Our souls are always in motion. Sometimes, we move toward truth. Other times, we are repelled by lies. Either way brings us closer to God. Evangelism, then, should not focus solely, as it usually does, on the goodness of God. We also have to let others know about the wages of sin.
Each human soul has positive and negative poles. Each soul has a different charge. Each soul is separate from all who came before, all who are, and all who will come. All souls are identifiable and unique.
As we see the pain and suffering caused by lies, our souls instinctively move toward truth. As we see the work and sacrifice that truth demands, we often slide back. We spend our days in the clay vacillating.
Both Church and Scripture tell us to love self-sacrifice more than sin. Each time we give up something, our soul grows stronger. As we grow stronger, we are enticed by greater sins. Oh, the joy of never-ending battle!
Like the sideways-moving flagellum of a paramecium, vacillation does cause movement. Each vacillation brings us closer to lies or truth.
At the moment our soul leaves the clay that’s wrapped around it, we want to be closer to truth than sin.
As The Program, said: “He who endures to the end will be saved.”
