Picture this: The God of the universe—the One who created galaxies, who measures waters in the hollow of His hand, who looks at the most powerful kings and calls them grasshoppers—is pleading with sinners to be reconciled to Him.
Scripture Focus: John 10:37-38; 2 Corinthians 5:20
In John 10:37-38, even after all the rejection, all the hardness of heart, all the attempts to stone Him, Jesus says: "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father."
He's still pleading (not in a desperate way, but in a loving way). "Come on. Open your eyes. Look at what I've done. This is evidence that I've come from the Father. Why don't you believe?"
Jesus never said you need to accept His assertions apart from corroborating testimony. He's saying, "Guys, the evidence is overwhelming. Why are you flying in the face of it?"
Unbelief always flys in the face of monumental evidence.
And here's what profound—our King is not an indifferent King. He's not aloof. He doesn't have some sort of apathy about who responds to Him. 2 Corinthians 5:20 says "we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."
God makes an appeal. He desires all to come to repentance. Matthew 11:28—"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
This is the God of the Bible—a God who pleads with sinners.
And if that's who God is, then that shapes how we engage with the lost world around us. We don't just present facts and walk away. We plead. We appeal. We implore. Not out of manipulation or guilt, but out of genuine concern for souls who are perishing.
Think about it: If the God of the universe is willing to stoop down and plead with sinners, shouldn't we be willing to do the same? If God takes no delight in the punishment of the wicked but desires all to come to repentance, shouldn't that fuel our passion for evangelism rather than inhibit it?
The greatest evangelists in history—Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, John Knox, William Carey—all believed deeply in God's sovereignty in salvation. And far from inhibiting their passion for the lost, it fueled it. Because they knew God had people to be redeemed, and they weren't gambling their lives away on a maybe.
So here's the question: Are you an ambassador? Are you making the appeal on behalf of Christ? Or are you silent—assuming people will figure it out on their own, assuming God doesn't really care that much, assuming it's not your responsibility?
God cares. Deeply. And He's chosen to use you as His mouthpiece, His representative, His ambassador to plead with a dying world: "Be reconciled to God."
1. Do you see evangelism as optional or as your job description as a Christian? How does 2 Corinthians 5:20 challenge your view?
2. When was the last time you actually pleaded with someone to be reconciled to God? Not just shared facts, but genuinely appealed from the heart?
3. If God Himself pleads with sinners, what does that tell you about His heart? And how should that shape your heart toward the lost?
Stay dialed in.