Glad About Grace

I am so thankful that it is not about me or my cleverness. In short, I'm glad of this because I fall so short of where I should or even could be. I try to do the best I can, but I even come up short on doing my best sometimes.
In my own power, I am nothing.
We as Christians are not told to go unto the world and argue people to Christ. We are simply told to go and tell the truth and then let the Holy Spirit do the convincing. I believe that is part of what this verse is saying:

1 Cor 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, that the cross of Christ should not be made void.(NAS)


If we are bringing people into the church simply by being clever or using our whits, then the true gospel has been neglected.
We are not saved by our own works or by other's works, but only by the grace of God giving us the faith to believe in the saving blood of Jesus Christ.

What I'm trying to say is that the best approach to evangelism is to tell the truth of the gospel, pray, and be ready to give an account. That's all we can do, and that's what we're called to do. We don't have to be clever, and it's a good thing, too.