People don't come to faith in Christ
because of our superior theological arguments. They come to faith in Christ
because somebody cares about them. They think, "Okay, it's great to have
money and a nice car and a house at the lake, but what I really want is to know
that somebody notices, somebody cares. We have a deep need for unconditional
love. We need to know our lives have meaning and purpose. We need grace. We
need to feel there's a chance for a new beginning and a fresh start. We need to
feel we're not alone. And we need to feel that in the darkest moments of our
lives, there's always hope.
God is love. We are meant to live a life
of love, to love God with all our heart and to love our neighbors as we love
ourselves. And that love isn't a warm mushy feeling. It's an action, a way of
putting the needs of another before myself. It's being concerned, wanting to
bless and build up and encourage somebody else. It's thinking of what's best
for you before I think of what's best for me.
When
Christians actually live that way instead of judging and pointing our fingers,
the hardest of hearts become responsive and the world is changed.
-- Adam Hamilton, quoted in The
Wesleyan Way: A Faith That Matters by Scott J. Jones
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