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The World Needs Christians
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Paul wrote with pressure, “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His dominion : evangelise the word ; be prepared in season and out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction”.to paraphrase, stick with the evangelizing plan God has guaranteed to praise and use.
Don’t try to be so creative and lovable that people miss the truth. No requirement for incomprehensible and mad substitutes that entertain but barely convict the lost and edify the saved. Will you notice something here? This exhortation isn’t addressed to the hearer, it’s for the spokesperson. The person that is to try this is the one announcing the message.be in a position to do it in season and out of season. Don’t stand up straight and commence with an apology that you did not quite have satisfactory time to prepare. That doesn’t wash.” And do so faithfully—when it’s convenient and when it is not.
Unfortunately, in a shocking number of churches today, God’s folks are being told what they need to hear instead of what they have to hear. They’re being fed warmed milk, not solid beef. A watered-down gospel may attract big crowds ( for some time ), but it has no unending impact. I’ve not been capable of finding any place in the Scriptures where God expresses the least bit or worry for drawing numbers. Gratifying the curious itching ears of our postmodern audiences is an exercise in futility.
Candidly , I am planning to continue doing exactly that, by God’s grace, till the day He calls me home. And I believe there’s a fast-increasing number of followers who long for nutritive messages based mostly on the Word of God, not human opinion. The world urgently wants more Christians with the fervor and religion of Paul.
Will you be one of them? Will you respond the charge? If this is the case there’s no finer time than now to start. Jesus asserted, “Go and make followers of all states and I am going to be with you” ( Matthew 28:19-20 NIV ). And by the grace of God, go do it.