Personal Work

Wouldn't it be wonderful if during this year you could have a direct part in leading a lost soul to Jesus Christ, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world? Just think, if every Christian would convert just one soul this year, we would have twice as many Christians next year. Will you do your part? The eternal destiny of your soul depends on doing the Lord's will.

We want to talk about some excuses made by Christians for not doing personal evangelism. Making excuses is an old practice. It began with Adam and Eve in the garden. Let us not make excuses this year, but work with all our might for the Master. Now let us look at some excuses.

"I cannot do it." Did the Lord require the impossible? If so we thus reflect on His wisdom and goodness. The remedy is to TRY and you will find out that you can.

"People do not want to study the Bible." True in many cases, but it is not true in all. The success of active personal teachers reveal the fallacy of this. Any of us who have ever personally led another to Christ stands in the way of this excuse. We just need to find the ones that do want to study. If you talk to one hundred people and find one that is willing to study, your time has not been wasted. Remember what Paul said in l Cor. 15:58, "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

"I do not know how to do it." That may be true. That's why we have classes. Have you ever learned to do something you had not done before? Changed a tire, fixed a leaky faucet, cooked a meal, or learned a new job? How did you learn? Are material things which will pass away within our grasp, but things of the soul, which are immortal, impossible for us? If we do not kinow how, then we need to learn. If they ask a question that you can't answer, then tell them you don't know, but that you will find out the answer. Get some preacher, elder or some one to help you with the answer. Don't be afraid to say, "I don't know, but I will find out and let you know."

"I don't have time." We have time to do what we want to do, thus this excuse is in reality an admission that we just don't want to do it. Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 6 :21,33. If you are too busy to do the Lord's word, then you are too busy to go to heaven.