Saturday, February 18, 2006

Reaching The Lost

This is the wonderful message He has given us to tell others.
2 Corinthians 5:19

Why don't we share our faith with others?
(1) We're not sure of it.
(2)We don't know how.
(3) We fear rejection.
Not one of these reasons will be acceptable when we stand before God. Paul writes, "[My] life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus - the work of telling others the Good News about God's mighty kindness and love" ( Acts 20:24 ).
You don't have to be eloquent -you just have to share the story!
What story?
Listen: "God was in Christ, restoring the world to Himself, no longer counting men's sins against them but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message He has given us to tell others" ( 2 Corinthians 5:19 )
Why would God leave us on earth with all its pain, sorrow and sin, after we accept Christ?
Why didn't He just take us to heaven? After all, we can worship, fellowship, pray, sing, hear God's Word, and even have fun in heaven.

In fact there are only two things we can't do in heaven that we can do on earth: sin and witness to unbelievers.
Take the pressure off yourself!
You don't have to convince or convert anybody; just share with them the answers you've found to the questions they're facing, and do it tactfully: "Be tactful with those who are not Christians...talk to them agreeably and with a flavour of wit, and try to fit your answers to the needs of each one" ( Colossians 4:5-6 ).

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