Deep within the heart of every Christian is the desire for the salvation of others, whether kin or strangers. However, the process of people becoming interested, unto repentance and faith in Christ, often seems so overwhelming that saved people are gun shy to get involved. It may seem easier to avoid the hassle, yet we still have the pangs of guilt for not engaging to do it.
Let’s get the monkey off our back! It is no harder for God to save a sinner today than it’s ever been, as His power is still the same. It’s no harder to invite someone to hear God’s Word than it’s ever been. The problem is, there are less people willing to respond than there used to be. I have heard of days past, when a church held special services, there would be standing room only. Now, the preferred response is to avoid going to church. We need to understand this not to be the problem of those serving God, but rather the indifference to God and His Word in these last days. As it was in the days of Noah, rejection on the part of the people did not dampen Noah’s desire to build the ark. Our going forth is to be for the Lord, to be His witness, to accomplish His purpose.
Let’s be clear about what affects true repentance and conversion. It is the Word of God that does the work of God. It is the law of the Lord that the Holy Spirit uses to indict and convict a person that they are a guilty sinner, under condemnation before God. Only when a person becomes convicted of their lost, sinful, spiritually dead, condemned, unworthy condition, can their belief about Christ be unto their salvation.
“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10 Thus the sinner, by his own volition, receives Christ as his own personal Saviour, and by his own words, confesses this before others. Salvation is no more a matter of getting people to repeat a sinner’s prayer, than prayer is a matter of reciting from a prayer book.
God’s messengers sow and water the seed (God’s Word) but true salvation is God giving the increase, being born again of incorruptible seed by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever (1 Peter 1:23).
“BE NOT WEARY IN WELL DOING”
“PRAY ALWAYS AND FAINT NOT!”
