Many of you don’t know that I work full time running the office at a local association of churches.  (Which one doesn’t matter – this isn’t about denomination or church per se.)  I was shown the video below at a conference we hosted.  It has haunted me ever since.

Although Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller is an atheist, he respects Christians who share their faith.  Why?  If you truly believe those who don’t know God are headed for eternal torment, how much do you have to hate someone not to tell them? How much do you have to despise a person not to simply present them with the information?

Ouch.  So, why don’t we share?  In my case, I think it’s plain old fear of rejection.  Also, I spent many years in Agnosticism then seeking and deeply resented the (frankly, obnoxious) efforts of the Christians I knew to convert me.

Time to set that aside.  There are people I care deeply for that I have never taken the time and effort to share with.  I ask your forgiveness.

I won’t be bugging you about it.  I simply won’t.  It’s not in my nature.  If you know me, you know I’m not preachy – and I never will be.  This just had to be said.

It’s not what you do, it’s who you know.

We can never be good enough to get into Heaven.  Never. So, God offers us a free ticket.  All we have to do is RSVP.  Better yet, he offers the opportunity to enter into a relationship with Him.

In Jesus’ words, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17, NLT)

Jesus came to pay the price of admission for us.  Like the lambs sacrificed in the Old Testament, he took on the sin of the world and died to pay the price.  What does it get you?  A clean slate with God.  The privilege to come before Him as one of His own.  To become one of His adopted children.  Forever.

It doesn’t matter who you are, what you’ve done, what you look like or what your background is. He loves every one of us.  Every one. All you have to do is believe it with your heart and say it with your mouth.

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