St. Joseph the Worker Pastorate

One Good Reason
Lukewarm Christian
 
 This week in our continuing series on evangelization tips, and over the next three weeks, we'll be providing you with evangelization techniques utilizing an effective method called One Good Reason. We've found it's one of the best ways to share the Gospel with someone, because it provides the individual with your personal reasons why you are Catholic. They likely won't argue with your deeply held feelings, so it can have the effect of disarming them. The method fits in with our evangelization method, Listen, Befriend, Proclaim, and Invite. In the Proclaim stage, you simply ask, "Can I give you one good reason why I...(fill in particular reason vou love vour faith that relates to their issue)?" Today's topic is evangelizing  lukewarm  Christians. So, we're looking for something that might stir the heart of a Christian that is rather unmotivated  when it comes to living the faith.
           You are likely familiar with Our Lord's words from the book of Revelation 3:16: "Because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth." This is a stark warning from Jesus, and one that many of us don't like to think about. ("Lukewarm" means neither antagonistic ("cold") nor passionate ("hot") in the pursuit of one's Christian duties.) Certainly God loves those who are lukewarm, but He also warns that their lack of passion for the faith, is greatly endangering  their own salvation. So we must give lukewarm Christians our "one good reason" for taking the faith seriously.
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