The Offer of Amnesty
Imagine that the police decided to offer amnesty for all lawbreakers. All charges would be dropped against those who had broken the law if, within a certain period of time, they surrendered their weapons. After the offer, there would be a massive bust in which every criminal would be rounded up and charged with his or her crimes. How do they present the good news of the amnesty? They make the police station attractive by chrome-plating the bars and carpeting the cells. Notices are then posted outside the station saying, "Come and hear the good news." Of course, the police would never think that anyone is going to visit a police station when they are guilty of breaking the law. Yet, this is the mentality of much of modern evangelism. The principle of biblical evangelism isn't to try to attract the world to us. It's to go to them. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
