Notes of Faith August 3, 2025
Everywhere you go and preach the gospel, most likely the majority will reject it. But there will always be those who will hear, take heed, accept, and follow. And for the sake of those, you need to preach to everyone. You just never know. Go to your office, go to your school, go to your family members. You’re going to preach the gospel to them. Ninety percent may reject it. But for the 10 percent, you’re sent to the whole 100.
Preach the Gospel
Two elementary-school-aged girls were discussing the actions of a bully in their class, and one of them said, “He needs to know Jesus if he wants to go to heaven.” The other girl replied, “What if I don’t want him to go to heaven?” The first girl responded, “Then don’t tell him about Jesus!”
While the motive behind the closing comment may have been wrong, the conclusion was accurate. Without knowing Jesus, you can’t go to heaven.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
In light of this truth, we need to recognize that the Gospel is the most important topic of conversation there is. We would do well to take inventory of how frequently it makes its way into the conversations we have with those we encounter daily. It is true that many will respond negatively or even disrespectfully, but this doesn’t lessen the importance of approaching the subject because some will believe and receive Christ as Savior and Lord.
Through the years many have started conversations about salvation with questions like, “Do you know where you’re going after you die?” This is a valid question, but it is not often an effective ice breaker. In light of the times we live in, a more effective approach would be, “Can you believe all the things going on on the world? I am sure thankful the Bible has told us what to expect in the last days!”
People are hungry to know the future, and they seek all sorts of means to discover it. When you start talking about how the Bible has said so many specific things well in advance of their happening, like the regathering of the Jews from countries around the world or the forming of a coalition of nations that will someday invade Israel from the north, you will more often than not have captured an audience and opened the door for that ultimate important conversation about the One who can save the human soul.
The Father wants all to come to repentance and so should we. Let’s not be like the second little girl and withhold from some the all-important information that can save their perishing souls!
Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus,
There was a day when we came to Christ. How many times have we shared the transformation that took place in our lives because of Christ? The gospel is powerful and will change those who believe in and follow Jesus. Let us be more determined than ever to save those headed toward eternal judgment.
Pastor Dale