Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
“You know who Jesus is and that He died on the cross and was resurrected so that you can have eternal life … if you accept His invitation to follow Him. Is that a true statement?’ I said to J. at the Wright County Jail yesterday afternoon.
“Yes, I believe that,” J. replied.
“Then why haven’t you accepted His invitation to be your Savior and Lord?” I asked.
He looked at me and pondered the question several seconds before he answered. “I know I’ll be a new person when I’m saved, and I don’t know that I’m ready for that.”
“Why not?” I prodded.
“Because I know who I am now, but I don’t know who I’d be then. What would my family and friends think about me? What would my wife and kids think about me? I don’t know that I’m ready for that. I guess in the end it’s my pride that’s holding me back. I’m afraid of losing my identity.”
J. is the most reluctant sinner I’ve run up against in the jail when it comes to being saved. He keeps analyzing and analyzing, trying to get everything lined up before he accepts Jesus as his Savior. He’s too smart for his own good. What J. needs is a ton of prayer that the Holy Spirit will break through all his barriers and cut down all his objections. Will you join me in burying J. in prayer so he can die to his old self and become a new person in Christ? I thought I could get through to him by now, but I can’t. He needs all of you to gang up on him through much prayer.