God has given every believer, in every one of our churches, a mission -
to go into the world and share the Good News about Jesus. Why? Why
should we care enough about the people around us to tell them about how
to get to Heaven? This can be a difficult concept to teach our
congregations. How do we motivate them to take the Good News and share
it with others? Here is something that might help.
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The Bible - in 2 Corinthians 5:14 - says: "For the love of Christ compels us." Our love for Jesus motivates us to fulfill our mission.
Everybody matters to God. God has never made a person that he didn't love. God made some people that I don't love, and God has made a lot of people that I don't even like.
But God loves them. The most despicable person you can imagine is still loved by God. And because God cares, we must care.
I once watched a televised interview with Jane Roe - of the famous Roe-v-Wade abortion case. During the interview, she shared that she had become a believer in Jesus Christ. As she told her story, you could hear how her heart had been softened and she'd become a warm, caring, loving individual.
It dawned on me that one person who showed love and attention and shared the Good News with her - one loving relationship - in Jane Roe's life did what all the protests in the world had failed to do and that was to change her mind.
You don't change people by protests. You change them by love. Society is changed one life at a time. God has put specific people in your life that he expects you to share the Good News with. You're the only Christian some people know.
If the members of your congregation don't share the Good News, who will?
God will hold us responsible for the lives of the people he has
put in our path to tell the Good News. Not just family, friends, and
relatives, but all the people we come into contact with.
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