Throughout the Bible, people sell, whether it is their ideas or themselves. A salesperson is moving someone to see something as a solution to a pain. Joseph is an example of a failed salesperson to his brothers. He was trying to communicate the content of his dreams to his brothers yet in speaking at them in a bragging way and not listening to their needs, he was not going to win them over. The opposite happened. However, later he successfully sold himself to his brothers by looking out for their interests, he reestablished a relationship with them founded on their trusting him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An example of a successful yet deceptive sale in the Bible is when the serpent convinces Eve to eat of the tree of good and evil. He cleverly asks her questions in order to convince her that she needs this fruit which in reality eating the fruit will be harmful. She is led to believe she has a problem which she does not. The serpent convinces her that if she just eats of the tree, she will be like God. Although this was true to some extent, this sale is not in her best interest, but actually brought death. Yet, he moved her to believe in a solution to a pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a salesperson is moving someone to see something as a solution to a pain, selling to people can actually be done in love, as you offer something that is in their best interest. Paul wrote, “Since we have\u00a0the same spirit of faith according to what has been written,\u00a0\u201cI believed, and so I spoke,\u201d we also believe, and so we also speak,\u00a0knowing that\u00a0he who raised the Lord Jesus\u00a0will raise us also with Jesus and\u00a0bring us with you into his presence” (2 Cor. 4:13-14). Paul firmly believes the Gospel is the ultimate solution to our ultimate pain. Believing in your product is a mark of a honest salesperson. He knows the Gospel will solve our pain, and wants us to be moved to accept it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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