Evangelistic Indifference
There is one thing that really gets on my nerves spiritually speaking. I can't stand for a person to say or even to imply that we should share the truth of the gospel, but we do not need to be so concerned about whether the other person receives it or not. The person who says that is showing a lack of understanding of godly love. Godly love cares. God cares so much that He died for us. Do we really think He did that without strong emotional love for the human race and for us as individuals?
The act of sharing the Good News of Jesus is not an academic exercise that is necessary to deliver the facts to another person. Witnessing to another person about Jesus is not a rote presentation of Bible verses. When we share, we are sharing how we came to know Christ, because Jesus loves them and cares about their eternity, and we care, too. When the love of Christ fills our hearts, that is what we will want to do to each person we encounter along life's path.
I would go one step further than that. If our hearts do not break when a person rejects Jesus, there is something seriously wrong with us. If we can be OK with someone going to Hell, we are really out of touch with God. Jesus gave His all to keep that from happening, and we should do the same. Yes, we can't force anyone to receive Christ as Lord and Savior. I know that to be a fact. However, just because that is true, we are not to be detached from caring about them and trying to lead them to see the importance of that decision. I beg you not to let anything cause you to have evangelistic indifference of any kind.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Jeremiah 22-23 and Titus 1.
The act of sharing the Good News of Jesus is not an academic exercise that is necessary to deliver the facts to another person. Witnessing to another person about Jesus is not a rote presentation of Bible verses. When we share, we are sharing how we came to know Christ, because Jesus loves them and cares about their eternity, and we care, too. When the love of Christ fills our hearts, that is what we will want to do to each person we encounter along life's path.
I would go one step further than that. If our hearts do not break when a person rejects Jesus, there is something seriously wrong with us. If we can be OK with someone going to Hell, we are really out of touch with God. Jesus gave His all to keep that from happening, and we should do the same. Yes, we can't force anyone to receive Christ as Lord and Savior. I know that to be a fact. However, just because that is true, we are not to be detached from caring about them and trying to lead them to see the importance of that decision. I beg you not to let anything cause you to have evangelistic indifference of any kind.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Jeremiah 22-23 and Titus 1.