Monday 24 September 2012

Spreading the Gospel

Wow, I'm sorry, I've not been in a blogging mood lately, but now I officially decided to start blogging again-- at least for a while ;)

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore, go 'teach' and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20 (note-- the version of the Bible I usually use does not have 'teach', but I added it anyways because it makes a better point)

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an exsample for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching." 1 Timothy 4:12-13

"Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near." Revelation 1:3

"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16

Spreading the gospel and being a good testimony lay on my mind lately. I want to keep what I say short, so all I'm really doing is pointing toward the verses above. I believe in modern society we don't think of spreading the gospel or saying what we believe very often. Many times I've heard conversations where there opened a perfect avenue to share the gospel with someone, yet whoever the speaker was, did not.  Maybe because we don't know what to say, or perhaps it never even entered our minds. But I'm trying to say that it SHOULD enter our minds, and we SHOULD know what to say-- at least just a little. We should tell them what the Bible says and to do that we need to know the Bible. Sometimes I find myself fighting between two sides, one says "Talk, tell them!" and the other says, "I-I-um...well, you see, I-er...uh...". I'm sure some of you have had this before :)
Well, with this ramble, my main point is to speak when we have a chance, not just when we hype ourselves up enough to slightly mention something referring to our God. We should be proud to tell others, how He saved us from eternal death and how much He loves us, and how we strive to serve Him with all we have in us. We need to tell everyone we can, whenever we can, and not just with tracks (though tracks are a pretty good way as well).
And live it too!

3 comments:

  1. Very inspiring, Sarah. The gospel of Jesus Christ should always be on the tip of our tongues. We need to have faith that if we open and talk, the Holy Spirit will give us the words to say. This is a promise from our Saviour. Our job is to plant seeds and then pray to God for increase. We need to pray that God will give us courage to open our mouths when the opportunity gives itself... and maybe... just maybe... we should be the ones who make opportunity. xoxo Mom

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for commenting, it is always appreciated! Please do not give out any personal information about me, and please refrain from offensive or inappropriate language.
Thanks!