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Am I a Debtor?

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 3, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 8.

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Am I a Debtor?

By G. F. Watson

WE read in Rom. 1:14 these words: "I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise." But why was Paul a debtor? — Just because the God of heaven had entrusted him with a soul-saving message, and Paul felt the weight, the responsibility, of that which had been entrusted to him, like a great debt — not a debt of property, that could be paid with money alone, but a debt wherein the eternal life of man is involved. This very fact is what caused Paul to give his life for soul-winning.
As I study the life of this man of God, the thought comes to me, What part of this great debt rests on me? In view of the soul-saving message due the world at this very time, and the fact that God in His goodness and great mercy has caused the light of this last great soul-saving advent message to shine into my sin-darkened life, I am forced to say with Paul, "I am a debtor," not only to the nations of men, but to the great and mighty God, and I greatly fear that nothing less than the winning of the souls of men will pay the debt.Therefore, with this new year has come a greater sense of the weight of this debt, and with it a new consecration for soul-winning. And now I wish to ask you, dear fellow ministers, how is it with you? And you, dear teachers, one and all, are you simply marking time, or are you in the schoolroom as a soul-winner? And you, dear colporteur, dear Bible worker, dear secretaries in our several offices, are you going the daily rounds just as a mechanic fits joint to joint, or are you there sending out the precious truth in printed form with the sweet breath of prayer accompanying every package and every letter with the tenderness that will be as springs of pure water in a thirsty land?
Dear ones all, let us set this great world aglow with this last message of our God, sent forth in love to a sin-cursed world, for the one grand purpose of saving lost men. Who will be a soul-winner for God?
Yours for service, G. F. WATSON.