"To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin"
James 4:17
When you or I think in terms of sin, we think of the sins of commission, and usually of the more sensual sins: we think these are wicked sins.
For 21 years I was in the Church and I prayed with the people the general prayer of the General Confession:...'We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done'
I want to suggest that when the final of your sins and mine is made clear, the sins we committed are not going to be most serious sins. The things we have left undone that we ought to have done, these are the great sins.
When we could have given and we didn't give; when we could have spoken and we didn't speak; when we could have prayed and we did not pray; when we could have invited and we did not invite.
I would submit that among the greatest sinners in any church on any Sunday are the most respectable citizens in the community. Its not what they have been doing what is wrong; it is what they have not been doing, that which God has made wonderfully possible for them to do, and maybe them alone.
Are you willing to get involved? God has given you a personality that is quite unique. There is no one else on the entire earth quite like you - for which maybe some folks are very glad. Doh.
You are quite unique. But there is another uniqueness about you, you have a circle on contacts which no other has. You are reaching people others will never reach. In fact you are reaching people which no-one else can reach. Therefore if you are not reaching them ....nobody is.
That is why God needs you.
James 4:17
When you or I think in terms of sin, we think of the sins of commission, and usually of the more sensual sins: we think these are wicked sins.
For 21 years I was in the Church and I prayed with the people the general prayer of the General Confession:...'We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done'
I want to suggest that when the final of your sins and mine is made clear, the sins we committed are not going to be most serious sins. The things we have left undone that we ought to have done, these are the great sins.
When we could have given and we didn't give; when we could have spoken and we didn't speak; when we could have prayed and we did not pray; when we could have invited and we did not invite.
I would submit that among the greatest sinners in any church on any Sunday are the most respectable citizens in the community. Its not what they have been doing what is wrong; it is what they have not been doing, that which God has made wonderfully possible for them to do, and maybe them alone.
Are you willing to get involved? God has given you a personality that is quite unique. There is no one else on the entire earth quite like you - for which maybe some folks are very glad. Doh.
You are quite unique. But there is another uniqueness about you, you have a circle on contacts which no other has. You are reaching people others will never reach. In fact you are reaching people which no-one else can reach. Therefore if you are not reaching them ....nobody is.
That is why God needs you.
