Why we share the Gospel
Jesus said: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
For many people evangelism does not come naturally, we can often feel awkward talking about spiritual things with other people, but as disciples of Jesus, He has commanded each of us to share our faith with others. The reason for each of us to be involved is the very same reason for our existence – we exist to bring glory to God.
How do we bring glory to God?
We live to declare the wonders of God; we love others with God’s love; we give Him thanks in all things; we sing His praise. When we choose not to sin, we declare to the world that God is more satisfying than sin – we declare His greatness.
How does telling other people about Jesus bring God glory?
2 Corinthians 4:4 says, “Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ.”
This is the tragic, accurate, depiction of people who don’t know Jesus, Satan is holding them hostage, keeping them in prison, and blinding them to the Gospel. As Paul states in Ephesians, they are “in this world without God and without hope”.
God has entrusted us with the responsibility of being His ambassadors: God has given us this task of reconciling people to Him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making His appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20)
Why do we share Christ with others?
It completes our joy. If we are enjoying our walk with Christ, our Christian experience is still incomplete until we can share it with another. The apostle John wrote in 1 John 1:8, “We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy”. When we truly delight in something, the way in which we complete our joy is to tell others.
Perhaps the greatest thing we can do as disciples is to be engaged in sharing the Gospel and the joy of our salvation with those who need to know Jesus for themselves.
