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Is there blood on your hands?
The Bible records the first shedding of innocent blood in Genesis
4:10. God asked Cain what he had done because the voice of his brother’s
blood cried out from the ground. Blood is the source of life in
both the spiritual and physical realm. There is life in the blood.
Ezekiel 33:1-14 tells us that the watchman was responsible for the
safety and protection of the inhabitants of the city. When an enemy
came against the city it was the responsibility of the watchman
to sound the trumpet to warn the city. If the people didn’t
take heed to the warning and were captured or killed, their blood
would be on their own hands. If the watchman didn’t warn the
people, then the blood that was shed was accounted to the watchman
for not doing his job.
Likewise in the new covenant church of today, God has given us the
responsibility to warn sinners that the sword of judgment is coming
to the earth (Mark 16:15). We are the only ones who have been given
the command to preach the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. All of
us are living in the age of grace, but judgment is coming. Believers
in Christ have been given the ministry of reconciliation because
we are ambassadors for Christ (II Corinthians 5:19- 20).
One day we all will have to give an account of the lives we were
assigned to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you have never
moved on the impression of the Holy Spirit to share Jesus, then
you may have blood on your hands. Right now there may be countless
people in hell crying out in pain because you didn’t allow
God to use you. Were you too busy? Didn’t think it was your
job? Were you too scared and didn’t know what to say? Which
excuse will you try to use when you stand before an all knowing
God on Judgment Day? Will you stand there with only your confession
of faith and no souls won? What a tragedy, not to share the Good
News of Jesus Christ.
The Bible tells us in Ephesians 2:8 that by grace ye are saved through
faith. Accepting God’s free salvation is not the end but the
beginning of a journey of faith working for and with the Lord. Our
spiritual conversion should be followed by a sincere labor of love
for Jesus. Unfortunately too many precious Saints end up being “Aint’s”:
ain’t good for nothing and ain’t doing nothing in the
church except being a Pew Sitter. Jesus told us to occupy until
He comes back (Luke 19:13).Today it seems like most Christians are
content to occupy a pew until Jesus comes back. I pray this isn’t
you.
Dropping in your $2.50 every Sunday doesn’t relieve you of
your personal responsibility to be a witness for Christ. Keep on
giving to the Church but don’t stop there. There are people
in this earth that God is preparing to hear the gospel from you.
You were specifically designed by God to be able to reach people
that no one else can reach. That’s why it takes the whole Body
of Christ to do the Lord’s work. No one person can do it all.
Everybody has to do their part to win the lost.
Don’t panic if you haven’t been diligent about sharing
Christ with others. Repent and ask the Lord to forgive you for being
so selfish. God loves you and expects you to be busy about His business
in this earth. If He can’t depend on you then who can He trust
with His Gospel of the Good News? He can’t ask the cults to
do it. Allow God to use you for His glory. We are told in Romans
6:13 that we should yield our members as instruments of righteousness
unto God.
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