“He Who Is Unjust, Let Him Be Unjust Still . . .

“He Who Is Unjust, Let Him Be Unjust Still . . .

he who is filthy, let him be filthy still . . . .” Rev. 22:11. We are to let the light shine for people but definitely not argue with them. Arguments are an unspiritual way of proceeding that is always to be rejected. The correct, spiritual, and pleasing thing before God is always to follow the laws of the Spirit of life carefully; in this instance, the laws of receptivity, that is, the laws of hunger, thirst, and poverty. Then, what it says in verse 17 of the same Chapter will become reality: “And let him who thirsts come.” And as it says further in the same verse, “And whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”

We must respect the free will of every adult person just as God does! Therefore that is the perfect thing. If they do not want to, they must be left in peace—both unconverted and converted people who at the moment are not receptive, who do not hunger and thirst for salvation, for righteousness, for sanctification.

The right thing to do is to grieve over their lack of receptivity, suffer in silence, wait and be patient, hope, believe and love, and observe over time whether a change in their receptivity has taken place so that then we can be ready to serve them.

That which is especially difficult is if we have grown-up children who do not hunger for salvation or for sanctification; and then we must respect their free will, suffer, and wait in silence. Speeding up their salvation may be well-intentioned, but we risk making a bad situation worse, with the result that they distance themselves even more. God desires to be loved by people in return. He does not want to have slaves.