The Eternal Holocaust

In Germany a few people were radically committed to the anti-Semitic lie. They boldly spoke their minds on the matter. But how many people just passively accepted that mindset and did not challenge the lie? Behind the atrocity was the lie. Satan is a liar from the beginning. And he always has some kind of deception going on. Too many people in Germany passively accepted anti-Semitic lies. Too many people today are passively accepting humanistic tolerance and lies about religious pluralism. And multitudes are going to hell because of it.

2nd Reason people did not speak up during the Holocaust was fear of reprisals. “God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of love and of power and of a sound mind.”[10] Fear is a major hindrance to evangelism. Sometimes it’s a fear of failure. We just don’t feel adequately equipped to share our faith. That too is usually based on a lie because it is the Holy Spirit Who is our equipping. It is His influence through our words that is far more important than our ability to debate our faith. In fact, debating truth is seldom effective evangelism. If people can know you care and if they discern your sincerity you can go a long way by simply telling them how merciful God has been to you—that He will also help them in their struggles if they will only ask Him.

The fear of rejection is a hindrance. What if my friend rejects the gospel, he or she will then reject me? But what kind of friend am I, if I know an antidote to the poison that is killing my friend and I will not tell him? Jesus said, “If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels." Mark 8:38 NIV

Paul said in Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.”

NIV Have you ever felt afraid that the word might not work—that if you invited that person to pray, nothing would happen and the end result would be worse? That is just the kind of lie the devil uses to keep us from inviting people to Christ. When we’re being attacked with those kinds of thoughts it’s good to remember how God has answered some of your prayers. Did you deserve it? Are we any better than them? Is God any more concerned for my soul than theirs?

When it’s time to share our faith many times Satan will use intimidation to try to stop us—the fear that we stand to lose reputation, promotion, friendship or something. Do it with humility and you will probably lose none of those. But I know by experience that those are some of Satan’s suggestions—the fear of reprisals. So I just remain quiet.

3rd reason the Holocaust was not stopped was perhaps most of all that people simply did not want to get involved in other people’s problems. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain asked. Let me share God’s answer to that from Proverbs 24:11-12

“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.