Let me pose a hypothetical situation: I am sitting in my backyard relaxing when I
look through the chain link fence to see an unattended toddler walking towards a
swimming pool. To my horror, the child
walks up to the pool edge and tumbles in.
What would I do? What SHOULD I
do? I would jump over that fence, no
matter how high it was. I would jump
into the pool after that little child without thinking of my wallet, cell
phone, and shoes. I would risk
everything to save that little life. So,
what about my neighbor who is lost and unrepentant to his Lord? Is he not in eternal danger? What should I do? Should I get involved? Should I plead with him? Should I do everything within my power to
show this man the error of his ways and the danger that awaits him? Ezekiel said it best in Ezekiel 33:8,9 “When
I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not
speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou
warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he
shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.” I am responsible to warn the wicked man. They are responsible to God for what they do
with the warning.
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