“The Bible is like a magnet and people are drawn to it,” says 12-year-old Angel. “We all have the choice to stay in the dark or be saved and go into the light.”
Wherever you find the Bible widely read and taught in a society, you find freedom. Most people do not realize that the very foundations of free societies are rooted in evangelism and biblical teaching.
Regarding the impact on society of the Protestant Reformation that began in 1517, Dr. Peter Hammond writes: “The now almost universally recognized principles of religious liberty, liberty of conscience, rule of law, separation of powers, and constitutionally limited Republics were unthinkable before the reform.
“The Reformers fought for the principles that the Scriptures alone are our final authority, Christ alone is the head of the Church, and justification is by the grace of God alone, based on the finished work of Christ, received by faith alone. “.
The difference between societies where the Bible is widely taught and societies where the Bible has been suppressed is stark and dramatic. God uses these differences to draw people to Jesus.
“One way God could use us is if we can send money to missionaries so they can spend more time there teaching,” says 10-year-old Andrea.
Yes, missionaries are on the front lines of bringing the good news of eternal life through Jesus Christ to people who have never heard it. Who can calculate the number of schools and hospitals that have been started in the name of Jesus Christ? Jesus himself healed many people.
One hospital that draws people to Christ is St. Luke’s Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. This missionary hospital, started in 1973, treats about 2,000 patients each month.
“Our primary motive is to provide everyone who comes into contact with our work the opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel – our ultimate healing of sin through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ,” said Tasos Ioannidis, President and CEO. executive. from AMG International. “Often, we work to accomplish this by compassionately meeting physical needs to open hearts to that message.”
This hospital has a theft problem that it actually promotes. Patients continue to steal the New Testaments placed in their rooms. “This is the only type of robbery that we promote,” said hospital director Dr. Demosthenes Katsarkas.
Cassy, 12, tells us about another way God draws people to Jesus: “The Holy Spirit also helps us get on the right path.”
About the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus said: “And when he comes, he will convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; of sin, because they do not believe in me”; (John 16:8-9).
Like a laser, the Holy Spirit focuses on Jesus. Rejecting the gift of eternal life or rejecting Jesus Christ as the only son of God who died and rose again so that everyone could have eternal life is the ultimate sin. No sin has greater eternal consequences.
Note that the Holy Spirit convicts the “world”. This ministry of conviction is universal. There are no exceptions. This is another universal way that God draws all people to Jesus Christ.
Think about this: God in his divine wisdom knows who is going to accept his invitation to salvation; however, prior knowledge of it is not causative.
Memorize this truth: “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).
Ask yourself this question: Have you accepted God’s invitation of salvation?
