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Winning souls, that used to be important. We say it’s important but is it? Jesus Christ died on the cross for the purpose of making a way for people not to perish. If we really believed this world was perishing wouldn’t we do something about it?
Jesus was not willing that any should perish. We live in an age where everything is casual; we can always get at it tomorrow. Ho-hum, another person slipped into eternity and no one reached out to help them. Jesus knew the consequences of perishing, of not having a relationship with God. God so loved the world that He gave His only son to be placed in a human body and remain in that body for eternity. Jesus was humbled, taken from being the only real diety and becoming a man.
Jesus, like us, became helpless in the hands of an angry God. The Bible says that God is angry with the world all the time. Because He loved man He sent a mediator, an intercessor between us and Him. You don’t turn your back on the Creator of everything without incurring wrath. Adam, Eve, and all the rest of us turned our back on God, snubbed Him, mocked Him, even denying He exists.
Our foolish hearts are darkened; we lie dead in our sins. There is no reason for God to love us, at least not a reason that is easily understood. He made us in His image. We are a spirit, we have a mind that can think, make decisions. Being fashioned in the likeness of God is what makes us of utmost worth. What sets us apart from God is the fact that only God knows the difference between good and evil; we just think we do.
God is an either or God. You love Him or you don’t. You want to be with Him or you don’t. You value what He values or you don’t. You want to be like Jesus or you don’t.
The world is perishing to hell, forever to be separated from God. That is the reality. To be like Christ we have to be willing that none should perish. Will we spend hours praying for those we love like my mother did? Are we interceding for anyone at all? Or are we willing that men perish, do we really believe redemption is necessary?
My mother knew Christ and she knew why He came. She knew the terror of hell and the value of the soul.