An atheist once challenged believers in his community. He said, ' IF I FIRMLY BELIEVED, AS MILLIONS SAY THEY DO, THAT THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF RELIGION IN THIS LIFE INFLUENCES DESTINY IN ANOTHER, THEN RELIGION WOULD MEAN TO ME EVERYTHING. I WOULD CAST AWAY EARTHLY ENJOYMENT AS DROSS, EARTHLY CARES AS FOLLIES, AND EARTHLY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AS VANITY. RELIGION WOULD BE MY FIRST WAKING THOUGHT AND MY LAST IMAGE BEFORE SLEEP SANK ME INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS. I SHOULD LABOUR IN ITS CAUSE ALONE. I WOULD TAKE THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW OF ETERNITY ALONE. I WOULD ESTEEM ONE SOUL GAINED FOR HEAVEN WORTH A LIFE OF SUFFERING. EARTHLY CONSEQEUNCES WOULD NEVER STAY MY HAND, OR SEAL MY LIPS. EARTH, ITS JOYS AND ITS GRIEFS, WOULD OCCUPY NO MOMENTS OF MY THOUGHTS. I WOULD STRIVE TO LOOK UPON ETERNITY ALONE, AND ON THE IMMORTAL SOULS AROUND ME, SOON TO BE EVERLASTINGLY HAPPY OR EVERLASTINGLY MISERABLE. I WOULD GO FORTH TO THE WORLD AND PREACH TO IT IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON, AND MY TEXT WOULD BE, 'WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN, IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?" LET THE FIRE AND PASSION FOR SOULS THAT BURNED IN THE HEART OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE EARLY CHURCH BURN IN MY SOUL. PREACH TO SAVE THE LOST.
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:30:52 +0000
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