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In all the vast diversities of personalities . . .

for those thousands of individuals for whom such fascinating finger prints of God provide

attractive clues;

attractive invitations;

attractive clues

resulting by Holy Spirit's use and drawing to Jesus therewith

in an eternal relationship with The Father via Salvation in Christ . . .

for those individuals,

such will not have been the least bit

UN-important.

I'm shocked that any earnest believer could imagine, much less, think otherwise.

In all the vast diversities of personalities . . . for those thousands of individuals for whom such fascinating finger prints of God provide attractive clues; attractive invitations; attractive clues resulting by Holy Spirit's use and drawing to Jesus therewith in an eternal relationship with The Father via Salvation in Christ . . . for those individuals, such will not have been the least bit UN-important. I'm shocked that any earnest believer could imagine, much less, think otherwise.

When I read comments like this I'm reminded on the story of the rich man and Lazarus. You might recall that story ends with these words:

Then [the rich man] said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' (Luke 16)

If people will not hear the word of God ("Moses and the prophets"), no miracle -- even as great as someone coming back from the dead -- will persuade them to turn to God.

It's sad that the church has turned to carnival tricks to try convince people to "come to Jesus". Part of the problem is the common belief that "saving souls" is a purely human endeavor. Folks think if they just present the best argument that folks will fall down before Christ. But that's not how it happens. People only come to Christ when they have been made alive by the Spirit of Christ. They must first be "born again" in order to repent of their sins and have faith in Him. Human arguiments do not cause that to happen.