A simple thought...

God has been showing me just a very simple thought. At liberty we are constantly taught about evangelism and the call God has giving each and everyone to "go out and preach the gospel to all nations". A term we often hear along with evangelism is "lost people" I have been thinking to myself "lost people" I really don't know any lost people. I kept running through my head people that I know and absolutely no one came to mind. A very said truth but still is my circumstances. According to a recent survey done by the CIA in 2007 were 51% of the U.S. population said they were indeed protestant Christians. This number is a lot higher than I would have expected and to be honest my jaw dropped when I saw this number and how high it really was. The number for different areas would obviously be different especially between Lynchburg and Philadelphia. The point of all this is really simple. Next time driving or walking around the mall or wherever just take account of how many people you see. Just think one out of every two people you see is not a Believer. 1 out of every 2 cars that go by as your driving are not driven by Christians. Anything you can think of that represents people houses or anything 50% of anything just realize how many "lost people" are in the area and how many we come in contact with every day. I once heard Penn Gillete a famouse magician who is an atheist say "how much do you have to hate someone not to prostilitize" a powerful thought. That not witnessing to the lost is not showing the love of God with them could be a sign of hatred. You might think hatred is a little strong of a word but really letting a person spend eternity in hell when you knew the truth is showing hatred to them. Thats just a thought and I just want to encourage to realize and take into account how many are lost right under our noses.