Mark 16:15
"And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every living creature"
Have you ever talked with or tried to witness to someone about Jesus, and just kept coming up empty?That happens to me a lot, seemingly more and more. I'll change my tactics and delivery, but it seems like I keep getting the same results. This can really eat you up if you are serious about serving the Lord. However, the "gifts and calling of God are without repentance"(Romans 11:29). So with prayer and with the strength of the Lord, we can go into the world day after day, knowing that one lost soul brought to repentance is worth all of the work and heartbreak of countless others who rejected the Lord and our testimony.
One thing that is an obstacle to me is that a lot of people that I talk to either claims to be saved, or that they know God, or that they believe in God but they don't go to church --for whatever reason. These types of people are really hard to talk to because most of them know quite a bit of scripture; which is really scary for them because it makes them accountable. "For it had been better for them not to have KNOWN the way of righteousness, than, after they have KNOWN [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them"(2 Peter 2:21). After all, where much is known, much is required.
It's amazing to me how people can take the Word and twist it around to fit there own life styles and beliefs. Where's the fear of the Lord, or the conviction that comes with being a child of the living God? It's not there, because these people are lost. I know that I'm not any body's judge as far as their salvation, but I've found that if you watch someone for a while they will judge themselves; whether they be a child of God or not. My job is to witness and testify of the cross and to tell of Jesus' great love to us ward. They either receive it or they don't.
God bless,
David
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