Do We Really Believe the Gospel is the Power of God?

   Our enemy, the devil, lies to us, and his first lie was, “did God really say that?” Jesus has told us to go and make disciples of all people teaching them everything He taught us in the Word. If Jesus told us this 2000 year ago, why are we so hesitant to share Jesus’ words with people? I ask this of myself, and others and I find that the thoughts in our hearts are always accusing us why Jesus’ words are not enough. Excuses might be:  people are just too stubborn, people won’t listen to me, I don’t want to offend anyone, I am not gifted enough, what if they reject the Word... You can come up with your own thoughts that keep you from sharing Jesus’ words. 

   What did Jesus teach us about the Holy Spirit? Jesus said that the words would come to us when we need them. He said not to worry about what we say, not that we shouldn’t be prepared, but the Holy Spirit would remind us of the truths we need, at the proper time. I think we all have trouble trusting Jesus when we want to share or communicate the gospel to someone we know. But where do all these negative thoughts and doubts come from? We have an enemy who wants to discourage us because he does not want Jesus’ words to influence people. Jesus KNOWS that His words will always accomplish want He wants them to. Sometimes it will be a negative response; all the apostles had people that rejected Jesus’ words. Read the book o ...

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