"I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example..." - Misha Collins
Some time ago an 18-year-old girl from Washington state attended a
worship service. For the first time in her life she heard the gospel
message (Mark 16:15). The next week the church received a letter from
her. It read: Dear Church members: Last Sunday I attended your church,
and I heard your preacher. He said that all men have sinned against God.
Because of their sin they all face eternal separation from God. But
then he also said God loved men and sent his Son, Jesus Christ, into the
world to redeem men from their sins and all those who believe in him
would go to heaven and live with God eternally. My parents recently
died. I know they did not believe in Jesus Christ. If what you believe
is true, they are damned. You compel me to believe that you yourself
either don’t believe this message, or that you don’t care. You see, we
live only three blocks from your church, and no one ever told us.
We're supposed to be living examples of God: that others can physically
see - relate with. As a matter of fact, we're supposed to 'live' the
Gospel, not just preach it.
That is, people are supposed to see us, and
know by our 'ACTS' not only our 'WORDS,' that we are Christians.
Do people around you feel God, personified by your presence?
Does your household know for sure that you're a Christian, or do you
spend time 'telling' them? Do you preach a gospel they hear, or the one
they see? It's not what you say in essence, but what you do. How do you
do what you do?
Let us pray: Father, help me to be a worthy example, in Jesus name.
WISDOM NUGGET: 2 Corinthians 5:20
"... we are ambassadors for Christ..." - KJV
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