Fellow Christian, do you live as if Christ really lives? Do you live as if Christ, the eternal son of God, sits at God's right hand and reigns as King of kings and Lord of lords?
If you were walking down the street and saw a man about to run into a burning structure because he did not know better, would you not do everything within your power to stop the man? If you were watching a man running headlong over a cliff, wouldn't you stand in His way? There is a story of a Scottish highland shepherd boy that was tending sheep. While attending sheep, a storm arose over the hills and caught the boy and his flock. Seeking shelter in a cave, the shepherd boy with his flock spent the night. In the morning, the shepherd boy awoke and realized with great horror, that the train tracks that spanned the gulf not far away had been washed away by the storm. The boy ran out of the cave and up the slope to the top of the hill and crashed through the bushes just in time to see a train round the bend and head strait for the gulf. Not knowing what to do, the boy threw himself down on the tracks. The conductor seeking to save the boys life, threw on the breaks, but it was too late. The train stopped just as it was about to plunge its passengers to certain death. The conductor then lead the people in the train to see the mangled body of the boy that had given his life for them. Brethren, we are watching thousands of people running into a burning eternity, a bottomless pit, an eternal torment, and we will not so much as lift a finger to prevent them.
Below I have included a devotional from Grace Gems. Please read it carefully and consider what it says.
An unsaved person's perspective of Christians
I do not believe that you Christians believe your own creed--for if you were persuaded that things really are as your Bibles teach, and that we poor lost people were really going to such a dreadful place as you say Hell is--then you would act more humanely toward us.
If you saw our houses on fire--you would run and help us to put the fire out; or if you saw us in danger of death--you would try to do something to save us. But you pretend to believe that we are going to Hell, and that Hell burns with fire and brimstone forever, and that once there we can never get out--and yet you talk to us about all sorts of things--but never say one word to us about saving our souls from this terrible doom!
So I have reasoned thus: either you Christians don't believe what you say--or else you must be the most hardened and unfeeling wretches in the universe! Now, as I don't believe that you are such cruel, hardened, and unfeeling people as this supposes--then I must conclude that, with all your talk--you Christians don't really believe what your Bibles teach!
For if you really believe what you say about sin, and Hell, and our danger--then you would act differently; and if you have a spark of kindness in your hearts--you would try to save us from such a dreadful doom. And, on the other hand, if you do not believe what you profess--then you Christians cannot be honest; and to say the least, there must be a great deal of hypocrisy among you.
Now, I honestly tell you that these are the things which have stumbled me more than anything, and until I can see you Christians act differently--I will not be persuaded to believe what your sort of folks say.
I do not believe that you Christians believe your own creed--for if you were persuaded that things really are as your Bibles teach, and that we poor lost people were really going to such a dreadful place as you say Hell is--then you would act more humanely toward us.
If you saw our houses on fire--you would run and help us to put the fire out; or if you saw us in danger of death--you would try to do something to save us. But you pretend to believe that we are going to Hell, and that Hell burns with fire and brimstone forever, and that once there we can never get out--and yet you talk to us about all sorts of things--but never say one word to us about saving our souls from this terrible doom!
So I have reasoned thus: either you Christians don't believe what you say--or else you must be the most hardened and unfeeling wretches in the universe! Now, as I don't believe that you are such cruel, hardened, and unfeeling people as this supposes--then I must conclude that, with all your talk--you Christians don't really believe what your Bibles teach!
For if you really believe what you say about sin, and Hell, and our danger--then you would act differently; and if you have a spark of kindness in your hearts--you would try to save us from such a dreadful doom. And, on the other hand, if you do not believe what you profess--then you Christians cannot be honest; and to say the least, there must be a great deal of hypocrisy among you.
Now, I honestly tell you that these are the things which have stumbled me more than anything, and until I can see you Christians act differently--I will not be persuaded to believe what your sort of folks say.
Brethren, if we truly believed that Christ lives, we would be fearless in sharing the gospel. Every opportunity that came would be seized with zeal and passion. No person would walk by us without hearing of Christ. No stone would be left unturned. We would compel the nations to fear the Lord. Make this be your prayer. Live as if Christ lives, and may He live in you. Love for the Lord ought to fill your heart, captivate your mind, animate your body, and subjugate your frame. O, fellow man, Christ lives. Go and proclaim His name to the nations. Go with boldness, because He lives. Go with love, because He lives. Go with zeal, because He lives. Do not sit around and utter the word, "board." You have no reason to be board. Christ lives, and there are people that have not the gospel. Go with God, because He lives.
Sola Deo Gloria
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