I have been a Christian over 40 years and I've generally had the love of Christ for the unsaved. I was able to look past a person's sin because, as we all know, the unsaved are worldly and follow the ways of the world.
Most of their sins I could look past when looking for opportunities to evangelize. I knew that if they ever accepted Christ, all their sins would be forgiven and they would have the power of the Holy Spirit to reject temptation coming at them from the world.
I think most of us who do evangelism can look past the main sins of an unsaved person but I also think most of us are a bit hesitant to even attempt to evangelize a murderer or someone who sexually abuses children. We know that God can forgive all sins but we generally look upon some people as beyond help. Such is my problem with those who support abortion on demand. I truly believe, with all my heart, that abortion is murder and that it is no different that walking up to new born baby on the street and stabbing it in the heart. Murder is murder, whether you can see the victim or not.
Now, I also know that these people who support abortion have somehow had their conscience burned so that they consider a baby in the womb to be just organic matter and not yet a human being. It's a ridiculous argument but one that Satan has convinced millions of people to accept.
My question is how do I love these people? I am barely able to tolerate them not only for their stand on abortion but also their stand on homosexuality and the atheistic agenda that is slowly destroying this nation's founding principles. I see them as a cancer on our society, without any moral fiber and totally blinded by Satan. Look at some of our congress men and women and tell me they don't want to make you throw up with their insane agendas.
One part of me says there is hope for them but another part of me looks at the statistics and realizes that the hope is one in a million. It is a known fact that the older an unsaved person gets, the less likely they are to turn to Christ. I have trouble seeing any hope for them. Their hearts are so hardened that it would take a lifetime of chipping away with a chisel to get to the soft part.
How do others deal with this? Do you have trouble loving or even liking these people? When I look at a pro-abortionist, I see a baby killer. I see the blood of 56 million babies on his or her hands. Christians of my generation have fought the fight for innocent children and continue to lose the fight to those who support abortion. Are these people "children of Satan"? The Bible seems to indicate they may be:
1John 3:9-10 "Children of God
…9No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
I know I need to be careful here not to render "final judgement" on anyone. Only God through Christ will render final judgement. We, however, make daily decisions on being a evangelist. After being a Christian for decades, I have concluded that time is limited and I want to spend my time evangelizing those who have an open heart. You know the kind of people I'm talking about. Those whose hearts are not hard. Those who are considering their relationship to God and don't assume they are saved because they go to church or do good works. Those who ask probing questions and have enough humility to listen to what Christians have to say. Aren't these the people we need to reach out to? Missionaries are successful in their ministry because the people have an open heart and are searching for answers.
Thoughts?
Most of their sins I could look past when looking for opportunities to evangelize. I knew that if they ever accepted Christ, all their sins would be forgiven and they would have the power of the Holy Spirit to reject temptation coming at them from the world.
I think most of us who do evangelism can look past the main sins of an unsaved person but I also think most of us are a bit hesitant to even attempt to evangelize a murderer or someone who sexually abuses children. We know that God can forgive all sins but we generally look upon some people as beyond help. Such is my problem with those who support abortion on demand. I truly believe, with all my heart, that abortion is murder and that it is no different that walking up to new born baby on the street and stabbing it in the heart. Murder is murder, whether you can see the victim or not.
Now, I also know that these people who support abortion have somehow had their conscience burned so that they consider a baby in the womb to be just organic matter and not yet a human being. It's a ridiculous argument but one that Satan has convinced millions of people to accept.
My question is how do I love these people? I am barely able to tolerate them not only for their stand on abortion but also their stand on homosexuality and the atheistic agenda that is slowly destroying this nation's founding principles. I see them as a cancer on our society, without any moral fiber and totally blinded by Satan. Look at some of our congress men and women and tell me they don't want to make you throw up with their insane agendas.
One part of me says there is hope for them but another part of me looks at the statistics and realizes that the hope is one in a million. It is a known fact that the older an unsaved person gets, the less likely they are to turn to Christ. I have trouble seeing any hope for them. Their hearts are so hardened that it would take a lifetime of chipping away with a chisel to get to the soft part.
How do others deal with this? Do you have trouble loving or even liking these people? When I look at a pro-abortionist, I see a baby killer. I see the blood of 56 million babies on his or her hands. Christians of my generation have fought the fight for innocent children and continue to lose the fight to those who support abortion. Are these people "children of Satan"? The Bible seems to indicate they may be:
1John 3:9-10 "Children of God
…9No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
I know I need to be careful here not to render "final judgement" on anyone. Only God through Christ will render final judgement. We, however, make daily decisions on being a evangelist. After being a Christian for decades, I have concluded that time is limited and I want to spend my time evangelizing those who have an open heart. You know the kind of people I'm talking about. Those whose hearts are not hard. Those who are considering their relationship to God and don't assume they are saved because they go to church or do good works. Those who ask probing questions and have enough humility to listen to what Christians have to say. Aren't these the people we need to reach out to? Missionaries are successful in their ministry because the people have an open heart and are searching for answers.
Thoughts?
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