Yesterday as I was reading my Bible I stumbled upon this verse from Philemon 6. I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. If a full understanding means that you completely get it and that you are experiencing it, then the big hindrance to a deep and intimate relationship with Jesus is this matter or sharing our faith. We never really talk about it but it is the elephant in the room. The problem with churches corporately and Christians individually is not luke warm faith so much as a rejection of the faith. Faith is piercing, penetrating, energizing and it is expressed through the transmission of it. Talk about Jesus with someone not yet Christian and you have a leg to stand on when it comes to living in Christ. If 1 Corinthians 1 teaches us anything, it is that God doesn't need us to be good at talking about the Gospel but we must share it if we are His. The Gospel itself tears down the arguments against it and brings apart the doubt built in its path. Pick out one person this week and actually talk the Gospel with him or her. The good things of Christ are ready to be had if you are willing to have them.
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