10/03/2023
DAILY GRACE, SATURDAY MARCH 11TH, 2023.
NO EXCUSE FOR NOT WITNESSING (1)
TEXT: MATTHEW 28:19-20
VERSE OF THE DAY:
_“BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA, AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH”- ACTS 1:8._
The first business of every Christian should be the winning of souls. It is God's plan that every Christian should be concerned with making the Saviour known to as many people as possible and as quickly as possible. God alone can save souls, but He cannot save souls alone, for He has ordained that this work shall be done through human instruments. This places a great responsibility on those of us who know the Saviour, for in a real sense the salvation of souls depends upon our obedience and faithfulness.
There are many ways of witnessing for the Lord Jesus which is providential, for we are all different in temperament and gifts. Some will be effective using one method, and some using another. Some are able to witness by preaching, but most cannot do that. Yet we are all given the opportunity and are left without excuse, for there will be at least one way in which we may effectively witness for our Lord and Master.
When He uttered the words recorded in Acts 1:8, our Lord was speaking prophetically, and ten days later the prophecy began to be fulfilled. Acts 1:8 is still the Lord's plan for world evangelization. The first and most important method of witnessing is that of a consistent Christian life. Any witnessing that does not proceed from a Christ-like life will never be successful, and no testimony is so powerful as that of a changed life. The greatest proof to the world of the risen Christ is a Christian, one in whom He lives and through whom His life is flowing, John 7:38-39.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, kindle the fire of evangelism in my life in Jesus' name, Amen.
BIBLE IN 365 DAYS:
Job 40
2 Cor 10
ACTION POINT:
EVANGELISM REMAINS OUR SUPREME TASK.
