Do Certain Non-Christians You Know Seem To Sense You Are A Christian &.......

[Stevangelist]

How did they or how do they react to the light of God in you?

When I am around certain non-believers they conveniently flee the area or stop talking about world events because they don’t want to talk to me about the state of the world because the Christian point of view exposes evil and thus pricks their conscience.

How do non-believers you know react to the power of the Holy Spirit inside you and are their attitudes towards Christianity changing?

I am noticing some non-believers seem like they might be in the process of becoming Christians even though most people I know who are non-christians seem further from the truth than ever.

God Bless!!! :):

[bopeep1909]

Sometimes when I am around non-christians(especially at work) and they do know I am a christian,they will deliberately swear or use God's name in vain. Very sad.<><

[wigginsmum]

I find the opposite; my best friend who's a Pagan took the name of Jesus in vain the other day. She was standing on a ladder with her back to me so couldn't see my facial expression, but actually apologised.

It's exciting to watch non-Christians as they start on a spiritual journey. Right now my Pagan husband has gone through the 'Christianity is awful' stage and is onto 'I can live just as good a life as a Christian can.' So he'll start to say things to others from a Christian perspective. Yesterday he was mighty pleased because a Chrisian pupil of his (he's a drama teacher) is having a terrible time but said God was getting her through it, so he advised that she speak to one of his Christian colleagues and told me about it. Others have noticed too that he's trying to live a Christian life without Christ. Just a stage on his journey to the truth.

Jules

Jules

[Sam]

Sometimes when I am around non-christians(especially at work) and they do know I am a christian,they will deliberately swear or use God's name in vain. Very sad.<><


You also get comments like "..and so & so does this & that AND HE IS A CHRISTIAN YOU KNOW !!!" :rolleyes

It really does not bother me because I know the difference the Lord has made in my life and I feel it's only the beginning.

If anything it makes me sad for the people concerned I can only pray for them and pray that the Lord will help me to set a good example for Him.

[ja94Jesus]

Interesting question. Here's another one: How many of you can meet another believer for the first time & without the subject ever being brought up, you just KNOW they are a fellow Christian?

Example: In meeting one of my neighbors for the first time, I just knew she was a Christian........although our conversation was just an introduction. This was confirmed when I attended the neighborhood church for the first time......she was a Sunday School Teacher!

This doesn't happen all the time with me, but it was like the Holy Spirit testified the fact in my heart with her.

In attending one of the mega churches in my area, I had this feeling about 1 other lady as well. Perhaps it's their walk with the Lord that just radiates from them! :D:

[Baby Christian]

What I think is kinda cool, is when out of the blue, non believers (mostly moms with kids my kids ages) will bring up how their daughter is at a Christian camp or goes to church once in awhile...like they want to impress me or something. ;):

I always invite them to our church or special church event. I also take this as an opportunity -- a God appointed opportunity -- to share the truth...We all are sinners, Jesus died for us, belief in His Sacrifice alone is your only ticket into heaven. Always seasoned with my sense of humor and God's love.

I am but the vessel, and a broken one at that!!! Hey, you know what? A broken vessel has more cracks in it so God's light shines even brighter!!! :lol


God's Spirit in me also *tunes* immediatly into another believer. VERY, VERY COOL!!! :clap

Oh and Stevangelist, you ask the best questions!! :nod

[Baby Christian]

Oh and when someone I know says, "Jesus Christ" or "oh my god" I say, "are you praying again?" in my best Ace Ventura voice. It really works!! Usually if they slip up again they apologize!! :heh

note: I only use this technique on people I actually know...never tried it on random people in the grocery store or anything!! :lol

[imfree]

How did they or how do they react to the light of God in you?

Well, all my non-believing family members and friends don't cuss when DH and I are around and if they slip they're real quick at apologizing. Sometimes though, at family functions, DH and I find ourselves sitting alone. But when a family crisis hits, guess who they call first? Yep, us. And of course, we praise God for those opportunities because we do our best to direct them to Jesus.

How do non-believers you know react to the power of the Holy Spirit inside you and are their attitudes towards Christianity changing?

I've had different reactions. A few have come to Christ, praise God! Some are more open than they used to be, and some are still downright hostile!

God Bless!!! :):

[scottruff]

I don't know if any of these people sense that I am a Christian but I do seem to attract more than my fair share of kooks.

Riding the bus one time and totally minding my own business out of the blue this woman turns 180 degrees to face me and cussed me out a blue streak. Really vile stuff too.

Another time, another woman, minding my own business. She got right in my face and asked, "Are you Satan?"

