SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS
MEMORISE
Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine.
2 Timothy 4:2
READ
Luke 8:38-40
38 Now the
man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with
him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 Return to
thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went
his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had
done unto him.
40 And it
came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him:
for they were all waiting for him.
MESSAGE
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
Christ to become independent or to begin to do whatever we like; Jesus spoke
against such attitude in John 15:4-5. In Mark 16:15b He also said:
“Go
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Whenever we comply with this injunction, 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 not sleep until you
witness to at least one person about the goodness of Jesus Christ.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Ezekiel 10-12;
Psalm 67:1-68:6
Father thank you for your word ,thank you for your son, please help me to win soul's for your kingdom in Jesus name amen
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