5. MISSION POSSIBLE: REACHING THE UNREACHABLE...
SATAN WANTS US TO THINK SOME FOLKS ARE NOT REACHABLE
Sometimes people used to tell me that the bayou people are not reachable with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I would hear all sorts of excuses as to why our church had not grown in many, many years. Sometimes I would think to tell people about Jesus, and in my mind I would hear all those excuses and all the bad things that people had said about bayou people. There were times when this stopped me from trying to tell them about the love of Jesus.
One day while reading my Bible and praying about this, I realized that this was just one of Satan's tricks to get me to not obey God. I thought, "The truth is that the only 'unreachable' person is the one who chooses to resist the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If I never tell them the Gospel of Christ, then I will never know if they are reachable or not!"
So, I quit listening to all the excuses, and I quit making up my own, and I quit listening to all the negative things about bayou people. I just started to tell people about Jesus and what He has done in my own life. You know what I found out? There are a lot of people who really want to talk about Jesus, eternal life, forgiveness of sins, and how to be saved.
Everyone resists God, whether it is a lot or a little. This is because of sin. But anyone, even the worst sinner, can give their life to Jesus and be forgiven for their sins. God says that He wants to reach everyone. So, anyone can be reached... if they want to be reached... anyone.
Yes, in a way, people are hard to reach anywhere. This is just as much a fact on a mission field as it is where you live. But something that is hard is not something that is impossible! Anything that is worth doing takes some effort. Surely, it is worth the effort to tell people about Jesus so that they can be forgiven and go to Heaven. Why don't YOU tell someone about Jesus? And if you don't have Jesus in your own life... well, why not? If you give your life to Him, asking Him to forgive you for your sins, He will come in and give you eternal life... you will live forever with God. WOW! Then you can tell others about Jesus Christ and what He has done for you.
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