Pulling Them Out of the Fire

Jude 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Sometimes it takes fear to cause a person to turn to God and ask Jesus Christ into his heart. The Bible says it is better to scare them into salvation ("And others save with fear"), than it is for them to end up in the fire ("pulling them out of the fire").

I have at least two close members in my family that it doesn't seem to matter what you say to them about God, they don't want to hear it. They want to go their own way and do their own thing.

One of the above mentioned, whenever I mention God or say how that would not have worked out if God hadn't had His hand on it, he refuses to admit that is the truth about the situation. He grunts and scratches his head, and refuses to look me in the eye. I have been praying for this individual to accept the Lord for several years. Yet, he refuses. He had to have open heart surgery and bypass a couple of years ago. Do you think this guy gave God the glory for him coming through this surgery able to work? NO!

I am not giving up on these two people in my family. I refuse to give up until they (or I) have drawn the last breath. I will do what I can to convince them and pray that God will not give up on them either. I will do whatever I can to "pull them out of the fire."

Until next time

Linda Sedrick Pearson