When we are saved, we experience freedom and forgiveness from our sins for the first time. However, accepting Christ as our Lord is not the end of our spiritual journey. Finding salvation should prompt us to go and tell others how to be saved. We should be thankful for the gift we have received, and it would be crazy to try and keep the gift of salvation to ourselves. But, there should be another motivating factor for us to go out and evangelize as well. Death is severe, and it needs to be treated seriously.
When someone dies, there are only two possibilities: that person will either go to heaven, or that person will go to hell. Upon dying, there are no longer any more chances to accept or reject God. Once someone dies, there is no longer any chance to be saved by the grace of God, if they have not already been saved.
"When the gospel takes root in our souls it awakens us to the horrible reality of eternal suffering in hell, under the wrath of a just and omnipotent God. And it impels us to rescue the perishing, and to warn people to flee from the wrath to come."
Typically, people are drawn to God because of the love and comfort He provides. But this does not change His just nature. God has every right to be furious with those who stubbornly reject Him and His statutes. Because God is omnipotent. He is capable of unleashing His unlimited power in the form of judgment on these people.
We should then evangelize for two reasons: to share about Christ limitless love in our own lives, but also to warn people of the consequences of upsetting the Almighty God.
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