Tell people there's a trap ahead of them before they get caught

This morning I read Lamentations 2. Verse 14 made me think a bit. It says, “The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity.” That is Jeremiah speaking about Jerusalem. For almost the whole book of Jeremiah, the prophets (that were no prophets at all) tell the people of Jerusalem and Judah that nothing Jeremiah says will happen, but rather, there will be peace. Obviously the Lord speaking through Jeremiah is right and Jerusalem indeed falls into the hands of her enemies. I wonder how these false prophets felt. They had literally led the people astray to believe that there was going to be peace. I wonder how the people who imprisoned, and even tried to kill Jeremiah felt about this whole thing when they saw that he was right.

Jeremiah was found faithful in delivering the message; he exposed the sins of his people and warned them about the coming day of judgment. Jeremiah wasn’t harsh about it, he deeply wanted his fellows to come back to the Lord, with great love and tears he compelled them. It makes me think about me. I’ve always felt “guilty” for not telling people about Jesus. I’m not talking about people I’ve talked for two minutes in a store or that type of relationships, but I think of people I went to school with and worked with. I believe it’d be a shame to me that when these people die, they are told that their friend Gabrielle knew the way to God but never told them. That’d be shameful. I cannot even imagine the frustration and the great bitterness they’d have toward me. Don’t misunderstand me, it’s not that I care so much that people would be mad at me as much as the fact that I didn’t obey Jesus and spoke to all about Him. I’ve felt that way and I still believe that it is my privilege and duty to tell people about Jesus, people who don’t know Him. I can recall times I’ve thought to myself “Here’s an open door to talk about Jesus” but left it open and walked away. I regret I did not speak with words about Jesus to many people I encountered in my short life of 21 years.

I hope I can be like Jeremiah and speak about Jesus, the free gift of salvation to all the unbelievers I know. Lots may say that actions speak louder than words. That’s true but when your actions speak the truth about Jesus, your mouth must direct people to Jesus. Otherwise your just a good person and people don’t know why. I know this expression is usually taken the other way around, you may say such and such good things, but what really tells the truth about you is the way you act, not what you say. But you see what I’m saying. For now there are probably no unbelievers in my life right now, I work with Christians, I live with a Christian older lady and almost the whole community here goes to church (there is 2 churches in a 300ish inhabitant village… But I know people back in Quebec or other places that aren’t Christians that I can write to, phone, email, and pray for. I want to obey Jesus and I don’t want to miss any opportunity to let unbelievers know about Jesus because if they never hear anything from me about Jesus and go to hell, then it will be a shame for me.

I encourage you to dress a list of all the people you hang out with, work with or go to school with or etc. and see how you can reach out to them and learn what they think and speak to them about Jesus. Not forcing anything on them, but with sincerity and love, show them the way to God, call them to repentance, be real, don’t be weak and seek their approval. They will curse you if they go to hell. I’m not saying that their salvation depends on you, but simply that if you tell them about Christ and they don’t believe, they’ll have nothing to say against you (like the people and Jeremiah) but if you don’t say a word, and then go to hell because nobody else in his/her life spoke to them, then they might feel a real strong hatred toward you. And you will be ashamed.

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:19-20

It would be neat if you and I would post in the comments box the names of people we know aren’t Christian, that way we can pray for these people. I’ll start myself, you guys can pray for these people and add your friends too. I know that nobody ever leave comments here anyways, but who knows.

BANK FOR NATIVE MISSIONARIES: 0$/as of April 30. Our 17$ was sent on April 28… I compel you to give up little comforts as Gibbons tells us www.randomnesssignedgibbons.blogspot.com so you can help the saints in the 30/40 window where they desperately need our help, your help in providing bibles and gospel tracks and bicycles and so on to help them carry the Gospel of Jesus where people never heard about Jesus. Giving to Gospel of Asia (www.gfa.org) or indirectly through joining the few readers of this blog and myself in giving a few bucks here and there every month, would be a tangible way to care for the lost, and allow Christian to tell people about Jesus in unreached areas of our world. Thanks for considering giving a buck or two. Let me know if you’d like to give by dropping a comment or emailing me gabeleroux@yahoo.ca