Those two really scared me. Where did that come from? Do they know something about me that even I do not know?

Just last night I was in conversation with a co-worker I have known for over 20 years. Suddenly he launches into Free Masonry. (Aside: Here is a person who believes the Da Vinci Codes is absolute truth. Just so you know where his head is at.) So I said, "Sorry, no. I'm not having that" and attempted to walk away. I am then informed that I am very closed minded. He reads books from all sorts of perspectives and then makes up his mind, unlike me. The irony in that is he is refusing to extend to me the same courtesy he stridently demands for himself. That is, the right to make up my own mind! So who is 'closed minded?'

[ShoutToTheLord]

[QUOTE=Sam]You also get comments like "..and so & so does this & that AND HE IS A CHRISTIAN YOU KNOW !!!" :rolleyes

I have felt some resentment or hatred from my neighbors lately. We were joking about putting 2 sisters in a cage for a fight to the end match (JOKING) and one young lady looked at us with comtempt and said " I thought you were religious?" (Religious I am not but I am a Christian. ) I said we were all just joking and everyone became quiet. I didn't know if this was bad behavior on my husbands and my part but these 2 sisters are in their 50's , funny and were bickering and someone suggested (JOKINGLY) to throw them in a cage and have them fight it out ( we were laughing at the thought)what got me was that she singled us out and directed her question at us the only Christians present. I don't ever want to put on a bad image of Christianity and I wonder was this a justified response or hatred on her part towards Christians.

[rekker]

There's a fine line between being a light on a hill and bashing people over the head. I can't say that I've succesfully navigated that line. I've probably been too quiet about my faith at work. On the other hand, in my work culture there really isn't a venue for sharing personal ideas on faith and values. You'd have to deliberately ignore the social conventions to share the gospel here, and it would not be well received. So I'm struggling with how to share the gospel in an environment that does not welcome discussion on personal belief systems.

On another note, I would caution anyone who is being made fun of or being given a hard time to examine your relationship with your colleagues or peers. Do you have a good relationship with them? Do they know you care about them? Do they respect you? Often ridiculement or malice towards you is a sign that you have done something to sabotage relationship with them. Sometimes it's just the fact that you're a Christian, but often it's something you've done. You would be wise to do some prayer and self-assessment, asking God to show you the truth.

It is my personal opinion that you need credibility with people to speak truth into their lives. I think Christians forget that sometimes and try to preach or come off "holier than thou" without establishing any rapport. In contrast to Paul's 1st century Asia Minor, most North Americans have already heard the gospel from people who are hypocrits, who have hurt them, or who have proved to be frauds. People aren't interested in what you have to say - they are interested in how you live and whether or not you really care about them.

So while there may be exceptions (certain promptings by the Spirit) I think in general that if you have not established rapport with people, keep your mouth shut.

[lookingskyward]

"Interesting question. Here's another one: How many of you can meet another believer for the first time & without the subject ever being brought up, you just KNOW they are a fellow Christian?"

That happens to me alot. Christians seem to have a glow that other people don't.

Last week I was on vacation and was sitting early in the morning outside my hotel room, reading the Bible and several people walked by, nothing out of the ordinary. A lady finally walked by and said, "good morning" and I got goosebumps all over. I knew right away she was a christian.

It's cool when stuff like that happens

"So while there may be exceptions (certain promptings by the Spirit) I think in general that if you have not established rapport with people, keep your mouth shut." I agree rekker. If we're not Spirit led, more harm is done than good.

[blessanna]

There's a fine line between being a light on a hill and bashing people over the head. I can't say that I've succesfully navigated that line. I've probably been too quiet about my faith at work. On the other hand, in my work culture there really isn't a venue for sharing personal ideas on faith and values. You'd have to deliberately ignore the social conventions to share the gospel here, and it would not be well received. So I'm struggling with how to share the gospel in an environment that does not welcome discussion on personal belief systems.

On another note, I would caution anyone who is being made fun of or being given a hard time to examine your relationship with your colleagues or peers. Do you have a good relationship with them? Do they know you care about them? Do they respect you? Often ridiculement or malice towards you is a sign that you have done something to sabotage relationship with them. Sometimes it's just the fact that you're a Christian, but often it's something you've done. You would be wise to do some prayer and self-assessment, asking God to show you the truth.

It is my personal opinion that you need credibility with people to speak truth into their lives. I think Christians forget that sometimes and try to preach or come off "holier than thou" without establishing any rapport. In contrast to Paul's 1st century Asia Minor, most North Americans have already heard the gospel from people who are hypocrits, who have hurt them, or who have proved to be frauds. People aren't interested in what you have to say - they are interested in how you live and whether or not you really care about them.

