Love Them More...

People have lots of reasons for not sharing the gospel.

"They'll get mad at me." 

"They'll call me names."
 
"They might make fun of me."
 
"They might even yell at me."

But are these reasons good enough? Are they good enough reasons to make it okay that someone dies and goes to Hell because you were too afraid to speak up?

As always, Jesus has the answers. In Mark 12:30-31, Jesus tells us that the greatest commandments are to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind and to love our neighbors as ourselves. If we love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind, we will want to share the gospel (God's "good news"). If we love our neighbors -- and by "neighbors" Jesus means every person, not just those who live next door -- we will want to share the gospel so that Jesus can save them from the pits of Hell.

So, what was the answer to the problem above? LOVE. We have to love them more than we are afraid they will make fun of us. We have to love them more than we are afraid they will get mad. We have to love them more than we are afraid they will laugh at us. We have to LOVE THEM MORE.