A Good Samaritan

"Go then and make disciples of all the nations (Mt. 28:19 AMP)."

I read an article about the death of a homeless man this morning. The man lost his life trying to intervene in a domestic dispute. The portion I read telling how seven people walked away from a dying man pierced my heart.

You might be asking, "What's this have to do with Matthew 28:19?" Hold on and I'll get there.

Nearly all are familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:30-37. We all nod our heads in agreement when we hear it spoken that we are to love our neighbors. We all are quick to condemn the priest and the Levite in the story of the Good Samaritan.

How many of us, myself included, will quickly pass judgment on the seven people who walked away from the dying man in the news article? How many of us, including myself, will quickly condemn them to eternal damnation for their lack of concern and compassion? Yet, how can we, myself included, lay a claim to innocence?

Are we not all guilty of the same indifference, lack of concern, and lack of compassion? Souls are passing into eternity every day. People are around us every day who are hurting, dying inside by the troubles and trials of life. Are we not guilty of walking away from them in their time of desperation?

We're there now. Allow me to bring in the command of Christ to go and make disciples (Mt. 28:19). We have a commanded duty as Christians to share the Gospel wherever we're at. That's what the word go means in Matthew 28:19. 

We're surrounded by dying souls, laying face down in the ditches of sin. How can we stand and render judgment on seven people who walked away when we do the same thing by not sharing the Gospel?

O God, we need Christians who are willing to speak the Word. Who, Lord, who is crying for the lost? Who, Lord, who weeps for the hungry? Who, Lord, who hurts for the poor? Who, Lord, who is breaking for the broken? Who, Lord God, who is willing to give all to reach one lost soul? God bless...