Imagine seeing a friend of yours walking toward a deep and dark ravine. He is looking back toward the direction from which he came, not seeing the edge of the cliff. What would you do? Would you try your very best to stop him from plunging into the depths of that deep and dark ravine?
Imagine that you can see a child asleep in a house that is ablaze. What would you do to save that child from burning to death. Would you drop to your knees and pray while the fire consumed the child? What would you do if you saw a young man standing in the middle of a busy street, oblivious of the cars and trucks rushing toward him. What would you do to save him?
Every day each and every one of us looks directly into the face of someone who has not accepted Christ. These people are no different from the friend walking toward the cliff or the child asleep in the burning building or the young man in the street. Each one of your family members, neighbors, co-workers, customers, etc. who are unsaved are in the same danger. They are headed toward eternal distruction. Do you love them enough to try to talk to them about their fate. Are you willing to overcome your fear of talking to others and sharing your faith. Are you afraid that they will reject you or shun you?
Do you love them enough to care about their ultimate fate? You have the life preserver, or life jacket or life solution that will save the ones you love from an eternity seperated from Christ.
A recent poll in a major Christian Evangelistic Magazine reported that only 1% of the readers had witnessed to someone. A major research group reported that only 2% of ‘born again’ Christians share their faith with unsaved individuals. The Barna Research Group concluded that about 75% of professing Christians cannot define the Great Commission.
In Mark 16:15-16 Jesus commissioned us saying “And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned” It is not simply a suggestion for something we could do if we feel like it.
How many family members, friends, co-workers or even perfect strangers have you witnessed to this week? Are you part of the 97% who ignore Christ’s commission? Are you comfortable sitting in your churches, never sharing the information that will keep your fellow humans from a fate of eternal death?
What will you do?