So while there may be exceptions (certain promptings by the Spirit) I think in general that if you have not established rapport with people, keep your mouth shut.

This is so true. The last job I was at I immediately noticed that my new co-workers were hostile toward Christians. there was a guy there that was a christian and they constantly talked about him behind his back and made fun of him. The comments they made were very negative. They would talk about how they got sick of hearing his preaching tapes, talking to his wife on the phone and would make fun of him. I wondered what in the world happened to make them so negative toward him.

I found out that he would come to work late and leave early. He wasn't doing a lot of his work. Also, they tried to reach out to him in the beginning but he just shunned them.

They rejoiced when he quit and then made fun of him because he said he was going to preach.

At first I thought they were being cruel but then one day we were walking with our manager (female) and she wanted to talk to us about something then he said something very cunning about the manager. I was speechless and so was the manager. She didn't know how to react so she just looked at him and we kept moving.

Because of the hostile environment I was careful as to what I said or did. I came to find out later that the reason they were so negative was they expected better from him since he was a Christian. They just thought he was a hypocrite.

[Stevangelist]

[QUOTE=Sam]You also get comments like "..and so & so does this & that AND HE IS A CHRISTIAN YOU KNOW !!!" :rolleyes

I have felt some resentment or hatred from my neighbors lately. We were joking about putting 2 sisters in a cage for a fight to the end match (JOKING) and one young lady looked at us with comtempt and said " I thought you were religious?" (Religious I am not but I am a Christian. ) I said we were all just joking and everyone became quiet. I didn't know if this was bad behavior on my husbands and my part but these 2 sisters are in their 50's , funny and were bickering and someone suggested (JOKINGLY) to throw them in a cage and have them fight it out ( we were laughing at the thought)what got me was that she singled us out and directed her question at us the only Christians present. I don't ever want to put on a bad image of Christianity and I wonder was this a justified response or hatred on her part towards Christians. :twitch

From my experiences I learned very quickly nonchristians have no problem joking with each other about sin but when a born again Christian jokes about sin they do not think it is very funny at all even thou I admit I am a sinner. Even when I joke about immoral stuff to lighten up situations nonchristians I know can see right through my joking and still see the light of God inside me.

[spirit]

"Interesting question. Here's another one: How many of you can meet another believer for the first time & without the subject ever being brought up, you just KNOW they are a fellow Christian?"

That happens to me alot. Christians seem to have a glow that other people don't.

Last week I was on vacation and was sitting early in the morning outside my hotel room, reading the Bible and several people walked by, nothing out of the ordinary. A lady finally walked by and said, "good morning" and I got goosebumps all over. I knew right away she was a christian.

It's cool when stuff like that happens

"So while there may be exceptions (certain promptings by the Spirit) I think in general that if you have not established rapport with people, keep your mouth shut." I agree rekker. If we're not Spirit led, more harm is done than good.

I started a new job last week and I was introduced to a co-worker. I introduced myself to him and was told he would be meeting up with me later to partner up for some work. Well, he walked in my office and the Light of Jesus just radiated from this man. :): It was so cool! He told me he doesn't come in on Friday's because he volunteers his time at his Church. It was so totally Awesome to know and have the witness of the Spirit that this man is a Christian.

[spirit]

I have another question - What happens when someone tells you he/she is a Christian but behaves totally wordly?

This, I ask because I just started a new job (I mentioned this in the above post)., and there was one lady, who when she introduced herself to me, (she too being a Christian) I also got the witness of the Spirit, told me that the one who is to be my boss is a God-fearing man. I was praising God for that! However, after having spent a week on the job, this man (my new boss) behaves and acts just like the un-believers. I just don't know what to think. :confused All week I have been confused. He is a Christian (?) I'm not judging him., but his remarks and his jokes and behavior are totally wordly. He goes around the office joking with the un-believers and talks to his secretary in a totally snotty way? I don't know what to think.

The only thing I know to do is just "be" the Christian I am.

[spirit]

:twitch

From my experiences I learned very quickly nonchristians have no problem joking with each other about sin but when a born again Christian jokes about sin they do not think it is very funny at all even thou I admit I am a sinner. Even when I joke about immoral stuff to lighten up situations nonchristians I know can see right through my joking and still see the light of God inside me.


I know just what you mean, Stevangelist. :):

[bopeep1909]

How many of you can meet another believer for the first time & without the subject ever being brought up, you just KNOW they are a fellow Christian?

Yes,I can pick that up sometimes :): <><