GUEST POST: Zach shares the Gospel with his two coworkers!

Hello, everyone! As I have previously posted, I have been very busy with wedding preparations and moving. My fiance, Zach, will be the author of the next two posts. Please continue in prayer for us, we only have 12 more days until we are wed! Without further ado, here is the account of his witnessing to two coworkers, Jordan and Matt:

“One of the things that prompted me to talk to my coworkers was the fact that I knew that at least one of them, Jordan, would be transferring jobs very soon. In the past, when unbeliever coworkers have left, I have been able to give them gospel literature as a parting gift. However, during this work trip we had a new coworker with us, which prompted me to share. I had known our mutual work partner, Matt, for only a couple weeks; I figured that it would be better to share the good news with him (and Jordan too) sooner rather than later. At this particular time, we were driving back from a job site towards our office.

Although I had never actually shared the gospel with Jordan, I had spoken to her about Jesus pretty early on in my meeting her. I asked her about her religious background, and she was happy to tell me that she grew up in the church, but as she became an adult she simply ‘grew out of it’; it seemed that, in her opinion, church was just something that was good for kids. This is not something Emily or I have heard before, although I am sure that it is a common unsaid belief among secularists.

So, keeping all of this in mind, I opened up the conversation by asking them what they thought would happen when they died. Matt began and ended his portion of the conversation with a simple “nothing”. At times, it can be disheartening when someone does not respond verbally to the sharing of the gospel. However, this does not mean they aren’t listening– I say this as an encouragement. The Lord saves whom He chooses, and He uses many different ways to do so. Please pray that Matt heard my proclamation of the Gospel and listened; pray that the Holy Spirit would regenerate his heart and that he would be saved, even though it has been a couple weeks since this talk.

Jordan and I were able to have a pretty lengthy conversation in the car. She seemed to believe in heaven and hell, but, upon asking, that the way to get to heaven was by living a good life. Now, as Christians, we should know that we cannot merit a way to salvation; it is a freely given gift (Ephesians 2:8-9). There is absolutely no way that we CAN merit it: there is no one good, no one who seeks after God without His own intervention first (Romans 3). We are so fortunate to know this news, and evangelism should be the outpouring of this joy that we have at knowing the Gospel.

After she said her piece about being a good person, I asked her if she thought she was one. She answered “yes, but everyone makes mistakes”. I have found this to be an incredibly common answer in this post Christian society. After hearing this, I gave her the “good person test”. This ‘test’ is meant to introduce the Ten Commandments to the person and reveal that, since they transgress God’s commands, no one is actually a good person.

I walked through the Law with her, and even from the beginning it was hard for her to nail down answers. There was a lot of semantics involved. In my opinion, this was due to an overall low view of God’s law . Encountering these types of situations can become hard, because it is easy to get lost down the rabbit holes of trying to justify morality. I attempted to convey the seriousness of God’s rules by using an example about lying. If we lie to our dog, it is not very serious. If we lie to our friends, it is more serious. Our wives, even more so. The severity of sin to God is greater than all of these other figures combined. I am hoping that this makes sense written down, it was a lot easier to convey in person.After we had gotten through this part, I talked about the punishment of sin– because we sin against a Holy God we deserve to go to hell for all eternity.

Then I brought in the good news: Christ came in and paid the price for sin; He lived a righteous life and died a death that He did not deserve so that we could live eternally with God. Funnily enough, she kind of was in agreement with the fact that Jesus died for our sins. To me, this is in some ways reminiscent of John 6:26 “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw the signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.” As John Maccarthur eloquently puts it, “the reaction of the peoples typifies many who want a “Christ” who makes no demands of them, but of whom they can make their own requests.” False converts or people who believe in a general deity want security and earthly blessing, but are unwilling to submit to our Savior. To further elaborate, the horrificness of sin was something that never really seemed to sink in during our conversation. One could say that it is the fruit of that kind of thinking.

To finish, I told both of them that the whole reason why I was even sharing the Gospel was because I cared about them, because no one is promised tomorrow, and because everyone dies.”

Please pray that the Lord will grow the seeds sown by Zach, and that He will save Jordan and Matt. Please pray that they would realize the seriousness of sinning against a Holy God, and that they would be comforted and rejoice in the Gospel which brings eternal life. Pray for Zach and that he can continue to be bold in sharing the good news with his coworkers, and that the Lord would grow him spiritually. Pray also for our marriage, and that Zach can be a godly leader and provider for our family, and that I would be an obedient wife.

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