Don’t Neglect the Urgency to Proclaim and Testify Christ

I told a friend that I have been having some interesting dreams lately. I have been dreaming about being rejected. The rejection has been from many different places, from people outside the church, inside the church, from those that are my friends, to those that are considered my enemies, from the regular church member and all the way to the church leadership. I wake up thanking God that it is just a dream. But after reflection, why am I so scared of rejection and ways that people are going to respond to me if I am declaring God’s Word and truth. I should never fear rejection and also suffering.

Read Colossians 1:24-29

Paul says he works endlessly to bring people to the full understand of the gospel. He desires to teach and guide people to understand Christ and the hope that we can have in Him. We must be carefully in understanding Paul’s opening argument in this section. He doesn’t think that Christ’s afflictions are incomplete and that he will now be the fulfillment of what is lacking. This is important because Christ’s sacrifice for us was complete and is able to do everything in us to allow us access and relationship with God. However, now Paul is saying that Christ did his work and now we (all of us) including Paul continue the work that needs to be done to bring what Christ did that work for to completion. Christ did that work to bring a lost world to himself and Christ did not complete during his time on earth, but He will return again. As we wait for His return, Christ has given to us the opportunity and ability to continue that work. How amazingly awesome is that, an all-mighty, magnificent God gives us the ability to do His Work and complete what He wants to be done. He uses broken people that have no busy doing his work. Paul knew this as we examine his life, he use to kill Christians and persecuted them. He knew that it was only by God’s grace that he was saved and transformed. Now he can’t help proclaiming Christ. That is what I want us to focus on. Proclaiming, declaring, testifying Christ and allow people to know the Truth and ask them if they want to have that Jesus in their lives. We get so scared now a days and we lack the urgency of sharing that gospel. I absolutely believe in building relationship and trust in order to have credibility to share the gospel, but sometimes we use that as an excuse and never get to the point of sharing the gospel with people we know. Pray, Pray, PRAY that God gives you the passion and confidence to PROCLAIM Christ to those that you have built relationship, credibility and trust with. Take the next steps in those relationships and confidently share Christ and the Truth.

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