Ear-cutting Zeal
When a crowd showed up to arrest Jesus, Peter took a sword and cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant. Those who reach out to the lost using modern evangelistic methods are a little like Peter. They have zeal without knowledge. They are using the Sword of the Spirit to cut off the ears of the world. When someone makes a commitment to Christ without having a knowledge of sin (which comes by the Law), it's not long until they fall away from the faith. The sad fruit of their experience is that they become "Gospel hardened." Their ear is no longer open to the claims of the Gospel. They have been inoculated to the truth. We must make sure that we are never guilty of adulterating the Gospel. We must make sure that we have "sound doctrine," especially when it comes to reaching out to the lost. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
