Sometimes people are taught something is true and believe it, such that they make life altering decisions based on their belief. They become the sum of their choices.
If somebody comes along and reveals to them that they've been living a lie, depending on how long they've been committed to it, that ain't such an easy pill to swallow. As a matter of fact, it can be psychologically damaging - like removing a bullet too close to the heart.
Another way of looking at it would be from the perspective of die-hard vets who go to war believing that their cause is honorable. They encounter and experience all kinds of hell and when they come back, people are telling them that they killed people wholesale not to promote freedom and make the world a better place but because we simply needed more oil. For the young, innocent, idealistic and impressionable soul - this can fracture their state of being, even be utterly more traumatizing than the experience of war itself.
My point is that people want to believe in something. They need to believe in something more than themselves. Whether its a lynch mob or a love-in, a hit squad or a missionary group, a mega-church or a one-on-one with the Lord.
The question is - if the harvest is great and the gatherers are few, WHO is the harvest and for WHOM do the gatherers work?
The wheat will be separated from the chaff.
And if it all comes down to an individual CHOOSING his/her fate, how does the servant of God communicate God's word effectively enough so that the individual can make an informed decision?
Then again, if God's law is written upon our hearts, and His children know His voice, are we as servants meant to proselytize unbelievers or encourage believers?
After all, Jesus said he will not lose any his Father has given him..
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