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It's always interesting that, the stakes being so high, we all can be so asleep to or uninterested in the fate of our souls. I mean, even committed, believing Christians. What I mean is: a pressing sense of urgency about it all is missing. Regarding evangelism as well. In most, anyway. Also just the radical knowledge and promises in the Bible, and the very fact that the Word of God is God Himself speaking to us. Unless we are in unusual circumstances, facing death or something, we can see it as we see everything else. I think it has to do with this: prior to being effectually called by the Word and the Spirit (reborn, regenerated) the reason for our lack of concern or urgency for our souls, etc., is we are deep in the bondage of sleep and illusion that the kingdom of Satan casts over all its prisoners; then, once we do awaken to the truth and learn the truth and convert and consciously give our allegiance to God and His Kingdom...everything then is always OK. I mean, no matter what, after that point, everything works out for the best. So it implants an opposite, though similar, sort of lack of sense of urgency about it all.

I'm not saying that is good or right. We're called on to build ourselves up in the faith and to make sure our salvation and so on.

I think we're also called on, as new men, to be inwardly-motivated, which is always new territory for human beings with human - all-too-human - human nature...