LOST PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD, THEREFORE THEY MATTER TO US. -- The Scriptures are clear that while all people matter to God, He has special concern for those who do not have a relationship with Him. It is central to God’s love that everyone come into a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ and be received into His family (2 Peter 3:9.) Because we are His representatives on earth, Christians must make winning the lost a priority of the church’s ministry. (Matthew 28:19) If this is not our first priority, the balance of our ministry call is without effect.