“In many things we offend all.”                                                        (James 3)

 

If the first (1st) two (2) titles sound like you, then the third (3rd) title is your answer. If a Christ-ian is afraid of offending others with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus, that person might as well cease now.

The truth about the Gospel is this: it will offend because it is suppose to, period. The Gospel, by it’s holy nature, is to offend and to do so greatly.  The Gospel in outline is this:

1.You are a sinner before God and God is greatly offened by your very presence in this world.

2.There is nothing about you or your life that does not offend Him or His Holy Nature.

3.God seethes by you and your sin. Someday God will act upon His Holy Distain for you.

4. There is absolutely no hope for you and you will someday die and be sent out of His Holy sight and Presence. You will be cast into hell.

5.UNLESS, Christ credits you with His Perfect and Sinless, and Holy Life….His death….and….His Resurrection. Unless these are attributed to you…you will suffer eternal torment outside of God’ s mercy and love.

6.Today Christ is prepared to credit you with all that He is….He is prepared to credit His Sacrifice to you and to be credited with your sin.

7.This is why Christ endured the Cross…so you wouldn’ t have to suffer in Hell. He died to take your sin upon Him and save you from your sin and all it’s penalty.  CHRIST WAS MADE SIN SO THAT YOU MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUNESS OF GOD IN HIM. What will you do with Christ? What will God do with you?

 

Reader, What about the above isn’t offensive to the pride and the false self sufficiency of the flesh?  If you said all of it is offensive, you are right.

Therefore, if you think you can share the Gospel and not offend you are wrong, wrong, wrong.

There are ways you can soften the blow. You might ask the person if you could share with them the Gospel and forewarn them that it is quite offensive and you hope they still love you afterward. But even if tthis person is not angry with you, the Gospel will still offend…it is the very nature of the Gospel. If it does not offend, it is not the Gospel…plain and simple. Another way you can present the Gospel is to tell the person about the time you shared your faith with someone and how angry that person got and then tell this person what you told the angry person.

You can try these tactics or simply give a tract and ask them to share their thoughts or objections with you the next time you see them.

You can try these or you can simply embrace the offense of the Gospel and let the bodies hit the floor. In other words share the offensive Gospel and accept what comes.

I’ve seen Joey Grossman attackd by a hound from hell while attempting to share the offensive Gospel. I’ve been laughed at, seen tracts thrown to the ground and into the trash. I’ve had others ignore me like i was invisible. I’ve had others politely refuse to hear me and thank me for my time. Others have taken tracts and thanked me and start reading them immedietly.

Persons will react differently. Most of the time you will not be able to tell how the person(s) will react. The Hell’s Angel motor cycle looking guy will be grateful and thank you and the “sweet little old lady from down the street” will throw curses at you like a witch, stirring her cauldron.

Regardless of how the human reacts, you can always be assured The Godhead is pleased. Greater the cursing from the puny human, greater is the blessing fron on High!!! Let us fear not the face of puny man, let us fear The Great God. This is what God tells Jeremiah.

Reader, Once you enter and remain within the fear of the LORD, you will fear no-thing and no-one ever again. This i can promise and Reader, i do not make promises, it is the fool that promises because there is so so much that is out of his control. But this i promise because it is based on SomeOne Who holds tomorrow in His Sovereign and Omniscient Hands and Omnipresent Being. Once the saint fears God aright, all else pales in comparison. Reader, what dog need ye fear when a great lion walks before you and with you.

My reader, what Avon lady is there that fears to share her product with you? Does the Amway presenter seem frightened by you or is s/he loath to share their products? What about the Kirby vacuum salesman? Does he seem reserved or held back? The answer to all those questions is no! Yet you are fearful….that is to say full or filled with fear and anxiety to share YOUR GOSPEL with others. The other reasons one (1) does not share THEIR GOSPEL is unbelief….UNBELIEF!!!???  Yes, reader, some believers refuse, and it is a refusal, to share their faith is due to unbelief!!! Unbelief that anyone would heed the Gospel.  Or unbelief in themselves to share it, “rightly.”

The only other reason is the believer doth not care. Doth not care about the other person, doth not care about Christ’s purposes or pleasures or doth not care about what awaits them in Heaven.

Reader, Do not get me wrong, i am not trying to guilt anyone into saturday door knocking…i am not one for that and i do not push that on anyone or atleast not how it is usually done. What i am speaking to are the persons that God purposely puts in your way and puts you in their way. Most Christ-ians believe most persons would rather cross the path of a black cat while walking under a ladder than to cross paths with a Christ-ian. This may be true of some. But ihave found more times than not the person is polite and doesn’t want to cause a scene.

There are ways to be a witness rather than witnessing. Let a person go before you in the store line. Purchase the items for the person behind you at the convenience store. Tell them it is because of the Lord you do this or you do this because God is so good to you. Then give them a tract as well as the cashiere when it is your turn. One (1) could carry invitations to church with the Gospel printed on it. Reader, there be many ways to share Christ. T-shirts are one (1) of the very best, “DOES. GOD REALLY LOVE YOU? HOW DO YOU KNOW?”  OR “REPENT, BELIEVE OR PERISH…JOHN 3:16”  “ARE YOU GOING TO HELL?….HOW DO YOU KNOW?” OR “SUBMIT TO LORD JESUS AND LIVE.” T-shirts are not expensive to make and they are a tremendous witness. The shorter and more poignant they are the better. In other words if they offend they will not be forgotten….many of you canstill remember something bad from elementary school, right? When something effects you emotionally that something is not forgotten. This is another reason your Gospel is offensive….so it is remembered.

Again, iam not seeking to guilt you into going out and knocking on doors. My point in this article is to assist you in BEING A WITNESS to those in your world. Your Gospel is for those in your world…for those you cross paths with. If everone did that the world would be evangelized properly and though the your Gospel would offend, maybe you would not.

Ask yourself why you do not share YOUR GOSPEL?

ARE YOU FRIGHTENED?

ARE YOU UNBELIEVING IN WHATEVER?

DO YOU NOT EVEN CONCERN YOURSELF WITH YOUR GOSPEL?

DO YOU NEED TO SEE AN EXAMPLE? I WOULDBE HAPPY TO LET ANYONE RIDE SHOYGUN WITH ME. YOU NEEDNOT SAY A WORD…ONLY PRAY WHILE THE SPIRIT AND I SPEAK. I KNOW NO ONE WILL TAKE ME UP ON THIS OFFER AND I DO NOT SAY THAT AS A WAY TO GET YOU TO TAKE ME UP ON THIS OFFER. I DON’T LIKE THAT TACTIC AND DO NOT USR IT.

Godspeed.