Kill Two Birds With One Stone

[Goodboy]

Kill Two Birds With One Stone

The phrase: 'kill two birds with one stone' simply means solving two tasks at the same time or with one single action.

An example of this is training your child how to drive a car. Most of us just have our child drive around in random locations helping them learn how to drive. We usually don’t consider the fact that we are kind of wasting gas. A better or we could say more perfect solution would be to have your child drive to a place you need to go, like the grocery store. This would accomplish both training your child how to drive and getting your groceries, like the two birds with one stone point.

There is a question that many unbelievers have, which is will only those in the Christian religion be saved? Most of us that are part of the Christian religion will reply with yes. We will say you must be part of the Christian religion to be saved, but is that really true? You may reply that the Bible states that you must believe in and accept Jesus as your savior to be saved. That is what I would have answered also but does accepting Jesus make you part of the man-made Christian religion?

My point here is that “religion” is not what saves us, it is the belief and acceptance of what Jesus did for us. Before the Bible was put together there was no man-made Christian religion so to speak, just people who believed in and followed Jesus Christ. So can a Jew, Muslim or a person in any other religion be saved? Yes, if they believe in and accept what Jesus did for us. However, they do not have to follow or belong to the man-made Christian religion.

Now the Bible does tell us Christians that we should spread the Gospel and make disciples of people. It also seems to say that the only way that people will be saved is if we Christians spread the Gospel, as they need to hear the Gospel to be saved as per the Bible verses below.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

So is Romans 10:14 describing that the only way someone can be saved is by a Christian preaching the Gospel to them? While it may imply that, it is not stating that. That is not the only way someone can be saved. How do I know? Because Paul was saved directly by Jesus, not by a Christian preaching the Gospel to him. Also, I have heard missionaries say how people in other religions have been saved by dreams they have had.

So what I am saying is that while Christians preaching the Gospel is the primary way people get saved, it is not the only way. This would allow me to make the statement that you don’t need to be a Christian or even hear the Gospel from a Christian to be saved. So if this is true that means there are more people saved than what we Christians believe or know of.

Now you may be asking why does the Bible say what it does in Romans 10:14? This is because Paul is telling Christians that the only way that we Christians can get someone saved is by preaching to them. However, God is not limited, restricted or subject to the Bible. Remember God is all powerful and can do anything and Paul is an example of that.

Your next question may be then why doesn’t God just be the one who shares the Gospel with everyone. Why does he direct us to do it as the primary method? That question brings me to the title of this document. We know that God is perfect correct? As he is perfect, what he does is also perfect correct? So God would want the salvation process to be as efficient or perfect as possible correct? So what is the most efficient and perfect way for salvation to happen, if God does it himself or it we Christians do it?

The answer is if we Christians do it in obedience as God has instructed. You see God sharing the Gospel directly like he did with Paul is wonderful but only has one purpose. When Christians share the Gospel it has two purposes. People get saved and we are rewarded. You know like the two birds with one stone point. God loves to do that. I have noticed that when God has given me Divine Appointments it always works out to both bless me and the other person.

God doing things this way is the most efficient and thus most perfect way. So I believe that most people get saved by Christians sharing the Gospel but not all. Actually some people like Paul would only get saved by God directly. Paul was persecuting the Christians, so he already knew what those Christians believed but did not believe it himself.

So if you understand and believe what I have stated in this document, then this is a good answer to someone who asks how someone gets saved in a place isolated from any and all Christians. Or someone that is forcefully restrained from hearing the Gospel. In cases like that, God will do it directly!

Goodboy!

 

[Tall Timbers]

An example of this is training your child how to drive a car. Most of us just have our child drive around in random locations helping them learn how to drive. We usually don’t consider the fact that we are kind of wasting gas. A better or we could say more perfect solution would be to have your child drive to a place you need to go, like the grocery store. This would accomplish both training your child how to drive and getting your groceries, like the two birds with one stone point.

Sorry, I got wrapped around this example. I didn't have my kids drive into parking lots until near the end of their training because that is one of the more difficult and dangerous places to drive. And initially we'd go before the businesses opened so they could get used to pulling into and out of spots without other activity around them.

So if you understand and believe what I have stated in this document, then this is a good answer to someone who asks how someone gets saved in a place isolated from any and all Christians. Or someone that is forcefully restrained from hearing the Gospel. In cases like that, God will do it directly!

Amen. And religion is as often a hindrance as a help when it comes to finding Jesus.

 

[Goodboy]

Amen. And religion is as often a hindrance as a help when it comes to finding Jesus.

Sad but true! A lot of my time sharing the Gospel is spent undoing some of the indoctrination that man's religion has brainwashed some with. One of the things I do is pass out my testimony to people on the street. When I pass it out I say "I got something for you. It's something I wrote about Christianity, if you don't like it throw it away." as I hand it to them. This one guy hands it back to me and says with an angry face "You throw it away, I don't want that, I am a Catholic!". I said nothing, but in my head I am thinking aren't Catholics supposed to be Christians???

I find it easier to share with those who no nothing about Christianity than those who have incorrect teaching and think it is all about works!

 

[Batman]

Sorry, I got wrapped around this example. I didn't have my kids drive into parking lots until near the end of their training because that is one of the more difficult and dangerous places to drive. And initially we'd go before the businesses opened so they could get used to pulling into and out of spots without other activity around them.



Amen. And religion is as often a hindrance as a help when it comes to finding Jesus.

Parking lot vehicle operation is almost entirely treated as non relational to everyday vehicle operations on roadways but it should be a very high priority defensive driving moment. Signals, horns, no distractions, correctly adjusted mirrors, slow speeds, staying in driving lanes even with sparse conditions, proper lane positions, not crossing striped lines, turning into proper lanes and not crossing over into oncoming traffic or parked/parking vehicles, smart parking by finding a spot to pull through so exit is forward not rearward, and no double parking or hugging over toward another space.........all work to make the parking lot much safer for you/me/us as a driver.......but getting the other hurried, distracted, bad drivers to do this is another matter all together.

 

[Margery]

An empty parking lot without cars, in icy conditions was how I taught our kids to drive on ice, how to steer out of a skid and how to handle winter roads but never with other cars in the lot, at least not near us. It's how a lot of Canadian parents teach winter driving and steering out of a skid.

 

[mattfivefour]

That's how I learned. And every winter I would go take a practice run in an empty icy and snowy lot. With that kind of practice you can learn to pretty much thread a vehicle through the eye of a needle in ice or snow. It kept me safe on a lot of bad winter highways in Canada.