“If You Found the Cure, Wouldn’t You Share It?”
Suppose there is a large dome over your town. There is no way out and no way in. Everyone in this town has terminal cancer and will be dead in 6 months. Some have accepted it, others live in denial. One day you are out for a walk and see a sign for cancer cure with an arrow pointing to a hole in the dome. You can’t believe it and quickly slip out through the hole and see signs pointing out the way. They lead you to a doctors house. You go in and ask if the eye can heal you of your cancer, he says yes and heals you. Then he tells you to go back inside the dome and tell the others. What will you do? Continue on your walk, take a nap. No you are going to tell everyone there is a cure for cancer. You may even buy a microphone and stand on a car and proclaim this good news. This is what would happen!
This scenario is a powerful metaphor for the reality of sin and salvation. If we, as believers, truly grasp the gravity of sin and the eternal consequences it brings, then the knowledge of the cure—Jesus Christ—should ignite a similar urgency within us. Yet, often, we hesitate. Why?
1. Fear of Rejection: Many of us worry about how others will respond. Will they mock us? Will they dismiss us? Sharing the gospel can feel like standing on that car with a microphone, exposed and vulnerable. But if we really understood the stakes, fear wouldn’t silence us. The cure is too vital to keep hidden.
2. Complacency: Sometimes, we lose sight of the urgency. The reality of sin’s consequences and the hope of salvation can fade into the background of our busy lives. But just as the cancer patients in the dome only have months, we don’t know how much time others have to hear the gospel.
3. Doubt in Effectiveness: We might question whether sharing the good news will actually make a difference. But imagine if you were the one dying of cancer in the dome. Wouldn’t you want someone to risk telling you there’s hope, even if there was a chance you might not believe it?
4. Forgetting the Magnitude of Grace: When we forget what we’ve been saved from, it’s easy to take our salvation for granted. But if we remind ourselves daily of the depth of our sin and the immeasurable grace of God, it will naturally overflow into a desire to share this with others.
If we had the cure for cancer, we would shout it from the rooftops. The cure for sin—Jesus Christ—is infinitely greater because it doesn’t just heal the body but restores the soul and guarantees eternal life. Let’s not let fear, complacency, or doubt hold us back.
Let’s boldly share the good news with everyone in our “dome” while there’s still time.
