While you did nothing

     You had the opportunity, the message, the means and the time to bring the Word to your mother, father, brother, sister, neighbor and so many others.  Yet, you didn't.  Why?  Now they have died and you don't know if they were Christian or not.  ASK THE QUESTION!!  I attended several conferences for pastors when I was one.  At every one I asked pastors I met if they had given their lives to Christ or not.  After the appalled looks and baffled looks subsided an anger began to surface in those who didn't want to be challenged.  Paul said that we should be ready to give an account of the hope that is within us.  So, I did so with others as well.  I've been doing this since October 1, 1972 when I became a Christian.  Some have been offended, some have been baffled and others were glad I asked.  I've put the question to  my family members, my friends, strangers on the street and whomever the Lord directed me to ask.  Sunday school and church membership don't save you.  Neither does listening to sermon after sermon from a pastor who may or may not know Jesus.  We can all say the words.  It's the Holy Spirts witness that make them valid. 
     Every opportunity for the Christian is answered by their choices.  They can share the word which will NEVER (according to God) return void or they can try to not be offensive and watch people die and go to hell.  Yes, this is a difficult subject!  No, we can't avoid it.  Please understand that there have been many times that I have felt the moving of the Spirit to ask the question but haven't.  I asked God to forgive me and bring another into their lives so that they too may have the choice.  The Bible tells us that we Christians will be held accountable for every idle thought and word.  How much more for the questions we didn't ask, the testimony we didn't give or the grace of Christ we didn't show?  If you don't love them, let Jesus love them through you anyway.  Do your children know the difference between the Christian life and the world's life?  Do they know Jesus as their Savior?  Mine do.  There is no excuse for letting someone walk away from the chance of eternal life.  It doesn't matter if you are in a friends home or the grocery store.  What matters is you doing what the Holy Spirit asks you to do. 
     Having been with people on their death bed and praying the believers prayer has been just as wonderful as praying with my kids when they were young.  The Bible tells us that our prayers will bring about the plan of God.  His word not only never returns void, but is a promise we can claim when we pray.  We can claim the salvation of those around us who do not believe.  They may wait until their death bed but they will come to know Jesus.  Faith is the evidence of that which is unseen.  We don't see the inside of a persons' heart.  God does.  We don't know what commitment there has been in the past.  God does.  We do know that God will NEVER leave nor forsake those who have given their lives to him.  Never.  Ever.  The Christian church spends enormous energy on those who know Jesus while not doing much for those who do not know him.  If people are saved, we don't need to worry about their salvation.  What we do need to worry about are all the unsaved around us.  Get out of the church, on the street or anywhere you find yourself and listen to the Holy Spirit direct you to minister his grace to those he directs into your path.  It's always your choice.