{"id":816,"date":"2008-10-03T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katylee.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2008-10-03T21:02:39","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T05:02:39","slug":"the-two-simple-questions-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/the-two-simple-questions-are\/","title":{"rendered":"The two simple questions are&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/02\/two-simple-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read yesterday&#8217;<\/a>s post first)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/02\/two-simple-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yesterday, <\/a>I posted a scenario that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.str.org\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Koukl<\/a> encountered with a Jewish man. The Jewish man said he believed in God, and was living a moral life.\u00c2\u00a0 Those were the important things, it seemed to him\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhow one lived, not what one believed.<\/p>\n<p>What would you say to this Jewish man?<\/p>\n<p>Greg answered him with two questions.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the two questions Greg asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do you think people who commit moral crimes ought to be punished?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>He thought for a moment.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a prosecuting attorney\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6yes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So do I,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Second question: Have you ever committed any moral crimes?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>There was a slight pause.\u00c2\u00a0 This was getting personal. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes, I guess I have,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So have I,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I confessed, agreeing with him again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So now we have this difficult situation, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we?\u00c2\u00a0 We both believe those who commit moral crimes ought to be punished, and we both believe we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve committed moral crimes.\u00c2\u00a0 Do you know what I call that?\u00c2\u00a0 I call that bad news.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>In less than 60 seconds I had accomplished a remarkable thing with this approach.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to convince him he was a sinner.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>He was telling me.<\/em> I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to convince him he deserved to be punished.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>He was telling me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I was tapping into a deep intuition every person shares: knowledge of his own guilt and a realization that guilt should be punished.\u00c2\u00a0 And I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it arrogantly or in an obnoxious, condescending way. I freely admitted I was in the same trouble he was.<\/p>\n<p>This approach reveals a very important sequence in making our message intelligible: First the bad news, then the good news.\u00c2\u00a0 Next week I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll share the second step, which is the solution God offers and the good news of Jesus Christ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think that is an excellent approach to explain our need for Christ. I hope I get to use that one day.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll have to sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.str.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ambassador Insights<\/a> to get Greg&#8217;s second step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Read yesterday&#8217;s post first) Yesterday, I posted a scenario that Greg Koukl encountered with a Jewish man. The Jewish man said he believed in God, and was living a moral life.\u00c2\u00a0 Those were the important things, it seemed to him\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhow one lived, not what one believed. What would you say to this Jewish man? 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