Mark Cahill. One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven. 5th ed. Rockwall TX: Biblical Discipleship Pub., 2011. Print
So what is the one thing you can’t do in Heaven? Tell others about Jesus. If you are in Heaven, you already know about Him.
So this is a very practical and entertaining book to encourage Christian believers to tell others about Jesus. Chapter titles suggest the book’s approach: “Winning, Winning, Winning,” “Excuses, Excuses,” and “If They’re Breathing, They Need Jesus.”
Cahill argues that telling others about Jesus is a “win-win-win” situation. If they accept Jesus, that is a win. If you give them something they are going to seriously think about, that is a win. Even if they reject your message, that is a win, too because the Bible says you are blessed (see Luke 6:22,23) because they rejected Jesus, too.
Cahill is an experienced evangelist. Stories of his personal experiences of telling others about Jesus comprise a significant part of the book. Most of his stories are not about formal preaching situations, but rather encounters with people in public places like malls, restaurants, and airplanes.
One interesting note for the general reader is that Cahill played on the Auburn University basketball team with future NBA star Charles Barkley. He shares some of his experiences with Barkley, Barkley’s family, and other NBA players. He shares potentially tragic conversation he had with one of them, a man who had a remarkably vivid vision of Hell. In his own words, it was not a dream but the most real thing he had ever seen.
Cahill asked him, “[D]o you know what it takes to get to Heaven?”
The man answered, “Committing my heart and my life to Jesus Christ.”
When Cahill asked him if he were ready to do that, he replied, “No…I like the things of the world more than the things of God.”
Then Cahill asked him, “Do you realize that you will have no excuse when you stand in front of God on Judgment Day?”
He replied, “Yes, I know.”
Sobering.
(Note: If you are skeptical of this experience, ask God to show you the truth about this. If God is real, and you are serious, you can expect an answer in a way that you will understand.)
Cahill emphasizes that sharing Christ with others is like doing many other things, the more you practice, the better you get at it. If you want to learn about doing this or getting better at it, check out One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven.