For my Christian brothers and sisters in the Lord, I want this post to touch your spirit. I want it to put urgency in your soul.
For those who haven’t accepted Jesus Christ I want to point out the urgent situation of your future. I want to do this in most direct but loving way possible.
I have been saved now for thirty years. It has been just recently that God has been allowed to put in my heart the love of not wanting anyone to perish. I say allow, because God never wants anyone to perish and wants us to feel that too.
In theory I have never wanted anyone to go through eternity in hell away from God.
Since I have opened up to God more lately, He has given me a real heartfelt emotion on not wanting anyone to perish, especially my friends and family who haven’t accepted Jesus.
On the flip side I want you feel the same way about your friends and family.
The two scenarios I’m about to use in themselves can be pretty generic so I really want you to take them to heart.
You have a friend and he is walking towards a cliff that is 1000 feet high. He’s blinded for whatever reason and isn’t seeing the danger. Maybe they are distracted by things. What are you going to do?
Are you going to sit back and think to yourself, well if I tell them they’re going to fall to their death they might think its offensive. I don’t want to step on their toes. I’ve hinted once before the cliff is there, so now that’s enough.
No! If it is a friend or family member you need to scream, yell, and tackle them before they do. At least you should.
Another friend is walking into a burning building. I say walking because he hasn’t gotten there yet. Once again, are you going to let them just walk in to the building without giving it your best effort to stop them from doing so?
We’re not just talking about death. We’re talking about DEATH ETERNAL.
We’re not talking about just being separated from you and God forever, but forever in torment. This is an urgent matter. Satan has had too much victory in the average American Christian life.
We need to pray and ask God to soften their hearts. We need to pray that God gives us that nugget of gold that may reach them. Pray that God gives you that spirit that cares more about your friends and families destination than rather than how they might receive it.
I promise you, if you sincerely love those people and make it known to them, they’re not going to be offended. Nobody is offended about being cared for by a loved one. A stranger on the street corner may get tired of you or agitated, but a friend or family member that knows you love them will not.
If they’re closed minded at first, keep praying. I can’t emphasize enough the power prayer. Pray that God gives you the right things to say, or puts you there in the right circumstance. People have built some pretty big walls, but were human and since God made us, those walls they built have the potential to be breached.
Matthew 9:37 – 37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
If you’re a Christian brother or sister, don’t go into eternity without doing all that you can for your loved ones. Don’t stand in front of God without knowing you did all that you could.
If you don’t know the Lord and you want to accept him now or learn more about him I have put pages in the right upper column that will help you with this. If you’re still not ready to accept him please at least look it over fully before you die.
Eternity is an awfully long time for Joy or for Torment (click for bible example) because you rejected God and his free gift of salvation.