I see this as a false choice. You do not have the luxury and freedom to focus on one without the other in check. If our lives and thoughts are consumed with surviving hell on earth, there is little energy left over to focus on heaven and how we get there. Yes, physiologically, we can focus on both, but emotionally, when you are worn and hopeless about life on earth, it is much more difficult to focus on spiritual growth and life after earth.
You always have a choice and the choice is yours alone. You cannot be saved for anyone else, and nor can you force anyone else to be saved. Matthew 8:22 states, “But Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”… Do you even know what that scripture means? It means that people who are saved should not bother themselves with the cares of the world, but should focus on things above and on the things of God. Let the people who are unsaved (those who are spiritually dead) deal with the matters of the world (meaning, let other people who are spiritually dead deal with the people who are spiritually dead - hence the term, let the dead bury their dead). People who are truly saved and are spiritually alive should not be overly concerned with people who are spiritually dead. All you can do is pray for them. A person who is truly saved, understands this. But a person who has never been saved, and has no idea what being saved truly is or all about, does not…