There are many valuable things here on the earth and there are many valuable needs as well, but none any greater than oxygen. Without oxygen we would all perish. It doesn't take an expert to come up with this but I want to relate our need for oxygen and the value of it to the gospel. Unlike oxygen, the gospel gives life, and life more abundantly (John 10:10). The Bible teaches that anyone who is not in Christ is a spiritual corpse and for anyone who is in Christ (born again) is spiritual resurrected to eternal life.
I posed this question to a friend last night. "How often do you think about the value and need of oxygen." Their response was similar to what I would have said if asked the same question. "I have thought about it, but not often." I then posed the question, "How often do you think about the value and your need of the gospel." The answer was of no shock to me considering the person I was asking the question to was born again. Their response was a resounding, "A lot!"
The quest for those of us who are born again is to share the gospel with anyone and everyone! They, like us, need oxygen to survive and would never argue the point. But, do they know of their need for the gospel? We know those who have not been born again need the gospel more than they need oxygen, and realize that it is God who must awaken their hearts to believe it. Our task is to present the gospel to anyone who will listen as if their life depended on it, and we know that it does.
