We're here on serious business

"Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature."   Mark 16:15.  NKJV

William Barclay says:-
'One of the most poignant tragedies of life is for someone, especially a young person, to come and say to us, "I would never have been in this situation in which I now find myself, if you had only spoken to me in time."

Let those words sink in for a moment. The words remind me of a question from Evangelism Explosion, which was a successful evangelism training programme back in the 80's. One of the questions that people had to ask someone they met was, 'If you were to die today and go up to the gates of Heaven and you were asked why you should be allowed in, what would you say?' Of course the right answer to this would have been, 'Because Jesus is my Saviour.'

The first example would be directed at us with someone basically saying, 'Why didn't you tell me that I needed Jesus to get into Heaven?' The second example would be the realisation that a person cannot go to Heaven by attending church, reading a bible, being good to people or giving lots of money to charity. They are good works, but not good enough. Both of these examples require Jesus. He is the link into Heaven. People need Jesus, He has the key to Heaven. Without Him we are lost.

Charles Finney wrote:-

'However perfect and holy we may become, Jesus Christ will forever be, the sole reason that we are not in hell.'                                                            Charles Finney Living for God P14

Finney was a very direct and strict man but he was sold out for Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, and his presence alone caused fire to fall. Here's an example:-

'Charles Finney passed through a small community in upstate, New York. Houghton, New York, was a normal town, yet one day as Charles Finney's train was passing by, the Holy Spirit fell on the sinners of the community. Men in bars fell on their knees, under the conviction of the Holy Spirit and asked Jesus Christ to save them.'
                                                                  Intercessors Arise International, Facebook page

We all get one chance at being a human being. This is it. The thing is, what are we going to do about it? People are dying everyday. What will be their destination? This brings us back to the first example; are we going to tell people about Jesus or not? Thanks  If not, how will you feel if they come up to you in Heaven and ask, 'Why didn't you tell me? I don't know Jesus, but I could have done if you had told me.'

Does this sound like a trip is being laid upon you? I'm sorry, but that is because it was intended of you to do so. We are not all like Charles Finney and we don't need to be. He had a special calling. However, let's not forget the commission that Jesus left us with, 'Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.'   Mark 16:15.

We all have the ability to talk to people about our faith and why we believe as we do. We don't need to have attended a bible college to do this. We don't have to be a certain age to carry this out either. The young can do it and so can the elderly. There's no retirement in the Kingdom of God. 

The young are learning about it and the elderly have a wealth of knowledge to show them, almost like, 'Watch and learn.' The thing is, whatever age you are, there's still a lot more to learn about Jesus and He still has a job for us to do, whatever that may be. No one is too young and no one is too old. In God's eyes, we're all valuable assets.

Finney, before he knew Jesus, was searching for Christianity, and told people that he was going off into some woods and wouldn't return until he had heard from God. A couple of days later, the power of the Holy Spirit came down upon him with so much force, that he would never be the same again. 

Jesus introduced Himself to Mr Finney and then taught him. Whatever age, we need to be doing the same, because we're here on serious business!

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard

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