3 Steps to Sharing the Gospel (#1)

My last 3 blogs have stated 3 ways we distort the Gospel. Now, for the solution. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is good news. And sharing that good news is our duty. If we are a Christ follower, and we are NOT sharing Jesus with our friends, family, coworkers, classmates, and neighbors; then we are in sin. And we have to make sure we are not distorting the Gospel. We have to make it simply about Jesus.

1. Prepare for the opportunity.

How can we be passionate about sharing the Gospel if we are not passionate ABOUT the Gospel? How can we teach someone about the Gospel if we don’t KNOW the Gospel? How can we believe the Gospel if we never read the Gospel? I firmly believe this: the single most obvious reason why we don’t feel God, or we fall away from God, or we don’t really care about living like Christ, is because we don’t read Scripture. The times in my life where I was just living in sin – living a complacent, lukewarm Christian-looking lifestyle, the Bible was just another dusty book on my shelf.  You have to get some good theology under your belt. You have to read Scripture to learn. You have to have answers to questions. Fill your heart and mind with the things of God, then you’ll be ready to share the good news.

An atheist friend recently emailed me this question: “Why are you a Christian?” I didn’t have an immediate response (talk about conviction). It took me a couple hours to come up with a legitimate reason (which ended up being 5 reasons – maybe my next blog series). But, how sad is it that I had not yet nailed down a legitimate reason for following Christ? Yes, it is because I believe He’s God and died for my forgiveness. Yes, He has completely changed my life. But, I think people want to know more. So, we need to develop an answer to that question. Write down what God has done in your life. Write down why you follow Jesus. Paul tells Timothy this: be prepared in season and out of season. We MUST prepare for the opportunity to share the Gospel.