Recently, the lecture we watched from R. C. Sproul's 'Foundations' series, coupled with the study we're doing in Isaiah and today's sermons, have served to bring me needed calm and peace. God's word and truth should do that in the life of a believer, right? It is our own fault if we choose to not tap into that.
If the people we're burdened for spiritually have access to truth, as nearly everyone in America does, we can rest in that. If they all have access to Bible teaching churches, all have Bibles or internet, and we've shared the gospel with them to the best of our ability, what more can be done? If your family strives to bring glory to God as a witness beyond your words, you are doing what you can, and can rest in that, prayerfully.
If individuals choose live deceived, that is out of our control. If they reject truth, that is also out of our control. Ultimately, if someone goes to Hell when they die, it is their own doing, not anyone else's. We're all guilty before God, without Christ's blood payment for our sin, and we each need to humble ourselves if we're to be born again. The Bible explicitly says we must be born again in order to be saved from God's wrath.
Those of us in Christ have work to do. Let us not get waylaid with people who continually make excuses for disobeying the Word. Who we hitch our wagon to will either spurn us on to greater righteousness, or will hold us back.
Believer, rejoice in the freedom Christ has freely bestowed! Don't hide the peace and joy you are able to have amid COVID. Keep pressing forward, and beware of those who can distract you from reaching out to those who may get serious about the things of God if they are exposed to Him!
Good intentions are not enough, right actions are what count. Those are always preceded by good intentions anyway. At some point we may need to take inventory and realize we've done what is required of us, and keep moving forward.
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