I was thinking how, as a Christian, I have no right to be bored when each glorious day God presents us with so many opportunities. He surrounds us throughout each day with a variety of opportunities to share his Good News. I see many people in my church, but wonder how many could explain what the Good News is and proclaim it to others. After all, proclaiming the Good News to those opportunities God presents to us each day is our assignment as faithful Christians.
The Good News or Gospel simply put is proclaiming that Jesus Christ died on that cross to pay the penalty for our sins and allowing us the divine honor of becoming children of God, our Father, through faith in Jesus Christ. In John 14:6, Jesus states without exception, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."(NIV).
Wouldn't you think that we, as Christians, would be so excited in knowing this truth and so concerned about the well being of others that we would go through hell and high water to make sure everyone had the opportunity to hear the Good News or, at least, to be given the opportunity to think about it and ask how to learn more? The opportunity to be true children of God, our Father, is something Jesus wanted everyone to be offered, Jew and gentile alike. There is no mistaking what Jesus told us, He is not just a way, but The WAY, the only way, to the Father and life everlasting.
The Good News or Gospel simply put is proclaiming that Jesus Christ died on that cross to pay the penalty for our sins and allowing us the divine honor of becoming children of God, our Father, through faith in Jesus Christ. In John 14:6, Jesus states without exception, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."(NIV).
Wouldn't you think that we, as Christians, would be so excited in knowing this truth and so concerned about the well being of others that we would go through hell and high water to make sure everyone had the opportunity to hear the Good News or, at least, to be given the opportunity to think about it and ask how to learn more? The opportunity to be true children of God, our Father, is something Jesus wanted everyone to be offered, Jew and gentile alike. There is no mistaking what Jesus told us, He is not just a way, but The WAY, the only way, to the Father and life everlasting.
Make our Lord's sacrifice worth it.
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