Tactical arrangement to defeat notions, when you are speaking to seekers
From the above:
Do you think those who can fellowship about the truth to resolve the problems can testify and preach the gospel or not? (Yes.) Surely, they can.
This is because if one truly understands the truth, they can resolve all the problems. Not only can it be used on preaching the gospel, but it can also be used on church life. The truth can resolve all the problems of the corrupt mankind. So, all those who truly understand the truth can not only do the work of spreading the gospel, but also be the church leader to resolve God’s chosen people’s practical problems.
One needs to know how to allocate their physical energy in spreading the gospel. After fellowshiping for a period of time, you can let him listen to hymns testifying God, and then you fellowship for a period of time again, and ask him to listen to God’s words, and then fellowship for some time, and ask him to ask some questions and fellowship about his viewpoints. You can ask him to speak, and you do not keep talking.
He speaks for some time, and you speak for some time, and he speaks for some time, and you speak for some time.
This way, you can defeat him after some time.
If you keep talking and do not ask him to talk, when you use up your physical energy, he counterattacks you and defeats you. So if you have no tactical arrangement, that won’t work.
Then how do you do the tactical arrangement? The testifiers? You can speak. (We also fellowship with them first. And after they accept, we play some videos and films for them.)
When you fellowship about the truth with them, you need to ask for their reactions. “Isn’t it so? Do you think it is right or not? Can you accept it? How do you understand it? What is your view?” You need to speak such words often.
They had better become your pet phrases. Then, you look at their reactions. This is learning about the listener’s responses. After saying some words, you pat him on the head; after saying some words, you pat him on the chest; after speaking some words, you pat him on the back; after speaking some words, you pat him on the shoulder; it is to strike a responsive chord in him.
It is to let him ponder over and think about the truth fellowshiped, to digest it in his heart. It is to encourage him. This will yield good results.
It is to let him take it into his heart. If you do not ask for his response but keep talking, and there is even no conversation, no question, no reminder, and your words go in one ear of his and out the other, he will say, “This guy is silly. He is psychotic.
I didn’t even take in his words. I didn’t even ponder over his words. He simply keeps talking.” This is being played with by others. Is it right? Have you ever done such silly things? (I did it before.)
You can tell us how you did it before and how you woke up later and realized speaking this way is a problem. (At the very beginning, I didn’t ask the prospect’s response.
I talked for a long time, yet there was no effect, and the prospect had no reaction. Later, after hearing other brothers and sisters’ experiences, I found there was a problem with my way of speaking. Later, when I fellowship about some key topics, I will ask the prospect repeatedly and fellowship about the key parts repeatedly.
I find speaking this way can help to know of the prospect’s mentality and speak according to his pulse.
The effect will be more obvious.) If you do not ask him, do not have a conversation with him, do not ask for responses, and do not ask questions, the effect will not be good. Why not?
First, you have no target when you speak. Although you are talkative and fellowship with him, you do not know what are the key words to say.
Second, he will feel sleepy as he listens, and your words will go in one ear and out the other, and they can’t hit his heart, he will not listen attentively. So, if you do not consider practical issues and do not ask for the responses and feel him out, this is talking blindly and firing with your eyes closed.
You shoot the machine gun while closing your eyes, aren’t you wasting the bullets?
So, when you speak, you need to ask for a response. You always need to ask him. When he has a reaction, where should you look? (Look at his eyes.)
If you are talking with two or three people, who should you look at? (Look at those who have reactions.) You can look at those who have reactions. But on the other hand, you should take care of all of them. Those who do not have reactions, you should also look at them.
Remind them and have them focus their attention and listen carefully. If you speak to two people, your eyes should look at both.
You can speak a few words while looking at this one and speak some other words while looking at the other one. If you talk with three people, you should also not focus on one and should look at them alternately.
Do not just focus on two people and ignore one and do not just focus on one and ignore two. Both are wrong, and you have to care about them all and treat them equally. This is proper. In addition, when fellowshiping about the key issues, you need to speak to those key people.
For example, if you will ask one key person about one question, do not ask it toward three people. You can first look at the person who you want to mainly ask, then you can look at the second priority you want to focus on, and then the third priority you want to focus on. You look at the person as you speak to him. What you should avoid as a taboo when speaking is to lift your head to look upward and not look at the person.
This kind of person has problems with his character. He looks either toward left, or right, or upward or downward, but he simply does not look at the person he speaks to; there is some problem with his mind, he does not have the right moral quality.
If he sees that you do not have the right moral qualities, he feels aversion to you. Your two eyes have to focus, and you have to focus on one person. Do not look at one person with one eye while looking at the other person with another eye.
This is not good. If you eyes move too quickly and you just look at them with one glance, or you always glance at them one by one, is it good? No.
It is despising people. If you speak a few important words to one person, then you speak to another person several key words and move your eyes to him.
Do not just pay attention to one person and ignore others. This is wrong. If you practice like this, others will think that you have a choice when speaking, and you are arrogant and superior and have prejudices against others.
This is not good. If you fellowship with dozens of people, you can even less look at just one person. You need to care about these dozens of people.
When you fellowship with them, you have to pay attention to the look in your eyes, the tone of your speaking, and the objects of your talk. In addition, you also have to speak practically and need to ask for their responses.
You also need to make them have reactions and only speaking this way has effects. Otherwise, all words will be in vain. This is just like going to get water. When you turn on the tap, you need to put your glass under the exit of the water, Do not go take the glass only after you turn on the tap.
This is wrong. It’s the same with speaking. If you speak blindly while closing your eyes, and never ask for the prospects’ responses or speak regarding those practical issues, but you just start fighting immediately at the beginning, in the end, you will only fight blindly without any effect.
And the way of your speaking will also make others feel disgusted with. They will think, “This person speak blindly without caring whether his preaching is needed by others or not, and he simply finishes his words first and that is all.
This person has some problems with his mind. He does not know how to lay his heart bare to others. He talks superiorly like officials.” So, there are some detailed principles in giving the testimonies. It is that you need to make others feel that your words are practical, you are approachable, you have good character, and you can lay your heart bare when you speak with others.
When he sees that your personality is good, he will be willing to listen to your words. You see, when I have fellowship in the meeting, speaking to many people, I often ask for their responses, asking questions, right?
Can you testify this way when preaching the gospel? You need to learn to learn about their responses when giving testimonies. But do not ask too much. You can ask occasionally. It won’t work if you ask too much. He doesn’t know anything.
If you always ask him, he will think you are making things difficult for him. So he will not talk with you anymore in the future. So, when you ask questions, do not make others think, “This person always wants to make things difficult for me.
He can fellowship about some truths and understand some truths, but he always looks down upon me and wants to make things hard for me and embarrass me.” This is creating hurdles for him mentally. One needs to consider every aspect when giving testimonies in spreading the gospel.
There are techniques and wisdom in speaking. We can summarize this aspect and compile it into a book, which can be called as “The Techniques and Wisdom Used in Giving Testimonies.”