Sharing the Good News!
Following God is not merely walking in the same direction as Jesus…it means binding ourselves to Him so tightly that we actually become one with God.
“And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected in unity…”John 17:22-23
How Can We Prepare to Share the Gospel?
Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Be prepared to share the gospel. There are three essential things that you must do in order to get equipped for sharing the Good News.
1. Prepare Your Mind.
* Apply yourself to studying God’s Word, (see 2 Timothy 2:15).
2. Prepare Your Heart.
* Ask God to give you a heart of compassion for the lost and an earnest desire for their salvation (see 2 Peter 3:9).
* Ask Him to stir up an urgent fervency to see the lost lovingly called into a relationship with Christ (see Colossians 1:10).
3. Prepare the Way. You have to pray! *Ask God to give you boldness to engage with every person whom He leads you to.
*Ask Him to grant you wisdom so that you can minister to their specific needs. *Pray that you will be a prepared messenger speaking to prepared hearts.
God’s influence comes through his WORD. Are we under the influence of the Gospel?
* Gospel truth is always relational.
* We need to have a relationship with Christ.
* Produces a relationship with the church.
* We are to love one another.
* We need to recommit ourselves.
Gospel truth is redemption. What everyone needs to know.
1. Must live according to Biblical standards.
2. The word of life, is for life.
3. Love God by obeying him.
4. God guides you and we need to guard our hearts.
5. Don’t jeopardize God’s perfect plan for your life.
6. If it’s not well spiritually, it’s not well at all.
7. We most not live for this life only, but prepare for eternity.
Dear saint, very soon you’re going to understand your present fiery trials. God is going to bring you into the promise he gave you and suddenly it’s all going to make sense.
*You’ll see that he has never forsaken you.
*He had to take you this way, for he has been training you, preparing you, teaching you to trust him for everything.
*He has planned a time for you to be used—!
As with many other things, when it comes to sharing the gospel of Christ, our Motives and our Manner matter. Paul and his companions reflect here how they came to Thessalonica with the Good News message, presenting it not to please nor to flatter men. They recognized that God called and appointed them to share the gospel, so they were first and foremost accountable to Him. (1Thess. 2:3-8).
Still, it is important to note that Paul and friends were gentle and tender with the new converts.
“Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.” Isaiah 32:2
When a person becomes aware of their need of Christ through you or me, we have become a shelter from the wind. We become their refuge from the storms of life.
Someone once said that you and I might be the only Bible someone ever reads, so WE need to be something worth reading 24/7 not just Sundays.
Are you available to be that shelter for a non-believing friend?
If so, then you may open the eyes of someone who has been blind his whole life. What an incredible blessing to know you were the instrument God used to bring a person into the Kingdom of God.
“Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen” (Isaiah 32:3)
Lord, I badly need this reminder. Help me to remember that it is You Who has called me to be a servant and ambassador, and that ultimately Your opinion of me matters more than the opinions of any other. I don’t need blessings—I need You Jesus! Amen