Why Evangelize Anyway?

The question of many Christians

Relativism is perhaps the most intoxicating "heresy" (quotes due to the fact it is only a heresy if it originates from Christians) of our time since it both makes religious belief complacent and is a license to engage in favored sins without guilt. Presumption employs relativism as well, God is merciful and forgives sins, my sins only need to be forgiven for me to be saved (a bold assumption), and therefore, anyone can love sin and still be saved. This conveniently denies the need for both redemption and sanctification and allows one to be unrepentant and believe they have no need to change. Don't let this adoption of convenient belief deceive you. Hell exists for a reason and not all make it to Heaven. It is undoubtedly a matter of life and death. The Gospel is very clear about what it asks of its followers, the logical necessity it poses is large and very "invasive" in the follower's life. It demands transformation and yet this transformation is not contrary to our good but is its fullness (John 10:1-10). Such a statement can only be backed up by the believer's experience, and for those who do in the active sense, no proof is needed because it is possessed. It is here we must realize our terms. As Pope Paul VI defines it, evangelization is "bringing the Good News into all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new: 'Now I am making the whole of creation new.'"[1] If we are truly Christians and mean to live up to the title, then we will believe its every tenet, do our best to live by it, and take its conclusions to be the premises for our whole life.