IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FAITH BEFORE PEOPLE, JESUS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE US
Luke 12:8-9 (NLT) 8 “I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels. 9 But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels.
CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL ACROSS THE WORLD
Acts 1:8 (NLT) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
WE PLANT OR WATER THE SEED OF FAITH, BUT ONLY GOD MAKES IT GROW
1 Corinthians 3:5-9 (NLT) 5 After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. 6 I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 7 It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. 9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
GOD HAS ENTRUSTED US WITH THE MESSAGE WE NEED TO SHARE WITH OTHERS
2 Corinthians 5:18-21 (NLT) 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
ALWAYS BE READY TO TELL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU
1 Peter 3:15 (NLT) 15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. (1 Peter 3:15)
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We are weaving for God the garment, the only garment they may ever see by Him.” Amy Carmichael (1866-1951) From Sunrise Land: Letter from Japan (1895) [101 Quotable Christians].
