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Quote by: G. Adams If you are about to suggest that to get into the "walled yard"/heaven I must go through the gate/Jesus, we can stop. Unless I can bring my entire family and kinsmen with me, regardless of their sins, I'm not going. |
well, you can either follow them to hell if they have not gone through the gate, or you can go alone. those are the two choices. it is THEIR choice to go through the gate, otherwise, I would be draggin you through the gate, concsious or not. you think that I don't have family who aren't saved? think again. I can't even memorize the names of even 15% of my family on the second tier (connected to them through parents), but i pray for those I can and pray for the family in general. they have free will, you can't make the choice for them, but you can exhort them, and many times, it takes just one in the family to bring the entire family into the fold. Paul and Silas led a jailor to Christ, and later on, when they got home, the jailor led his family to the Lord. it's like a domino effect. you tip one domino (lead a person to salvation) and the domino tips over the one behind it (the person's life shows Christ through his/her actions, and so on. "how will they know, unless we go?"