More on sharing the truth

Every time we share that message we are personally involved in what God is doing in building His eternal kingdom.

What can we expect as we take the gospel out of self-edification and share it with others? We can prepare for and accept hostility from some listeners (Matthew 10:16-18, 21-25). There will be men who “will deliver you up to the courts, and scourge you in their synagogues, and you shall even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles (v. 17). The history of Christianity is the history of persecution and martyrdom for the cause of Christ. More people have been persecuted and died for Christ during the last hundred years than in the previous two thousand years.

We can expect God’s power and sustaining grace to meet all of our necessities as we take the good news to a lost world. Jesus said, “When they deliver you up, do not become anxious about how or what you will speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what you are to speak” (v. 19). Those are instructions for martyrs and Christians under persecution, not preachers getting ready for Sunday morning without doing their homework. The Holy Spirit gives boldness to testify under all circumstances for Christ. “For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you” (v. 20). Success in personal witnessing is simply sharing Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and then leaving the results up to God.

Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006

missions

"“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.'

Acts 1:8"

Many of the youth here at Calvary Baptist are about to embark on a two week long mission trip to Louisiana and Florida.
Those of you on the trip you need to spend time in the word this week. You are missionaries and will be sharing the love and the truth of Christ to the lost.
In Acts he was telling them to go out and be witnesses to the end of the earth. Next week you are going to be in New Orleans and helping out there. It might not seem like the ends of the earth to you, but the lost need you. I will post a diffrent scripture and/or devotional about mission work on the blog this week.

Becky