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Regardless, reality does not change the fact that life will end for all of us, as much as funerals are real, so is hell. As much as we have heard this boring song many times, so must we dance to it and witness to those who have not heard about this Good News.
As a wise man once said, “To hate someone is to believe that hell exists and that person might be going there but not tell them about a way of escape”. Imagine a doctor who has just discovered a cure for a deadly disease; can he keep that to himself and let people die or he will not sleep until he has announced such good news to his patients? If you truly love your fellow citizens as you claim, surely you will tell them about such a great salvation that is now available through the Cross of Christ. That is the true definition of love. Think about the consequences of dying without Christ.
Below are passages from the book of John, let us take a closer look at them.
John 1:40-41 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah”
Notice how Andrew led his own family member, Peter to the Lord. Dear friends; let us forget the people on the street for a while because if there are people who desperately need salvation, it's the ones who are closest to our hearts; family! Don’t ever buy into the deceiving idea that family members don’t go to hell. They do. There is no special place in heaven specifically designed for your family members. All of mankind is guilty before the Almighty Judge; there is none who does good, not one (Psa 14:3).
Therefore everyone (starting with your loved ones) must heed the words of Jesus whispered to Nicodemus, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7). Our Lord’s last words to His disciples were, “When the Spirit comes, you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and to the end of the world” (Act 1:8). By the way, what is your Judea? That is your home town; your kindred – your own family. Then you can think about going to your Samaritan neighborhoods, even to the whole world. Just a quick question; how many people have you told about Jesus this year? Aha! You tell me that you are a Spirit-filled, prayer warrior believer yet you can’t, you just can’t tell anyone about salvation? Notice that our Lord said that when you receive the Spirit, He will empower you to be a witness. What about you? Do you have the Spirit? Why then are you not a witness?
A good evangelist once broke my heart with these words, “Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself be sure of that.” Therefore I think it would be a good thing for some of us to check our coldness towards the salvation of others. It might be that you are not saved yourself. Self-examination is good for the soul!
The second passage we find is Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman. Observe how the dear husbandless lady was able to call others to the Saviour of souls.
John 3:29-39 The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, "come, see a man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" Then they went out of the city and came to Him.....And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me all that I ever did."
Notice how the woman called her neighbours with a simple statement, “Come see a man who told me everything I ever did.” Why would she keep such wonderful news as a secret? You see that we cannot have passion for the lost unless we have really had an encounter with Christ, I mean the more you learn about Christ through His Word and what He has done for you in His cross work, the more you love Him, the easier it is to burst out into telling others about such a great Saviour. Have you discerned that ever since the Church stopped teaching its members the true riches of Christ through verse-by-verse doctrinal preaching, so did the churchgoers lose passion for evangelism?
Notice how the testimony of the woman was powerful enough to bring souls to the Redeemer. It simply means that your testimony (though not the actual Gospel message) can plant a seed of faith in someone’s heart. Why are we ashamed of our Lord? It amazes me that we all love to boast and shout about Jesus inside our Church walls yet we are ashamed of Him when we sit in public. I define that as pure hypocrisy.
You may say, “But, I want to witness but I just don’t know how to do it”, desire is a good thing but how many times have you prayed and pleaded with the heavens to give you wisdom on how to do it? I mean something like, “Lord Jesus, please teach me and give me boldness to tell my friend about you”. Anything that you don’t care to pray about is that which you don’t care to do. I want to encourage you though; you can start working towards that direction today. As a matter of fact, there is a certain person somewhere who is still waiting for you to point them to the Saviour. If only you will just do it.
James 5:19-20 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Let us spread the Good News!
Rejoice M. Ncube
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