27 “‘Father,’ he said, ‘then I beg you to send him to my father’s house— 28 because I have five brothers—to warn them, so that they won’t also come to this place of torment.’
29 “But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”
Luke 16
Sometimes we think if we just had the right method, the right kind of music, the right facility, the right meeting time, the right argument, we could reach those “hard to reach” people. The reality is, all we need is to give them the gospel. The simple truth of the story of Jesus. Just as the Rich Man’s family had the Bible, and not even someone raised from the dead would convince them if they won’t believe the simple Gospel, so too it is with people today. We’re called to share the truth. We do all we can, but it’s really up to them. We can rest easy if we adopt the great preacher’s attitude:
“If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
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