Are you saved,
brother?” the
earnest young
man asked me. He
continued, “If you’re not
saved, you need to get
saved.” I responded to
him, “Before I reply,
may I ask you what it is
you believe I need to be
saved from?” The young
man didn’t miss a beat
(as I suspected he
wouldn’t) and
immediately rattled off
the stock answer he’d
been taught.
The young evangelist
wanted me to get saved so he
could save another soul from
the eternal torment of the
fires of hell. He told me I
needed to get saved from my
sins so I would not go to hell.
So I asked, “Let me get this
straight. I need to get saved
from my sins so I won’t go to
hell?” “Exactly,” he said.
Locking eyes with him, I
evangelized the young
evangelist.
“So, it seems to me
that you believe the primary
reason I need to get saved is to
avoid the pain and anguish of
eternal torment. Further, if I
get what you’re saying and
why you’re saying it, if I get
saved, you will have saved me
from eternal torture in hell. It
seems to me that your definition of
getting saved is all about what you
and I do, or fail to do.”
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