SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS
Memorise: Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort will all longsuffering and doctrine.
2 Timothy 4:2
There is one great sin of omission that contemporary
followers of Jesus Christ are guilty of. We enjoy God’s grace, forgiveness,
healing, breakthrough, peace and joy but fail to share the good news with
others so that they may become beneficiaries of the benevolence of the Almighty
God. We tend to take interest in staying in our beautiful cathedrals. When we
are sent to go out and pioneer Churches in rural areas where people are in need
of the gospel, we see it as punishment! We tend to enjoy listening to powerful,
motivational sermons from our fathers in the Lord and their associates –
tapping from their anointing on daily basis but refusing to go and share part
of what we have received. What a crime of omission.
Our Bible reading reveals one fundamental obligation
of every genuine Christian which unfortunately, many children of God do not pay
close attention to. A demoniac encountered Jesus Christ in this story and
immediately fell in love with Jesus and His Company. This man wanted to stay
with Jesus, but He commissioned him to go and spread the good news of his
deliverance among his people. This is exactly what our Lord expects of us as
His followers. This injunction however, does not encourage forsaking Jesus
like; Jesus spoke against such attitude in John 15:4-5. in Mark 16:15 He also
said.
“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.”
Whenever we comply with this injection, we do not only
make our Lord happy, we also make His benevolence known. After the witnessing
of the demoniac, the Bible reports in Luke 8:40 that:
“And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned,
the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.”
When we do what we ought to do on the field of
evangelism, many good things will happen. First, darkness will give way for the
light of the gospel. Secondly, Jesus Christ will be Lord wherever the gospel is
preached. Thirdly, in anticipation of the second coming of our Lord, people
will be conscious of what they do in the society, Lastly, the world will be a
better place to live in. therefore beloved of the Lord, I encourage you to
begin to spread the good news of what the Lord has done for you and what He is
capable of doing for others too, all in the light of His gospel. God bless you
as you do so in Jesus’ Name.
Action Point
Decide today that you will come sleep
until you witness to at least one person about the goodness of Jesus Christ.
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