Slam The Door Shut?

 The Covid virus has hit much of the world and many people have stopped doing the things they used to love (or not love) in public.

It happened this week to my home and in fact this makes the second time in a year that it did.

I know you are probably wondering "Huh. What happened?"

Most of us have had people from Jehovah Witness organization, come to our doors to try to get converts for their church.

It seems (although I don't know this for sure) that Covid has put them out of commission. 

Ok, that may be false about Covid taking them out of commission. 

Perhaps it is the increase in crime that has stopped these people from going out in the neighborhoods.

Whatever the reason, they haven't stopped altogether around my part of the country no matter the reason., Someone from the JW church is using snail mail to try to contact people.

I have received two letters in n the past year from a lady that probably would have come to my door, but maybe she feels it is not safe to go door to door now.  Included with the letters were pamphlets from the Watchtower.

Now basically I identify as a Baptist. And if this lady knew that she would not want anything to do with me.

Just for the moment, let's forget Covid or crime or any other reason that may keep these people from going door to door and assume they still are.

I know there are many ways a person can deal with these people. My deceased Father-in-law used to threaten them to get off his property, or he would physically throw them off.

Other people misght slam the door on them or curse them out.

However, as a Christian, what should we do when someone shows up at our door, or in my case at this time, receive a letter from someone that is a JW.

For those that come to our door, we know that they do not bring the truth and we do not have to listen to them. In fact, it is better that we don't listen to them or even invite them in. Actually, if we do invite them in, they would probably refuse unless they could "witness" to us. They do not want to hear what we believe.

Years ago, I asked some that came to my door if I could pray for them. That was a big no-no and never again in that home that we lived in, did they come there again. 

Its no doubt maddening to some people that these people come and interrupt their day trying to preach to them. And so, they use negative ways to get them to leave.

But I think that if they come it is much better to show our own love for Jesus Christ and believe me in doing that, it is quite enough to send them on their way.

For this lady that sent me these letters, I intend to reply to her with my own faith in Jesus Christ. I expect she will tear up my letter when she realizes that it will not agree with her. But that is okay because I will have written it the way that God wants me too, and if she rejects that, she will be rejecting Him. I have no control over that, but I will have tried. And who knows what seeds it may plant. Maybe none. But there have been people that have been saved out of the JW organization because someone they visited planted seeds of doubt about what they believed and gave them the gospel of Jesus Christ instead.

Who am I to judge? No one.

Thanks for coming by Friends God bless you.