Why Persuade People?

We need to seek people to save them because Romans 3:11 says, "There is none that seeketh after God."  They don't seek after God because they are "...dead in trespasses and sins" (Eph. 2:1).  That is, they are separated from God.  But even more, they are lost, according to Luke 19:10.  According to that Scripture Jesus said, these person's cannot find God and eternal life.

According to II Corinthians 4:3, 4 Satan has blinded the unsaved person's eyes in unbelief.  He can't see the light of salvation in Jesus.  Jesus said this unsaved person is in bondage, and only through Christ can he be set free (John 8:32, 36).  As a result this slave of Satan has no hope (Eph. 2:12).  He is a stranger to God's promises to Israel (Eph. 2:12).  He can't, within himself, find his way to Christ.  Thus he is in bondage.

This individual is without excuse, because he judges someone else, and thus condemns himself (Rom. 2:11).  As a result, he is facing eternal death (Rom. 6:23).  All of his life's labors will be lost (Matt. 16:26).

Why should we reach out to the lost with the light of the gospel (II Cor. 4:3, 4)?  Because we know the terror of hell from God (II Cor. 5:11).  Because we also know God's love and tender grace (John 3:16; Eph. 2:8).