4/9/17 Grant about 25
“If you were to die today, where would you end up, heaven or
hell?” “Well, up until about five
minutes ago, I would have said heaven” was the answer that Grant, an off-duty
police officer told me at a North Carolina gas station.
I’ve been doing some traveling over spring break, so my outreach
conversations often take place at gas pumps and are much shorter than
usual. But it doesn’t take long to share
a basic truth that many people rarely stop to consider – that we aren’t the
“good people” we think we are, and instead of trusting that we are good enough
for heaven, we need to put our trust in Jesus who died for sinners.
I had used some of the Ten Commandments to help him see his sin
compared to God’s holy standard. Grant was astounded – “I almost stopped at two
gas stations before this one, but for some reason I came here!” he said. “I really needed to hear this!” Yes he did and so do many people if we will
just reach across to the other side of the gas pump with the Gospel.
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