All Because We Do Not Love Them

I was leafing through a songbook this evening, and this song caught my attention. I thought I would share it with you. It is called "All Because We Do Not Love Them."

Many souls today are dying,
Sin and sorrow is their lot;
Darkness shrouds them with its mantle,
All because we love them not

Chorus
All because we do not love them,
Millions fill the heathen grave;
Brother, can you see them perish,
When a little love would save?

 Brother, can we guiltless linger,
When to us the truth is giv'n?
Tearless, see the heathen dying,
Without God or hope of heav'n?

Love bro't Jesus down from glory,
On the cruel cross to die;
Can we say we love the heathen,
If we turn away their cry?

Love undying, love eternal--
Love will send us o'er the wave,
Will impel us to our duty,
Helpless heathen souls to save.

Jesus said, "Go teach all nations";
They are lost if we delay.
Can we face Him at the judgment
If His Word we disobey? 

Folks, what is keeping us from sharing the gospel? People are dying around us, and going to hell! Are your feelings or your reputation more important to you than the soul of one sinner? Is looking "normal" more valuable to you than knowing that one person is on their way to heaven in part because you took the time to tell them about the love of Christ? If we do not love sinners enough to tell them the gospel, we do not truly love them.

From what I gathered online, about 1.8 people die every second. That means that every minute 108 people die. Multiply that by sixty, and you have 6,480 deaths every hour. According to these statistics, then, roughly 155,520 people die every day.With an estimated 33% of the world's population being considered "Christian," every day, an average of 103,680 people go to hell. To illustrate just how large this number is, at this rate, it would take about an hour to wipe out my hometown of Dundee, NY. The city of Boston, MA itself would be eliminated in a little over six days. Huge masses of people are on their way to an eternity separated from God.

Please, have compassion on the dying sinners. Ask the Lord to show you how you can reach out to them with the gospel, and then do so. It can be handing out tracts, personal evangelism, children's ministries, discipleship programs, or just talking to people. I am speaking just as much or more to myself as I am to anyone reading this, because I have done very poorly in this area. However, this is an area where God can demonstrate His power. He is looking throughout the whole earth for an opportunity to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards Him. (II Chronicles 16:9) Will you be willing to allow Him to work through you?