HEY STRANGER!
When was the last time you talked to a stranger? About sports? About politics? About the weather? About anything? About your last vacation? About the last cruise you took? About your Jesus? About your final trip? FINAL TRIP? What do you mean? I mean when you breathe your last breath on earth and your first breath in ETERNITY! Yes, you will be alive! Everybody has eternal life! Some in Heaven and many more in Hell! You get to pick! Jesus said: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them”. Why is it that we find it so hard to talk to anybody about our Jesus? Myself included! Are we in denial? I know my kids don’t like to talk about their mom’s and my death. Do you know anybody recently that has avoided death? You do know that just because someone does not believe in heaven or Hell, does not change reality and the truth. You can pretend you are one of the three monkeys: “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Death, Heaven and Hell are still there when you take your hands down. Jesus believed in “stranger evangelism”, ask the woman at the well! (John 4). People in hell believe in “stranger evangelism”. Jesus told us in the account of the rich man in hell and Lazarus. (Luke 16:19-31). If people in hell believe in and Jesus believes in it, who are we to disagree? Do we so much hate the people around us, who serve us our meals, who fix our cars, who check us out at Walmart, who share meals with us, that we don’t care that they may be headed to HELL FOREVER!!!! Sharing our plans for our last trip is not a presentation. It is a conversation. Plant a seed! Don’t worry about the results. Maybe you are watering a seed previously planted. God will take care of the harvest! Don’t worry what people think about you. In fact you need to be concerned when everybody thinks well of you.Jesus said “Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.”Luke 6:26
2 comments:
Really like the way this "eternal" matter is presented in such a down to earth fashion.
Merle, very convicting and wonderfully challenging. I have lots of non-Christians that I am in contact with a lot each week. My boldness could use a shot to the arm sometimes. Thanks for this.
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