How to convert my atheist friend to Christianity!?
He's my pretty good friend, and was raised in a somewhat Christian household, and converted recently. He's only 14, but he's stubborn. I really care for him, and I'm a Christian, and I love it. I want to make sure he doesn't ruin hi whole life. How should I start talking to him about it??
Whatever you do, don't try to reason with him. You will definitely lose that one. I would go with the "do you want to burn for eternity in hell?" tack.
Maybe he's already saved? God knows that his words can't reach everyone and that his words in the bible MAY have been messed with. And therefore is willing to save us all----if he really does exist, and if he really does love all his children.
You said he already converted, so how can you convert him? If you don't want him to ruin his life, help him stay away from things that can ruin a life. (Drugs, alcohol overdoses, addictions etc.)
Don't ruin a friendship that way. Religious differences are fine until someone starts pushing religion on someone else. Just be the best person you can be, don't try to convert him.
By becoming an atheist he has improved his life dramatically. Either keep your mouth shut or talk to him with an open mind (which should lead you to follow in his footsteps)
You will never be able to convert him. It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it. Only God can change His heart. But do not lose hope. You must start by praying that God will take away what ever is blinding your friend from seeing God as true. Pray that God will keep away what ever is blinding him. And ask Him to work in your friend's life. Also pray that someone will be sent to witness to him. And if its you ask God to keep you aware of when Th time is right to witness to him. You also may never witness to your friend. They may not listen even after all this. But don't lose hope. God knows who your friend will listen to. But also don't bash your friend's belief. Just love him as best as you can. Remeber God gave him a free will. Make sure to pray often.
There is nothing you can say that will convince him. Either leave him alone about it and hope he finds his own way back to believing everything you believe, as that's apparently the only way you can handle life, or leave him alone and just forget about it.
It is not your job to convert anyone. Since you apparently believe the Bible, I'll put it this way: You share the Gospel, but it is the Holy Spirit that does the converting. If the Gospel is rejected, you move on instead of smashing salvation down someones throat. If a person is going to believe, they will believe upon hearing.
the best you can do without forcing your friend to believe in God is by having group discussions.
You cannot force the christian beliefs onto someone, they will simply shy away from them and will never be apart of the christian world.
God bless you on your journey now and forever
you are not his friend and if he has any sense he will walk away from you!
Religious intolerance on your behalf is breaching his human rights to believe what he chooses in peace and freedom from the very persecution you seek to do to him!
I predict that you will suffer the heartbreak and misery of broken relationships and divorce since you put religion before friendship and love!
I feel so sorry for people like you that can never know proper friendship or love!