WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST?

2 Timothy 4:2 KJV
[2] Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season.
We are messengers.
Our duty is similar to the town crier.
We aren't to add power or details to the message.
We aren't supposed to add flavor to an already prepared message.
Romans 1:16 KJV
[16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God...
You can't do more than preach a message already called "His power".
It has its own inherent ability to do what it talks about.
No need to dramatize it or try to use worldly strategies.
Its power is effective ONLY via preaching.
1 Corinthians 1:21 KJV
... it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
What pleases God is preaching
What saves is preaching not choreographing it or adding some make-believe.
It reduces or totally obliterates its effectiveness.
1 Corinthians 2:1 KJV
[1] And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
No adds on, just declare it!
Don't ever attempt to remove what makes it powerful.
1 Corinthians 2:2 KJV
[2] For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Christ and his cross. His redemption, His blood, His grave, His tears, cries, His resurrection.
It's not just a general talk about God.
It's about Christ.
Not how great he was on earth or his benevolence or the sermon on the mount.
But the sermon of the cross, the grave and the right hand of the Father
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV
[3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
[4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
The event of the death, burial and resurrection and ascension of Christ to the right hand of the Father is not only powerful, IT IS GOD’S POWER AT ITS FULLEST DISPLAY.
Ephesians 1:19-20 KJV
[19] And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
[20] Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
You don't make this anymore powerful. You only deprive it of its power.
By adding to it or taking away from it, adding entertainment, fiction, make believe etc.
The message is as powerful as the event.
In the event, Jesus was raised
The message raises the sinner.
Ephesians 2:5-6 KJV
[5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
[6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
All the power is now in the message.
Hence the needless and harmful attempt to secularize it.
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 KJV
[4] And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5] That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
No enticement, no seeker sensitive approach else its audience might not be saved.
Power is found in Christ and His cross only.
You are a messenger not a reviewer.
Just preach!
Like a town crier
News casters read the news, report it not add their own personal feelings or views or testimonies.
YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS NOT THE NEWS, IT HAS NO POWER TO SAVE
The news is about Christ alone.
We are gospel newscasters.
That said.
Our preaching must have a goal which our passion must entail and carry.
GUSTO, PASSIONATE AND HEARTFELT PREACHING
Jesus' parables had this ingredient.
We viewed this earlier
Luke 15:4 KJV
[4] What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
UNTIL...he finds it
Luke 15:8 KJV
[8] Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
Seek DILLIGENTLY TILL... She finds it
We must have A NEVER SAY DIE ATTITUDE
Our motto must be, never give up.
1 Corinthians 9:16 KJV
for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
We must seek to save like Jesus did
We mustn't preach out of an obligation, just to fulfil a demand.
It must be about the sinner receiving salvation.
OUR PASSION MUST BE UNMISTAKABLY FOR THE UNSAVED TO NOT REMAIN SO
1 Corinthians 9:22-23 KJV
....I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
[23] And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
For the gospel sake, we go all out!
At times, this might take a few minutes, sometimes hours, days, weeks.
IT YET MUST BE DONE!
IT MUSTN'T BE REDUCED TO OUR CONVENIENCE, WHEN I HAVE THE TIME.
SALVATION IS THE SINGULAR MOST IMPORTANT EVENT TO GOD.
It's the only action on earth that changes the mood of heaven
Luke 15:7,10 KJV
[7] I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
[10] Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
More than teaching meetings, more than healing the sick, more than anything spiritual activity.
We must pursue it this way.
We must go out to do this.
The streets, the buses, the cabs, markets etc.
Not church buildings.
Just like this parable
Luke 14:21 KJV
[21] Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
GO TO WHERE MEN ARE
And after the servant did and "church" still wasn't filled
Luke 14:22-23 KJV
[22] And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
He asked him to keep going till we should need another church venue
[23] And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
This is the passion of the preacher.
We must empty the bars, dance clubs, religious places etc.
WE MUST FILL THE CHURCHES WITH BRAND NEW CONVERTS, FROM OUR GOING OUT (WE SHALL TOUCH THIS LATER)
I heard of a prominent preacher in my country Nigeria, who asked that the streets be emptied of non-churched people on Sundays, hence men were sent out Sunday mornings to do this.
That's the spirit!
Don't just preach without a goal
Preach with the desire and compelling intensity to ensure you are well Heard and with the sole intent that the audience receive and is saved!
NO ONE WILL BE SAVED BY YOUR BIBLE STUDY OR PRAYER OR ARGUING OVER ISSUES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Romans 10:14 KJV
... and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Not without a prayer warrior or a great organizer.
It will take to declare it, announce, on the streets, corners, markets, buses etc.
It will take doing this passionately (to be continued)
Once again, what are you doing with the gospel of Christ?
Have a blessed day ahead
I call you blessed
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