You Never Mentioned HIM To Me

"Have you no wish for others to be saved?  Then you are not saved yourself.  Be sure of that...The saving of souls, if a man has once gained love to perishing sinners and his blessed Master, will be an all-absorbing passion to him.  It will so carry him away, that he will almost forget himself in the saving of others..." 
"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies.  And if they perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay.  If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for."   Charles Spurgeon

This quote began one of the most disturbing and convicting sermons I have ever sat through (and trust me, I was doing some major fidgeting in my seat!).
The main point of the sermon was that the church of America does not believe in hell.  Oh, we might give it lip service and if backed into a corner might admit that there is a punishment coming for those who don't believe in JESUS CHRIST but hell...
It's way more comfortable to believe that all roads lead to GOD.  That we might take a different road to get there but eventually we all end up at the same place.  While this is a comforting thought and one we'd all like to believe when looking at our family and friends who aren't saved, it just doesn't line up with GOD's Word!
The Word tells us that JESUS CHRIST is the only way to the FATHER.

~...being justified as a gift by HIS grace through the redemption which is in CHRIST JESUS.  Romans 3:24
~...for there is one GOD and one mediator also between GOD and man, the man CHRIST JESUS 1st Tim 2:5
~  You shall have no other God's before me. Exodus 20:3

So, the Bible effectively takes away that cushion of comfort and leads us back to the thought that continues to haunt me.  If my loved ones are not believers in JESUS CHRIST, they are destined to spend eternity in hell.
~Hell, where the fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:44)
~Hell, where we will be in agony and fully conscious forever and ever. (Luke 16:23)
~Hell, a place of utter darkness. (Matthew 8:12)
~Hell, a place of total separation. (Luke 13:28)
~Hell, a place of no hope and no release. (Matthew 25:46 & Hebrews 6:12)
~Hell, where we retain the memory of what might have been. (Luke 16:27-28)

How hard am I trying to lead others to the LORD? In my heart I believe that every word in the Bible is 100% inspired by GOD however do my actions support that belief?
If I truly believe all the Bible tells about eternity (both with GOD in heaven and without HIM in hell) am I doing all I can to lead others to the LORD? How much time do I spend worrying about my problems here in this life (which the Word tells us is like a vapor and then vanishes away. James 4:14) as compared with the time I spend telling others about the LORD? The answer to that question brought me to my knees in utter conviction. When was the last time I witnessed to a lost family member?  A LOST FAMILY MEMBER who I love beyond words. If I'm not witnessing to them, I'm certainly not reaching out to the stranger on the corner!
GOD, please forgive me and give me a holy boldness to share YOUR love with everyone I see.  Let me go "where angels fear to trod" in search of those who don't know YOU.  Use me, FATHER.  Let it never be that one day I would stand before YOU and hear another person say "you never mentioned JESUS to me".

"When in another land, before the bar we stand,
how deeply grieved our souls may be.
If any lost one there should cry out in deep despair,
you never mentioned HIM to me.

You never mentioned HIM to me.
You helped me not the light to see.
You met me day by day, and you knew I was astray.
Yet you never mentioned JESUS to me."               Dottie Rambo