Why All Souls?

The Bible repeatedly declares that God is the creator of all. He is the potter, we are the clay. All that exists has its life and existence from him. Every human is made in the image of God as body and soul. This alone affirms that all souls (i.e., people) matter. Everyone possess dignity, value, and worth. As Jesus commands, we must proclaim salvation to all souls, from the least to the greatest. All people were made to know God, glorifying and enjoying him.

All souls (people) face the same problem. We do not glorify and enjoy God in all that we do. In fact, no one is able, according to the Bible. “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God,” (Rom. 3:23). We have turned to our own way, seeking independence from God rather than living in dependence on him. In Adam, we have received what God warned: “death” (Gen. 2:17). We not only physically die, Adam also brought spiritual death to humanity. Jesus came as the second Adam to represent humanity. He fulfilled all righteousness for us, and then God poured out his wrath on him as our substitute when he hung on the cross. He is the only redeemer, and therefore, he is the only way humans can be restored to God.

The Bible is full of promises from God to you. They’re all about Jesus and what he has accomplished for you. Will you receive and rest on him by faith? This is what it means “to come to him.”