A Passion for Lost People

My sister-in-law died this past week. She was standing in the kitchen all alone, suffered a massive heart attack and, in an instant, she was gone. She had had some physical problems, but her condition was improving. Now she is in eternity.

The sadness we feel is the loss, but more than that, we do not know for sure where she will spend eternity. She didn’t like to talk about spiritual things, but she was raised in a Christian home. We are praying that the grace and mercy of our Lord will be sufficient for her — that, in a moment of genuine repentance, she accepted Jesus into her heart.

In a day when “easy believism” is rampant and a “feel good theology” seems to be the direction so many pastors are taking, when and where do we preach for a decision?

There are times when I am haunted by the vast numbers of unbelievers in our world — in my little world. I hear the words from John 3:18: “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” Jesus!

When was the last time you spent time with an individual and actually shared the Gospel with them, and then led them in the sinner’s prayer? Paul said, “I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible” (1 Cor. 9:19). I think it comes down to one thing: a passion for the lost and an urgency to see them saved and secure.

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Be blessed and be a blessing.

Comments

[Robert McHenry]

If this is really what President Bush said then it appears that our President does not embrace the faith of a born again believer. Equally distressing to me is that he could have just been playing politics. I think the President's reported comments reflect a growing trend among professing Christians even. There seems to be this movement toward syncretism and universalism that blurs the lines of what it really means to be a Christian. Really, I am just saddened by the reported comments.