Every
believer is entrusted with the Gospel of Jesus the moment he accepted Him as
their Lord and Saviour through the Holy Spirit who draws us near to Him and
gives His wisdom abundantly. Therefore, it is our responsibility to preach to
everyone without any exceptions. However as we try to share Jesus' Good News,
we either trying to be caught in emotional defensive and/or offensive
conversation rather than victorious salvation of souls. We all fall in this
invincible trap that almost unrecognizable and later becomes our habit already.
A
habit of defensive and offensive preaching of the Gospel is not the main
characteristics of it. It may only lead to sending people away from hearing the
Word of God. The good news of Jesus, indeed, exaggerates the image of God such
as Kind, Love, Mercy, Grace, Just, and Eternity in heaven. Paul summarizes it in Titus 3:4-7 says
"4 But "when the kindness of
God our Saviour and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us not by works
of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the
washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured
out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 7 And so, since we
have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident
expectation of eternal life."
On
the other hand, some believers preach the Gospel of Jesus that emphasizes the
God's wrath, Punishment, Hell, and Eternal Death. Though these are equally
important to be known, it is not suppose to come out of our voices at first.
Rather, we mixed it along with our exhortations as part of truth and knowledge.
Our goal is to bring the good news of Jesus to as many people as possible that
we can to reach out everyone. We must be bold in sharing the Gospel of Christ
that unleashed the power behind it and that is the Salvation of all humanity
for those who believe in Christ. In Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of
God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the
Greek."
God bless us all!!!
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