Scenario of a Witness

This is a totally fictional account of a witness scene.

Unbeliever: “Why should I believe?” 

Christian: “Well, where do you want to spend eternity, heaven or hell?”

Unbeliever: “Is there a heaven or hell?”

Christian: “What happens to you when you die?”

Unbeliever: (after a pause) “I don’t know.”

Christian: “Heaven is God’s house, it’s where He lives. Why should God let you into His heaven?”

Unbeliever: “Why would a good God send anyone to hell?”

Christian: “Would you let a child murderer with bloody hands and wielding the murder weapon into your house?”

Unbeliever: “No way!”

Christian: “So God should let them into His house?”

Unbeliever—a very long pause with no answer.

Christian: “If you have house rules about who gets into your house, why can’t God have His own rules?”

Unbeliever: “I’m not a murderer.”

Christian: “But God’s house rules say you must believe that His Son Jesus died for your sins and accept Him as your Savior. That’s the only way you can enter God’s house. 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes on Him should not die but have eternal life. That John 3:16.'”

Unbeliever: “That’s stupid.”

Christian: “Why is it stupid?”

Unbeliever: “You want me to believe in a God that killed His own Son, where’s the goodness in that?”

Christian: “Romans 6:23 says ‘The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Jesus gave His life to give you eternal life. Someone had to die and Jesus did that in your place. Do you want to die forever or go to heaven?”

Unbeliever: “There are other religions in the world; there must be other ways to heaven.”

Christian: “So what you're saying is you can set your own house rules but God isn’t allowed to set His own house rules about who can enter? It's God's house so why can't He allow only those people to enter who ask Jesus to be their Savior?”

Unbeliever: “That’s pretty narrow-minded. Why would God not let in good people no matter what religion they believe?”

Christian: “If I show up tonight at midnight and break through your bedroom wall with a bazooka to get in, hold you at gunpoint, burn your house down, and force you to take my billion dollars gift, what would happen?”

Unbeliever: “That’s crazy. I’d call the police.”

Christian: “But I want to give you a billion dollars. Why can’t I do it my own way?”

Unbeliever: “Because you can’t do that. You can’t expect anyone to let you destroy their house to give them a gift, not even a billion dollars. That’s crazy!”

Christian: "But I want to give you a billion dollars, isn't that a good thing to do?"

Unbeliever: "If you want to give me anything, you come to my front door and knock. If I know what you're offering, I'll consider it."

Christian:  "God wants to give you a gift for free yet you want to blow into His house on your own terms.”

Unbeliever: “That’s not the same thing.”

Christian: “But you agree heaven is God’s house?”

Unbeliever: “Yeah, all right.”

Christian: “So why should God let you into His house?"

Somewhere along here, the conversation goes the way of salvation or the unbeliever walks away. 

Would you ever use this scenario, or what might you change?