The importance of a question

The election that is coming up in a few days is one of particular significance to our country for a number of reasons. I could write a long list of reasons why it is important to vote and why it may be important to get involved in politics, but the reality is that as important as those things may be, they pale in comparison to asking a simple question. I will share that question with you shortly.
I have a very good friend that is on the campaign staff of a person running for public office. He is running against an incumbent that has made it clear that he is NOT a Christian. This person running against the incumbent has made it clear in speech after speech and in talk after talk that he is a Christian. He espouses Christian values to be sure. The incumbent does not. The challenger has spoken in church after church and is depending on the backing of good Christians to help him defeat this incumbent that has made it clear that he is NOT a Christian and does NOT share Christian values. The incumbent is liberal. The challenger is conservative. I am supporting the challenger in this race without reservation and volunteered some time on his campaign today. I did this as an individual, not as a person representing A.C.T. for the Gospel.
I have purposely left out important details from this so as not to endorse any specific candidate or to oppose any candidate because that is not the purpose of this post. The purpose of this post is to point out something else entirely. Today, one of the things I was tasked with was providing this candidate transportation from an event to his headquarters which was less than a mile away, but there was quite a bit of traffic. When he got in my vehicle, I told him I had what I believed was the most important question of the campaign cycle for him. I told him that in fact, it was the most important question he would be asked in his entire life. He let me know that I had his attention. I asked him if he were to die today, did he know for sure where he would spend eternity. His answer surprised me. He did not.
We had a short discussion where I learned that he was basing his hope for salvation on his works and his attempts to keep the law. Over the course of the campaign, no one at any of the churches where he spoke had challenged him on these beliefs. I told him that I supported his campaign regardless of his beliefs, and that I knew that he was busy, but I wanted him to consider some things. I quickly and simply shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with him in the car. I gave him an audio CD of Ray Comfort preaching Hell’s Best Kept Secret and True and False Conversions. I told him that I knew that he was very busy but this was very important I asked him to listens to it. He said that he would.
I do not know if he will. I do not know if he will come to salvation. I do know that he has heard the true gospel of Jesus Christ because I was willing to take the awkward step and ask a simple question. I will continue to pray for this man. I hope he wins. I believe he would be better than the other guy. That being said, if it was a choice between him winning and him becoming a true born again Christian, I would take the latter every time.

FREE OPEN AIR CAMPAIGNERS TRAINING

A.C.T. for the Gospel will be hosting free training by Open Air Campaigners Friday and Saturday 11/12 and 11/13. Friday, we will go from 6-8 PM and Saturday, we will start at 10 AM and go until about 2:30 PM with a short lunch break around noon.

After the training on Saturday, we plan to have an outreach somewhere in Indianapolis. A lot will depend on the weather. Please come join us. Please let us know if you are planing on attending so we know what size space we need. You can contact Barry at 317-728-1066 or by e-mail at barryatwell@gmail.com.

Training will be at Horizon Christian Fellowship Central 1001 E Palmer St Indianapolis IN 46203. You will need to enter in the doors on the east end of the building.