For years we would mock the man who would stand on the street with the double-sided sign that said, "Repent, the kingdom of God is at Hand". We said he was crazy.
We said his message was to strong when it read, "Your sins will cause you to burn in hell if you do not Repent". We said, God knows our hearts...yup and He knows we dont believe 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11 is true...though we say the Bible is Holy and completely true.
The Lords love may not have been "felt" through his (sign guys) presentation but Repentance is the display of His love for without it, the wage...what is do to us for our sins...really is death.
I have cried out for souls...I have interceded, felt God's heavy heart over the matter and cried and cried that people I know personally and do not know at all would repent, and come to know Jesus. BUT today, for some reason it is SO MUCH more real to me.
It could be because while I was on the bus today, kids started fighting and you could sense the anger in one of their hearts and all I could think of is that there was a hurt so deep in the heart, like a father wound. Then I got on another bus, and a young guy started smoking and all I could think was...rebellion was what he was use to..so he did it with no hesitation.
OR it could be the testimony on youtube of what happened when a group of intercessors went to show the love of God to those in the Castro district. (Elijah-Jezebel Showdown, Lou Engle)
WHAT ARE WE DOING????? The reality is that I actually know more people who have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and even more who have "accepted" him with their mouths/minds, go to church regularly and do not know, respect or accept Him, His word and His truths in their hearts...and therefore, are actually (currently have the same end-hell-result) just as those I know who don't know him at all.
WHAT WILL WE DO??????
I pray the reality hits our hearts more...I pray we never recover from it.
I am willing to submit, that if He is not Lord over EVERY PART of our life, then He is not Lord of any part. He IS Lord. Make a choice, choose Him completely. Then pray that every heart that you have ever encountered does the same. He is not limited to what you know of Him.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.
