1 Corinthians 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

Is it really that simple?

John 20:25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

Thomas refused to believe this friends.

Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”

Two men on the road to Emmaus did not recognize Jesus as their Savior until He blessed the bread and gave it to them to eat.

What will it take to get the lost to believe and be saved?

God only knows.

And that is the point. Share the gospel and leave the believing up to God.

Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Poor vision leads to poor decisions.

1 Samuel 8:4-7 English Standard Version

⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah ⁵ and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” ⁶ But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. ⁷ And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

Samuel made his sons judges over Israel. They took bribes and perverted justice.

It appears that Samuel did not ask the Lord “Who shall replace me when I am gone?”

Perhaps Samuel was so busy being a prophet and judge for Israel that he failed as a father.

That makes me a judge of someone I never knew. That is my problem to deal with.

I have a King that rules over me, Jesus Christ.