OSWALD CHAMBERS – “When the
Holy Spirit comes into me, He does not consider my partialities or preferences;
He simply brings me into oneness with the Lord Jesus.[…] He is not to proclaim
his own point of view, but is only to proclaim “the Lamb of God.” It is easier
to belong to a faction that simply tells what Jesus Christ has done for me, and
easier to become a devotee of divine healing, or of a special type of
sanctification, or of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But Paul did not say,
“Woe is me if I do not preach what Christ has done for me,” but, “…woe is me if
I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16). And this is the gospel— “the
Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!””
He [Jesus] is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for
ours but also for the sins of the whole world. —1 John 2:2
The duty to proclaim the
Gospel is not reserved for those called to be preachers, evangelists, or
missionaries. Everyone who is born again
by the Spirit, bought by the blood of the Lamb has all been called out for a
specific purpose. We don’t live our
lives just for ourselves and our own benefit.
We may not be preachers in that we stand before the people and verbally
proclaim the Gospel, but we are preachers in that we live before the people and
our lives should preach the Gospel.
People should see us as being a people are for Jesus and not just
against sin and the ills of the culture we live in. If all we have to offer a world that is
headed for hell is condemnation, then we have nothing to offer. If we live our lives exactly like the lost
culture we live in does, then we have nothing to offer. What the world needs is Jesus. We need to show the world Jesus, in how we
live and how we love. We need to preach
the Gospel by living our lives submitted to the Spirit and obedient to the
Word. Christians have been relegated to
just being another sect. Just another
group of people who believe certain, outdated things. Our light has lost its shine. Our salt has lost it saltiness. Our message, that Jesus saves, has been
drowned out by the louder voice of the culture.
The world needs to see the difference Jesus can make … the world needs
to see changed lives … and we are the only ones who can show them. Preach the Gospel Christian. CHARLEY
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