SHARING OUR FAITH
            "God my witness, whom I serve" Romans 1:9
                                Edward Proffitt, Th.D. 

Evangelism is the mandate to Christianity. Every Christian

has a commission from the Lord to share our tesimony and

our faith. We are not all called to  preach, or be foreign 

missionaries but we are all called to be witnesses. Jesus

instructs us that "Ye shall receive power...ye shall be witnesses" (Act 1:8).

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To every Christian, Peter says"...be ready always to give
an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope
that is in you..." (1 Peter 3:15). Sharing our faith means
far more than just presenting the bare facts of the Gospel.
If that is all we need to do we could just computerize the
Gospel on E-Mail and leave the results to God. But God,
clothed the Gospel in the flesh and blood of Jesus and
He expects us to do the same.

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As we go there will be opposition. We will encounter people
who do not believe as we do and do not want to believe.
Others want to believe and show their eagerness by asking
questions. To those who have the question, it is our
responsibility says Peter "to be ready always to give an
answer of the hope in you". But as we answer it is just
as important as we answer, our own spirit and attitude
animate what we say.

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We cannot be closed minded and hardheaded and
correctly represent the love of God in Christ. A special
type person is need to effectively present the Gospel
of Christ. A computer can type out the bare facts but
only a Christian person can communicate the person
of the Savior.

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How then are we to talk about Jesus? What kind of
person should we be? The bible gives a good scripture
to help us in this situation,"...sanctify he Lord God in
our hearts".

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I like the story about the lady who was going to run for
Congress. She told her husband, 'I am going to clean
up the state". He answered, "good! why don't you start
in the kitchen" Before we go to work on others we must
go to work on self. Witnessing is hard, demanding work
and the only thing that will keep us at it is love for and
subsequent loyalty in Jesus Christ.

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The word sanctify means to "set apart". The word heart
means the very control center of body, mind, emotions,
soul and spirit. We are to let the Lord take over all of our
life. The only thing that will keep you "ready always" is
to "Sanctify the Lord God in your heart".

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