Presenting the Gospel- no Matter What

Presenting the Gospel- No Matter What 

By: Maryann Y.

​Hello. I am going to discuss something that has particularly bother​ed me this past week- Presenting the Gospel.

First, what is the Gospel? The Good News. The story of Jesus' Love for us. The amazing story of the Cross. 1 Corinthians 15:2 says, "By this Gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the Word I preached to you, Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 

The first thing I thought when I read this was, "Ouch." Paul is good about using strong words. Basically, the verse means that if you believe in a God, but not in the Gospel, you are not a Christian and are eternally condemned. Like I said, Yikes. but if you DO believe in the Gospel, guess what? 

"I write these things to you in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life."  1 John 5:13.  And earlier, in 1 John 5:11,

"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son."   Now you can jump up and down and say, "Yay!"   Jesus is Eternal Life, and God gave us Jesus.

Now we get to the real meat.  Once you have Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, You Have To Share Him.  No if's and's or but's. 

Well, maybe some and's, but we're getting of topic. All Christians are missionaries, and all Christians must share Him.          No Question. 

Now, I know you're going to say this, because I already have;

You/Me: But I'm to young! ( that and the one below are mine ) 

                              or

You/Me: I don't know how and I never was good at public speaking!

                              or  

You/Me: But all my friends are Christians, I don't know any unbelievers!

The last one may or may not be true, but it usually isn't. What about that neighbor that always walks her dog past your house? Or that elderly man who never leaves his porch swing? Or the employee at Target you see every week? Or that girl you sit next to in class every week? (unless your home-schooled like me) 

Now if you ARE like me, and you live in Togo, West Africa, your butcher could be a failing Catholic, the pool manager at 'Pacine Atlantide'(French) could have dabbled in Catholicism and Protestantism, E.TC. Most of the Togolais I know are "Religious" in some way or another. But we're talking about you, not me. 

OK, if you chose Excuse A. I'll take you to 1 Tim. 4:12-" Do not let others look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in faith, in love, and in purity."

If you chose Excuse B.  I'll speak from personal experience. Use your Bible. Let the Holy Spirit do the talking. And you can use what I've got in my purse: an Evangile Cube. You can get them at www.evangecube.com .

(I answered Excuse C above.)  Now for some verses when you share Him:

Rom. 3:23 ("For all have sinned....")

Rom. 6:23 ("For the wages of sin is death...")

2 Cor. 5:21 ("God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, ...)

1Jn. 1:9 ("If we confess our sin, he is....")

Mth. 9:13b ("...not to call righteous, but sinners..."

Is. 1:18 ("...though your sin is like scarlet, they shall be white....")

Jn 1:29 (".... takes away the sin of the world....")

 And when you share the Gospel, remember! It doesn't matter that the girl at church saved more people than you! This is about Jesus. Think of all of the people who were not Israelite that just lived and died while Joshua Moses received the 10 commandments. These poor people had no Savior to look forward to, and now they will spend an eternity in hell. As Christians, we've got to be blinding lights for Jesus. So,  "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age."  Mathew 28:19-20

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Psalm 19:14     

"May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in our   sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.         

                 Maryann Y. 

What do the Titanic and Salvation have in common? By Rebecca U.

What do the Titanic and Salvation have in common?

By Rebecca U.

      The Titanic was a great ship. Beautiful huge and apparently unsinkable.

Just as the world was before Adam and Eve sinned. After sin there was a problem. Just like the Titanic sank when it hit the iceberg we are sinking in sin. Romans 3:23 says "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Well, that verse can be depressing. We have all sinned and fallen short of God's perfection. And Romans 6:23a says "For the wages of sin is death." If we stop there we
all deserve death, but wait, here is the rest: "but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." The Titanic was sinking but there were the life boats. The people that got in the life boats were later rescued by the Carpathia.

Just like Jesus rescued us from eternal death by dying on the cross. But we have a choice to ask Jesus to save us from sin and go to heaven when we die or we can reject Him and then suffer eternal death (hell) when we die. The people on the Titanic had a choice whether or not to get in the life boats. Many of the people didn't get in the life boats they didn't think the Titanic would sink but it did and so did they but those in the lifeboats survived. Those that stayed on
the Titanic drowned just like we are going to drown in sin if we don't ask Jesus to save us. Jesus is our life boat. The people had a choice to stay on ship and later drown or get into a life boat and be rescued. We also have a choice to be saved from sin and go to heaven or to keep drowning in sin and go to hell. I hope that all of you have made the decision to be rescued from sin but if you haven't follow these steps to be saved.

  A. Admit that you are a sinner
  B. Believe that Jesus is God's Son and that He died for so that you can be saved
  C. Confess your sins to God

If you have done that then you have been saved from your sins and will go to heaven when you die. You are also a child of God. We are all sisters in Christ. If you have any questions about salvation or any thing else about your walk with God then talk to your Pastor or an adult who is a Christian. You can also email/message Hillary, me, or anyone else on this website. We would love to hear from you. godlygirls@yahoo.com

*Editor's Note: We do also recognize that there were not enough life boats aboard the Titanic to sustain everyone on board. Thankfully, God's salvation is offered freely to all, and He doesn't have too few life rafts ;) 2 Timothy 2:3-6 "This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time."