Sometimes I just don't know how I'm supposed to be. I take every word in the bible as truth and hold the word of God with the utmost respect. So, if it says that the only way to be with the Lord in eternity is to repent and be baptized, which it does in multiple places, I take it to be absolute truth. Here's where the dilemma lies; I can't get the message into people's heads! The bible is so cut and dry about it. If you don't confess Jesus and repent and be baptized you will spend eternity in the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Do I sweetly and gingerly explain it? Do I stand on a chair and boldly holler about hellfire and brimstone? I don't know! Sometimes I just want to knock peoples' heads into one another because it seems as if it's the only thing that will cause them to take me seriously. And it's not me, but the message of the gospel of Jesus that I want people to accept. No matter how I put it people just laugh at me or call me overzealous and say I'm judging them. I don't have any right to judge anyone, but only to judge their fruit. If they claim to know Christ and live like the Devil I need to question that. If they claim to know Christ and spend their life in service to others I need to commend it.
God's word says that He's not willing that any perish but that all should come to repentance.All! So if I'm not sharing the gospel, I'm not doing anything.
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