Dead... Or Just Sleeping?

Matthew 9:23-26

I hate to say it, but sometimes I think to myself that some of the people I reach out to are just too dead to understand and receive the gospel. They seem to be completely unreceptive to the Truth. Some openly and often loudly object, while some express their respect for my views and faith, but they would rather stick with their current lifestyle. "They're just too dead!" I say to myself.

But are they really dead, or are they just sleeping? They may seem dead at first glance, but they must be seen through the lenses of the Kingdom. They may just be sleeping- hibernating- comatose- waiting for the Lord to shake them to consciousness.

Intercede on the behalf of those sleepers around you. Have faith and believe that the Lord will bring them out of their slumber, into a place of repentance and abandonment. In the gospels, when Jesus healed or delivered a soul, what did He always declare? It was never a declaration of His power or deity, but a declaration of faith. Have faith- not in the persuasiveness of your words but in the power of the Holy Spirit. He and He alone will break the hardened hearts of men.