“For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.” (v. 3)
How badly do you want it?
How deep is your desire to see your family come to Christ? How high is your hope that your friends and loved ones might hear His voice, receive this Gospel, and believe? How far are you willing to go, how much are you willing to give, how clearly are you willing to share, and how patiently are you willing to love—all so they might come out of the darkness and into Jesus’ light?
How badly do you want it?
Paul, when thinking about his Jewish brothers and sisters, revealed an extreme Gospel hope. He said, in effect, that he would give up his own saved life—as in, the life of Christ in him and for him—if only they would believe. Obviously it’s not up to the man, but it remains a stirringly selfless picture of evangelistic passion.
Most of us won’t give up our momentary comfort, our dollars, or even a little bit of our conversational safety to see them saved.
It begs the question, in comparison:
How badly do you want it?
— Tyler