" The Condition of Unsaved People "

Our failure to understand the condition of people without CHRIST has robbed us of the thing we need most in reaching them with the Gospel. We need compassion ! The Bible says, "And of some have compassion, making a difference. . ." Jude 22-23

THE ARE LOST. "For the SON of MAN is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10

They do not know where they are going. They are living without GOD's WORD for their life's direction. Will someone help them find the way to Heaven ?

THEY ARE WITHOUT HOPE. "That at that time ye were without CHRIST. . .having no hope, and without GOD in the world." Ephesians 12:2

The things of this world cannot give hope in the times of trouble, and they will see that "man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble." Job 14:2  Will they hear the message of hope before it is too late ?

THEY ARE PERISHING. "For GOD so loved the world, that HE gave HIS only begotten SON, that whosoever believeth in HIM should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Life is fragile and everyday our physical life is perishing a little at a time. No one has the power to turn back time. Will they perish before they hear the Gospel?

THE ARE BLINDED BY THE DEVIL. "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them, which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of CHRIST, WHO is the image of GOD, should shine unto them." 2nd.Corinthians 4:4

Will they be able to see the light of "of the glorious Gospel of CHRIST" before they die in their blindness ?

THEY ARE ON THE ROAD TO HELL. "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many therebe which go in thereat." Matthew 7:13

It is hard for those who are living their life on the "Broad. . .Way" to take the exit to Heaven, without someone pointing them to JESUS, "The WAY" to Heaven. JESUS said, "I AM the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE: no man cometh unto the FATHER, but by ME." John 14:6  Will someone show them the way ?

THEY ARE UNDER THE WRATH OF GOD. "He that believeth on the SON hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the SON shall not see life; but the wrath of GOD abideth on him." John 3:36

GOD's "wrath" is what happens to them after they die. Today they can have GOD's "grace and mercy." The song writer had it right when he wrote, "Mercy there was great, and grace was free."

THEY ARE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS. "And you hath HE quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians 2:1

How can a dead man possibly give life to himself ? But the Bible says, "And you hath HE quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians 2:1

THEY ARE CONDEMNED ALREADY. "He that believeth on HIM is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten SON of GOD." John 3:18  Some believe that after they die if their good outweighs their bad, they get to go to Heaven. They will one day discover they are "condemned" already.

The only hope for unsaved people is the Gospel. They must hear and believe before they die. 

Give out Gospel tracts / posts. By doing so you are giving hope to the perishing. GOD bless you.

Dr. Tom Sexton

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