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Lost Souls Are Worth Fighting For

He keeps the spiritual eyes of unbelievers blinded (2 Corinthians 4:4) and keeps the minds of believers distracted from the message and mission of Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:3).

We need to, in the words of my friend Dave Gibson, be “Prayed up. Armor on. Battle ready” against this formidable foe.

3. The time is short.

And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” (Romans 13:11,12)

Tick tock the eternity clock.

Every second that ticks off the clock, brings us closer to the eternal demise of this unbelieving world. Did you know that according to the World Death Clock (yes, that’s a thing) every second about two people die.

Marinate on that for a moment. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, ten people, somewhere around the world, will have passed into their eternal destination. Some will go to heaven. Most will go to hell.

Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock.

The time is short.

4. The answer is Jesus.

In John 10:10 Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Jesus, in a sense, is the ultimate fighter. He fought Satan for the souls of humanity and won that fight on the cross. When he uttered the words “It is finished” the final bell rang. His crucifixion, as gruesome as it was, became our salvation. As his dead body hung on the cross, his arms held up in victory, though nailed to a crossbeam, the wrath of God for our sin had been fully satisfied. Jesus took the punch for us. He died in our place for our sin. He crushed Satan under his nail pierced feet.

And now, the resurrected Christ, offers us life, new life, true life through faith in him.

And this is the life that we offer to others, free of charge, purchased by the precious blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:18,19).

Jesus is now in your boxing corner, coaching you through his Holy Spirit, filling you with his strength and strengthening you with Living Water as you fight “the good fight” for lost souls.

Fight to win.

This article about fighting for lost souls originally appeared here, and is used by permission.