God's Call To Us

God’s Call To Us

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die, and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself.”
Ezekiel 33:7-9

In many of my devotionals over the past four years I have discussed my thoughts on a church without walls and God’s great commission. There are millions of people who are lost, hurting and searching for some hope and answers to their problems and difficulties. They are struggling to get through life, and are paralyzed by their weaknesses. These people are not going to church on Sunday; they aren’t coming to the big Christian “crusades”; they aren’t watching Christian television, or listening to Christian radio or music, and they are not reading their Bibles or any Christian books or magazines. They are not hearing about God in any way during their daily lives. These people are simply dealing with the problems and difficulties of life totally void of God and the Truth of His Word. They go to sporting events, plays and concerts, fairs and carnivals, and watch secular television and listen to secular radio and music. They read secular books and magazines. They are bombarded with all the views and opinions that the secular world can throw at them, but they never darken the door of the church to hear the word of God. The majority of churches throughout our nation patiently wait for these hurting people to come to them in their comfortable churches, but these people never come, and the church does very little to go out and invade the world to tell them about God. When the church does not reach out, the cults like Scientology, the Jehovah Witnesses, and false religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam are taking advantage and bombarding our society with their false doctrine. These cults and false religions are growing exponentially, because they understand that the majority of people do not go to church, and have no foundation of faith in their life, and therefore are giving them a false reason and purpose for their life. The “New Age” movement is growing at an alarming rate, when influential people like Oprah, Tony Robbins and Wayne Dyer are getting the message out and reaching millions of people every day. The message of a “feel good religion” and “a happy life”, that is preached by these false prophets is leading many away from God and His Truth, and is leading them to hell. It is time that our churches, and each one of us, begin to take the responsibility to get out into the market place and begin to compete with the cults, the false religions and start reaching the lost and tell them about God. There are too many Christians who are selfish, and see themselves saved and assured of a Heavenly home, but see these people who are lost and are going to die and go to hell…and do nothing. This is very much like holding a life preserver in your hand, seeing a drowning man and not throwing him the life preserver and walking away while he drowns. The scripture above tells us that if we throw him the life preserver, and he refuses to use it, it is his problem. We did all we could. But if we do not throw him the life preserver and warn them, their blood is on our hands. I would encourage all of you to begin to go outside the church walls, and reach out to everyone you can and tell them about Jesus Christ who is the only one that can save.