Notes of Faith December 11, 2025
A Belief That Shares
Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.
Luke 2:17
As an atheist, David Lepore ascertained that most Christians didn’t really believe what they professed. If they really believed the Gospel, he thought they should be far more excited and eager to share it with everyone and anyone. Since becoming a Christian, Lepore has done just that. He found that his faith compelled him to share the message of Jesus. He now works with the Australian Bible Society to get the Gospel into as many hands as possible.1
The shepherds of Bethlehem were like that. Once they received good news from the angelic messengers in Luke 2, they immediately responded by believing. Furthermore, their belief compelled them to share the news everywhere they could.
Do we truly believe God became human to die for our sins, rise again, and prepare an eternal home for us? If so, we’ll be unable to stop telling the news, just as Peter said in Acts 4:20: “As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (NIV).
I wanted to be part of the people who were doing it on the ground, talking about the importance of Scripture and letting people know that there are people who don’t have it.
David Lepore
1Stoyan Zimov, “Former Atheist-Turned-Bible-Worker Reveals Why He Thought Christians Didn’t Really Believe the Bible,” The Christian Post, December 12, 2018.
You would also think that if we were told that we could not speak in the name of Jesus or be threatened with dire circumstances that we would speak even more!
Acts 4:18-21
18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."
Our believing hearts must fervently desire to share the “Good News” with all who will hear and respond in faith. Since we do not know who will respond in faith, we must share with all that God places around us that some might join His eternal family!
Pastor Dale