Moving from Acquaintance
to Authentic Relationship
sinners and eats with them. “
Luke 15:1-2
How many of you have ever met a salesman or a door-to-door person that you could just tell was being disingenuous? The sad thing is that too often this is what we should do as the church. We need butts in the seats so let’s go wrangle some unchurched people. The truth is that no one is fooled by that. Very few people will respond if we just go out and tell people that they need Jesus. Just like those people that think people will come to Christ while they are yelling on a megaphone. People will not respond to that. So to what will people respond? They will respond to authentic relationships. They will respond to you sharing your story in a real way. Not in you just sharing some
rehearsed trite invitation but from you actually trying to be a part of their life in a real way.
