Choosing The Jesus Way

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. - John 10:9

As I read in the Book of John this morning, I thought about people I know that have been so close to salvation but have stopped at the door and not entered in. It is not because they have not heard the Gospel, but they have not believed. Oh, they believe there is a God, but not beyond the fact of His existence. 

You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! - James 2:19

My heart hurts for them as I watch them struggle in life. It is not that they don't want their lives to be better, they just don't want it if it means they must travel the "Jesus Way"

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. - John 14:6

I know the gate to heaven is narrow - meaning that few will enter as compared to the many that have populated this earth. Only if I could make them see. But I remember my own life. When my folks shared their faith with me and Martie - and almost with everyone they met - and although I was respectful, I really wasn't interested. I didn't realize that they were planting seed wherever they went.

Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. - Matthew 13:3-8

Of course I want the people that are close to me to be good ground - but that is not my call - mine is to cast the seed - just like my folks. I am reminded of Jesus lamenting over His rejection by His own people.

Now as He [Jesus] drew near, He saw the city [Jerusalem] and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! - Luke 19:41-42

So what to do. Don't mistake your concern for the people you care about to be a prompting from God to tell them once again "Jesus Saves". They heard you the first or the last time you told them. The burden is on them to yield to the Spirit of God by faith. Like Paul said ...

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. - 1 Corinthians 3:6

But for you and I? 

Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear - 1 Peter 3:15

Listen to this - Phil Wickam - I Choose The Jesus Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARSGgC9iQb0

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it.  Let your light shine and give God the glory.  

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone