Wednesday 24 September 2014

The Need For The Seed.

Do we have a responsibility to the unsaved? can we look at the unconverted around us, heading unconsciously towards destruction, without being moved? Can we think of the doom that awaits an ungodly world and not weep? If Jesus wept over one city, shouldn't we have compassion for a whole world that lies in wickedness and is rushing to judgement? Shouldn't we use every opportunity to warn unbelievers and earnestly persuade them, as Paul did, to be reconciled to God?
God tells us that He is ''not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance"(2 pet. 3:9). The same grace of God that saved us is extended to them(Eph. 2:8-9). without the gospel they are doomed to eternal damnation by God. (John 3:8)
Is it possible to selfishly enjoy our own security and leave the Father's love and grace un proclaimed, not warning sinners of impending judgement? "He who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death" (James 5:20). God expects us to carry the seed to others, and even holds us responsible ( see ezek. 3:18, 20). May we be stirred to pray, watch and labour for Christ and for souls!