I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 3rd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Ezekiel 3:18:

”…and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.“

Then we go to the Book of Acts 20:26-27:

”Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.”

You and I have an obligation to tell people about Jesus, starting with our own families. There’s an old saying that goes like this. “Nobody deserves to hear the Gospel twice until the world has heard it once.” Isn’t that true?

We live on a farm and we’ve got lots of horses. You can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. Isn’t that right? We need to tell people they need Jesus Christ in order to be saved. If we don’t tell them and the Holy Spirit has prompted us to tell them, then their blood shall be on our hands. That’s what Paul was saying and that’s what the Book of Ezekiel is saying, but don’t try and force them. Now this word is specially for wives and for daughters because I want to tell you something, I am so grateful to Jesus Christ for my wife and for my dear old mother who’s gone to be with the Lord, soft hearts, but there are men that get tough and the worst thing that you can do is to try and persuade your loved one to become a Christian when he’s not ready. The worst thing you can do is to leave Christian magazines on the coffee table! I’m laughing, but it’s not funny. Those men are not stupid. They know exactly what you are trying to do. So what must we do? You must pray and you must ask God to soften their hearts, but don’t try and force them because you’ll probably push them the other way.

My dear old dad was one of the strongest men I ever knew, he was a blacksmith by trade. He had his own private ways. He was very conservative, very reserved. Every time I’d try and talk to him about Jesus, he would say, “Son, I’ve got my own ways and my own belief.” How do you get through to a man like that? Well, I prayed and I prayed and then one day, oh yes, one day he said to me when I said, ”Dad, you need Jesus.” He said, ”Not before time,” and he prayed the Sinner's Prayer with me.”

Do it today. Pray, get ready and then tell them about the love of Jesus.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.