Finding the lost.

God is incredible.

It literally makes me wanna go crazy. So good. Since I’ve finally been experiencing that for myself these last couple months, I’ve developed the biggest heart the people who don’t know Jesus. Well, I thought I developed it. But I mean, we all have a heart for the lost; it’s just a matter of when we let it take over our lives. Anyways, have you really sat back and thought about what the end of the story looks like for them? Because quite frankly, it’s the most depressing thing. Ever.

A lot of people ask the question, “Well, if someone never had the opportunity to accept or reject Jesus.. then don’t they just go to heaven?” David Platt talks about this in his book, Radical (btw, I highly recommend it. Highly. Talk about a life changer). And it really got me thinking about it. I think that ‘followers of Jesus’ are under this concept that, God knows the people who are gonna end up saved and in heaven know matter what.. so we don’t have to do anything about it. And that, those people who are “the chosen” ones will hear the gospel from a certain someone or something sometime in their life, even if I don’t go tell them. And the church doesn’t do anything to make us think different. 

Okay. First off, do they just go to heaven? No. Paul tells us in Romans that everyone knows God and everyone rejects God. As morbid as that may come across, everyone knows God. Everyone knows of God, whether they have opened up a Bible or not. And everyone, including me and you have rejected God. Trying to say you were innocent, is ignorant. If you’re innocent, then you must be Jesus. And I’m pretty sure no one is.. but the real Jesus. We are dead in ourselves. Everyone. That’s just the hard truth. Now, yes we are saved by grace when we make Him ours and we’re accepted into the Kingdom through Jesus and the cross. BUT, what about those people who really haven’t had the opportunity to accept Jesus? Those people are doomed. Seriously.

Think about that for a minute. The people who have never even heard the gospel preached are going to spend eternity in hell and they don’t even know it yet. 

So why in the WORLD do we as carriers of the name of Jesus; as the only light for the people who are unaware they are in the dark; as the disciples of Jesus; as the people who hold the key to hope.. HOW DO WE DO NOTHING?

How do we only allow ourselves to sit in a pue once a week?

How do we only allow ourselves to pray for those who are ‘called into missions’, but be comfortable watching it from home?

How do we only allow ourselves to do things for us? 

Those are not followers of Christ. You may be an admirer of the Cross, awesome. More power to you. But you are not a follower of Christ. Someone who accepts their role as a follower of Jesus would not accept the fact that there are millions of people around the world getting ready to enter in eternal hell and they aren’t even aware of it. 

Eternal. Torture. Hell.
We are okay with that. 

We are okay sitting in our church every Sunday knowing we’re saved; but yet, doing nothing to let other people in on the amazing love with Christ. We are okay with the thought of keeping heaven to ourselves. And as far as the people who won’t get a chance to hear the gospel? Oh well I guess. 

How does that even happen? 

We’re called to spread the love of Christ. There are so many people in our towns, jobs, neighborhood, country, and world who will never hear the gospel of Jesus preached. They will never have option of making a relationship with Jesus their own. 

The only hope they have is Christ through youuuuuuuuu. YOU. 

It’s up to us. There aren’t in redoes in this. Or, I’ll get them next time. Now is the only next time you’ll have. No, we aren’t going to do it right. Yes, we’re going to miss chances we should have taken. But why wait any longer to start doing something? People are counting on you and me to bring the good news. 

Seriously. The joy of the Lord is so amazing. Don’t let people miss this.

“When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust: I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?” -Psalm 56:3,4

Some people ask me why all my blogs sound the same. 

Why? There is nothing else that matters. There’s one calling. One truth. One hope. One Jesus. That’s why.