Share The Gospel

In Matthew 4:19, Jesus said, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
In Luke 19:10, He told Zacchaeus and the crowds: “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

As we watch the news and stay aware of current events in our world today we do so in order to watch for the signs of His coming. But, we can become so caught up in these prophetic issues that we walk right by people who don’t know Jesus Christ. What would you like to be doing when He returns? What has He given you to do? Do that. Do the Lord’s business until He comes. That’s what matters most. Our communication of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be clear and should be the priority of every Christian.

On July 28, 1945, the heavy cruiser Indianapolis left Guam for Leyte Gulf, in the Philippine Islands. She radioed the standard message to Leyte that she was on her way, but due to atmospheric interference the signal was scrambled, and Leyte received nothing intelligible.This lack of communication proved disastrous, for at 12:15 A.M. on July 29, the Indianapolis received two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine and sank in twelve minutes. More disastrously, the first torpedo knocked out her electrical system, preventing an SOS call. Nine hundred of the 1,200 men aboard survived the sinking, taking refuge in the few lifeboats afloat or clinging to debris, hoping for a quick rescue. However, since no one in Leyte Gulf knew when the ship was expected in port, the sailors waited in vain. Over three days passed before search planes finally spotted the survivors—only 316 of the original 900 left after the sinking. It was a tragic loss caused by poor communication.

We face the same problem in teaching the Bible. God sends out his message plainly, intelligibly, and precisely—until we begin to communicate it. So often our poor efforts mask its glory and cloud its clarity; the message is garbled and unclear. Yet eternal destinies depend on this message. We must convey correctly the clear, intelligible message of God’s Word. Would we have them any less clearly informed than we?¹

Romans 10:14 says “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. I like the way James Montgomery Boice puts it: “"God first plants within our heart what we might call the ovum of saving faith, for we are told that even faith is not of ourselves, it is the "gift of God" (Ephesians 2). Second, he sends forth the seed of his Word, which contains the divine life within it, to pierce the ovum of faith. The result is conception. Thus, a new spiritual life comes into being, a life that has its origin in God and no connection to the sinful life that surrounds it. That is why we can say, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old is passed away, behold, the new has come" (2 Cor. 5:17). No one is ever the same after the Holy Spirit of God has entered to implant the life of God within him or her."
Source: Foundations of the Christian Faith, James Montgomery Boice, Pg. 407

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Rick

¹Hurley, V. (2000, c1995). Speaker's sourcebook of new illustrations (Page 91). Dallas: Word Publishers.