Sharing the Gospel

So what are some reasons we refrain from sharing the gospel? Well a big key the devil uses to stop us is fear and we allow him to. For the word says “
Matthew 10:16-20 (NLT)
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.
You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me.
When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.
For it is not you who will be speaking — it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. So what is there to fear?

The next thing I see is that people don’t make bringing people to Christ a big deal. They put it third or fourth in their life. I was just in Cusco and a short termer named Jessie gave his testimony. And it blew me away this is what he said “My first son died when he was one and I went to the Catholic Church to set up a burial service. The priest asked if the boy had been baptized and I said no. The priest replied then we cannot have a burial service for your son. I was crushed; I hardened my heart towards God and life. I drank a six pack every night. My wife was saved by being invited to a Christian church one night and started praying for me. About a year later the lord started giving me a vision in my dreams. God would take me out of my body with a bright light and would say what do you see? I would look and see people in the distance being carried away to hell, and I would be crying asking God to help as I was trying to reach them. But God replied THAT’S YOU JOB. This happened for 4 weeks then one night my brother came over and I told him about my dreams. At that moment a light came down and shined on my brother, son, wife and I. I accepted Christ in to my heart that night.” Wow … Do we even believe in hell? Because if you did then would make sharing the gospel the first thing on your list. For the word says “
Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT)
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

The 3rd thing that I see is that us as Christians try our whole lives to try and live close to the Lord Jesus Christ. I hear people say all the time I need to focus on getting closer to God when they have been a Christian all their lives. And they don’t put the passion or the effort that they put into trying to get close to God, into growing the kingdom of God. For the word says “
Acts 20:24 ( NLT )
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.