Focus on these words from the very last chapter of the Bible:
Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. – Revelation 22:15
These are the Lord’s own words in the last chapter of the Bible.
Except for the word “dogs,” these words are pretty clear to our modern day. That word “dogs” refers in the original Greek to ungodly people with impure minds living in immoral ways.
Jesus does not mince words. He was crystal clear in the gospels about what it takes to be in the Kingdom of God (to be saved), about how many do not find the way, about how even some people who say they have done great works in his name may not be known by him and will be ordered away. He talked to Nicodemus about the need for a person to be born anew – born of water and the Spirit. He talked later in the same chapter emphasizing the phrase “believe in him.” Elsewhere he spoke of the need to do the Father’s will. And of the need to be like little children, e.g., to have that innocent true faith of little children. Paul in his words said a person must confess Jesus is their Lord and believe in their heart that God raised him from the dead.
Now here at the very end of the Bible we see Jesus saying flatly these are those who are outside.
Ultimately, you are responsible for your own relationship with Jesus. No one else can handle that for you. Parents, friends, ministers can help along the way, but in the end it is you and Jesus.
And as possible you certainly should do all you can and all you are led by the Holy Spirit to do in helping God the Father lead others to Jesus – your family members, work associates, neighbors, and so many more. The fact remains, as Jesus said himself, no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws that person. We of course do not know who the Father will draw, but we surely can pray and ask the Father to draw specific people to Jesus. And we can do our part in getting the message out about Jesus, about who he is, and about his imminent return.
June 2022
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