Many people become indifferent to perishing souls and easily give up any opportunity to proclaim the possibility of salvation from sin. The matter is dismissed by saying, “I will leave it to the Lord; He may save that person if He so chooses,” instead of participating with the Holy Spirit, as Jesus had commanded: “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15).

The Savior Himself divided all mankind into two classes, travelers choosing to enter the “narrow gate” or travelers choosing the “wide gate” (Matthew 7:13-14). The Scriptures continue this distinction as “believers” or “unbelievers” (Acts 5:14; 2 Corinthians 6:14); “godly” or “unrighteous” (2 Peter 2:9); “children of God” or “children of the devil” (1 John 3:10). Every person will choose their final destination, which will be “eternal punishment” or “eternal life” (Matthew 25:48); “eternal destruction” or “eternal comfort” (2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2:16).

The apostle Peter followed the example of His Savior concerning these two choices. On the Day of Pentecost, he explained to the populace the identity of Messiah “and kept on exhorting them, saying, be saved from this perverse generation” (Acts 2:40).  Paul, “the apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13), always presented the Gospel to his own native people before reaching out to others. “Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is their salvation” (Romans 10:1). Slavic Missionary Service also desires to present Christ, who gave Himself as “a ransom for all” (1 Timothy 2:6), to anyone who will acknowledge that “He is able to save forever (completely) those who draw near to God through Him” (Hebrews 7:25).