JANUARY 6, 2012
NOT SIMPLY REDUNDANT.
I chose the title, "A Tragic Tragedy" not to be redundant, but to be emphatic. Let me illustrate and then state my concern.
LET ME ILLUSTRATE
If a person, on a cloud draped night, falls into the churning, inky waters of a fitful sea, without a life jacket, that is a tragedy. If the person refuses to take hold of the lifeline when it is thrown to them in final desperation, and they slip hopelessly into eternal night, that is a tragic tragedy.
THE REASON FOR THIS POST
A friend of mine recently declared his open resistance and rejection to the gospel. It is one thing when a person, a friend, neglects or avoids the gospel, though the outcome is eternally tragic. It is always sad and tragic when a person lives outside of a vital relationship with God through Christ. But the tragedy rises in stark relief when the person knowingly, defiantly rejects God's message and gift of love and life. The tragedy is intensified because they refuse to hear the only words that will deliver them from sin and hell.
A PLEA, TO GOD AND TO YOU
"Father, send your Holy Spirit to speak to my friend, in Jesus name."
Friend, do not drift from passively neglecting Jesus to actively rejecting Jesus. He died for you, rose again and loves you.
Launch Out and Hold Fast,
Pastor David L. Gould
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