Summary: You and I are always talking about reaching your world, reaching your world. Well, I live in a city on the west coast and I'm trying to reach my world on a day-to-day basis with a whole series of individuals in the general geographical area. One of them is a very wealthy, successful man. He has tried to walk with God and understand God but his idea is that good works will definitely get you right with God and get you peace with God.We spend many luncheons together and we continue to do so. We have breakfast together. We go on trips. And, I'm always trying to get through to his soul. But all these years, my friend is still always thinking, "If I do enough good deeds, if I help the poor and send some high school kids who can't afford it to college and they become doctors and lawyers," (and many have, by the way), "I'll be okay with God."But, you know, in Ephesians, chapter 2, and I brought it up to my buddy many times, "it is by the grace of God that you have been saved, through faith, this is not from yourselves. It is the gift of God." Many people find it very hard to realize that eternal life and peace with God is not something we earn by good deeds but a gift of God that we receive by faith. And, the gift of God that gives eternal life is Jesus Christ. Help your friend to receive Jesus Christ.
