Why don't we witness? We walk by lost people everyday. People who do not know that Jesus saves, people who haven't been warned of their fate, or experienced the glory of true faith in things other than what this world has to offer. I was pondering this and came up with excuses such as the daily grind, schedule constraints, bad timing, fear of offending, and so many more. I surrounded myself with Christians, at church, in small groups, at work, all filling the need to feed myself, yet I had lost an urgency to seek and save the lost. I began reflecting on a popular psychological phenomenon called the bystander effect. This theory was brought about because of a young girl's murder, in which almost 40 people were witnesses, yet nobody rendered aid or called for help, because they all assumed someone else was doing it.
Is this same effect plaguing Christianity today? Are we so confident that someone else is sharing the gospel, that we feel "off the hook". Who is dying in their sins, without ever being invited to church, without ever experiencing forgiveness, without knowing a personal relationship with the Savior? Imagine how that young girls fate on the streets of New York could have been different; help rendered, a life saved, justice served. Imagine the effect we would have if we were the one to step up, share a life saving message, and bring reconciliation between sinners and God through Jesus Christ. Life savers, that is what we would be.
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AuthorWritten by Kasey Archives
March 2020
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