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Waiting until they ask, “What other ways do you have in mind?” might increase the likelihood of their hearing us.
Sometimes, Jesus’s most powerful questions were ones that were merely implied but not stated.
Thus, engaging people’s whole being through penetrating questions may help them lay down their arms. They
The stakes are too high for us to never make this decisive turn. We must “cross the painline”2 and ask people to respond. For most of us, this will never feel comfortable. But comfort should never be our highest priority.
We may need to repent of our worship of the idols of ease, others’ acceptance, hassle-free living, and not rocking the boat. Then we can urge people to seriously consider the offer God has made to them—one of forgiveness of sin, adoption into God’s family, and eternal life.
The good news of the gospel is so good in so many ways but none greater than the way it defeats death and dares to shout, “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:55).
As we see decay in nihilistic culture, will we withdraw from it to try to protect ourselves, or will we engage with it and seek renewal for it? Will we apply the grace of the gospel to lives damaged by the world, their flesh, and the devil?
