arguments or disputes if we did not instead subject ourselves to every creature as we're told to in 1 Peter 2:13. This is being a Christian by example. The other way to witness is to "proclaim God's word when you see it is pleasing to the Lord." It is necessary to seek God's will in whether or not to proclaim God's word. Even Jesus did not always proclaim God's word when he knew it would not be received (Matthew 7:6).
"You can live spiritually among nonbelievers in two ways. One way is to enter into arguments or disputes but for the sake of the Lord to be subject to every creature (cf. 1 P 2:13) and to acknowledge that you are Christians. Another way is to proclaim God's word when you see it is pleasing to the Lord, so that those who do not believe may believe in the all-powerful God--Father and Son and Holy Spirit--Creator of everything, and in the Son who is Redeemer and Savior, and so that they may be baptized as Christians; for 'no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born through water and the Spirit'." --St. Francis, Rule of 1221, Chapter XVI
Francis is saying it would be easy to enter into arguments or disputes if we did not instead subject ourselves to every creature as we're told to in 1 Peter 2:13. This is being a Christian by example. The other way to witness is to "proclaim God's word when you see it is pleasing to the Lord." It is necessary to seek God's will in whether or not to proclaim God's word. Even Jesus did not always proclaim God's word when he knew it would not be received (Matthew 7:6).
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