Today, I would like to share the third part of this episode. What I want to specifically point out and what we need to pay attention to are the words of this young woman (midway through to ending of the video) who lost one of her friends. She talks about some of the difficulties of sharing her faith with all of her friends, despite her love for them, and realizes more of the importance of sharing her faith to especially those who don’t have the Salvation of Jesus Christ. She vividly paints the picture if her friend Mike who had died, what if he hadn’t been saved, that she would have felt this tremendous guilt for never approaching him about Christ after all these years. People have various personalities and sometimes it is tough to reach those who are not as willing to listen, but we hope that what we share or how we demonstrate ourselves is grasped by them before it is too late.
James 4:13-14 (NIV)
13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
We have on guarantee for tomorrow, only this very second, minute, hour, or day. I learned a lesson in the danger of delay and that there could be no tomorrow. A co-worker a few years ago had an interest in getting right with God. I spoke often about the things of God, about Christ with him on many occassions. I can remember that it was one late Wednesday evening that we were on the phone talking about spiritual matters. In the conversation (paraphrased), he said,”I want to get right with God. I want to be saved”. I replied, “I will set up a call with you sometime next week when we have more time and I will take you through the sinner’s prayer”. The call was concluded that night.
Tragedy Struck
On that Friday, going into the weekend, my friend ended up having a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital and was within a minute of death. He told me that all he could do was ask God to help him, he said he didn’t even know what to pray. When I found out the news, I realized what a horrible mistake I had made in delaying something of that importance – this man, my friend, could have died in his sins and spent an eternity in Hell because I didn’t feel like doing something right away. When I had the opportunity to speak to him that Monday morning, I said, “We are doing the sinner’s prayer now, not later, now” – I wasn’t taking anymore chances by waiting for the perfect time.
Remember, “Don’t delay – it could mean spiritual life or death, Heaven or Hell for a person for the rest of their eternal lives…”
As I conclude, I was recently with a friend who accepted Christ. Before I took him home, I said, “I am not taking you home or letting you out of this car until I ask you a very important question”. That question was “Do you want Jesus?” You could die tomorrow or the end of the week, but you will be saved for eternity with Jesus Christ.
If you have had a similar situation, whether delaying to share Christ with someone, I would be interested to hear more of the story.
If you are new to visiting this blog and do not know Jesus Christ in your heart, don’t delay for their may not be a tomorrow, but seize the moment of opportunity to get right with the Lord Jesus.
4 Steps To Being Saved
- Step 1 – Realize that you are a sinner and for your soul to be saved, you need to come to God.
- God created us to have a relationship with Him. See Isaiah 59:2
- Step 2 – Acknowledge the fact that you cannot save yourself.
- Regardless the path you choose, it seems, the peace of God eludes you. Money, good works, success, fame. Those things cannot buy salvation. Only the Blood of Jesus can provide that. See Proverbs 14:12
- Step 3 – Believe that Jesus Christ can and will save you!
- Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay the penalty for our sin and restore our lost relationship with God. See John 14:6 and John 6:37
- Step 4 – Confess your sins to God and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior.
- Romans 10:9,10,13 (NIV)
- 9That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- You can receive Jesus Christ into your heart right now by praying this prayer:
- “Dear Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins. I want to turn from my sins and give you my heart. I repent of my sins and invite you to come into my life. I now trust you as Savior, and make you Lord of my life. In Jesus’ name. Amen”
- If you prayed the prayer sincerely and believe that God has heard – then you are saved!
- Romans 10:9,10,13 (NIV)
