John 3:16-17,
[16] For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
Have you noticed that in comics, movies, books, etc, that no villain was born evil? Each villain had just one really catastrophic, life-changing event that they couldn’t come back from. One tragedy that consumed them. The Joker, in The Batman (2004 animated series), famously said:
All it takes is one really rough day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That’s how far the world is from where I am. Just one really rough day.
As Christians, it’s extremely difficult to write people off as just a nuisance, useless, or a villain. It’s easy to just look at them as a hopeless cause not even worth trying to help. But this isn’t the message of the Gospel, this is the lies of the enemy.
No one is born a monster. Monsters are created by consuming circumstances. In the world, it is hopeless, but with Christ nothing is impossible. He breaks every chain. He frees every jailed soul. The world may see a hopeless, useless, villain, but God sees a soul He has created for a purpose.
Therefore, don’t look at people without compassion. Don’t label them as the world does. Share with them the love of God in hope that a seed may be planted and grow into a tree of faith.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Don’t Write Off.