Unfruitful letter writing campaign?

I just read a story on social media of a former apostate pastor who repented. I say this because I am involved in the sending of hundreds of letters and gospel tracts to individuals in an effort to get them to repent. One poster on this board said this is a unfruitful letter writing campaign. He says this because he wants instant results because he is a follower of the instant gratification generation. For results one must be patient. Or he may not see the results in his lifetime. I am reading a book called "As it was in the Days of Noah" and Noah certainly did not have any results besides his own household, but he was rewarded by God for his faithfulness and listed in the book of Hebrews hall of faith.

 

No idea of the details.

 

Wrong! I am pointing out that anything can bring a person to repentance including a letter! Paul wrote them! So did many in the past!

 

You place too much of an emphasis on results and so misinterpret what it means to have fruit. Noah did not have a single convert in his 120 years of preaching and God does not always guarantee visible results for us to see.

And who says I have had no fruit?

 

This person has not yet shown up to the thread. You think this person is going to actually admit that he is a part of the instant gratification generation? No he said in a thread recently that he tried EE and the tract method and saw no or little results and so switched to a different form of evangelism that saw results. That statement right there indicates that he wants instant results and is a part of the instant gratification generation, or maybe gratification is not the correct term. Whatever he wants instant results and does not want to wait. Tract distribution and contact evangelism as defined by Jon Speed in his book "Evangelism in the NT" does not always see visible results so fast. The results will be seen in heaven.

 

This again is why I am WOTM Preferred and not WOTM only. You think I do not see the value in using apologetic arguments? I bought some of these tracts recently.

Is There a God? (ESV), Pack of 25 Tracts

I also have been known to use these type of arguments in my open air preaching. Ray Comfort does not do this unfortunately. However he wrote a book on this topic.

The tract helps my preaching get straight to the point. Look people must see that their is a God and there is evidence for Him and his existence. Then after they see this can they be opened.

 

I did not remember. One person got saved and one person wanted to get saved. Besides that only God knows the results.

 

Besides his family

 

That’s not what I said. I said he is wrong for being against contact Evangelism.