"For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the
more...I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (1 Cor. 9:19,22)
"Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..." (2 Cor. 5:11)
Author Rudyard Kipling tells how, on a world tour, at a certain port General Booth boarded the
ship. He was seen off by a horde of tambourine-beating Salvationists. The whole thing revolted
Kipling's fastidious soul. Later he got to know the general and told him how much he disapproved
of this kind of thing. "Young man," said Booth, "if I thought that I could win one more soul for
Christ by standing on my hands and beating a tambourine with my feet, I would learn to do it."
The real enthusiast does not care if others think he is a fool. (From Illustrations Unlimited By
James S. Hewett, p.500)
Paul said, "...Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!" (1 Cor. 9:16)