Matthew 10:32-33 ESV
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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In today's world, everyone is so willing to share almost everything about their lives that it is to the point of over sharing.
Currently, in today's world, the biggest issue is labels of gender and pronouns. Gone are the days when we met people and they were what they presented as, with a name.
So, my dear Christian, how do you present your title as Christian? I'm genuinely curious about this. I was taking with my brand new adult (18) new adult smell... vanilla...pumpkin spice... about this, to see if she meets any overtly Christian people inher sphere (other than me).
Online, yes she sees hundreds of keyboard Christians, but how many Christians live that boldness in the real world? In the real world, she has met a couple people, but they were "scary" to her. She has never met someone who spoke to her with an agenda of love and sharing the gospel.
Truth be told, in my town, I have never been approached by anyone either.
Moving along...
I'll be honest, I get it, it's hard being a Christian, and even harder broadcasting it. Being a Christian is one of the hardest lifestyles that one can live.
When you live a life free of religion, you have no morality to measure your life against. You don't have to be a good person. You don't have to be honest, you don't have to be giving, you don't have to do good things. You go and do you, no one cares.
Now claim Christ, and see how things change for you.
•The moment you decide not to drive someone somewhere, that's not very Christian of you.
•The moment you lose your temper, that's not very Christian of you.
•The moment you cuss, that's not very Christian of you.
•The moment you have a glass of wine, that's not very Christian of you.
Things become just that much harder when you decide to step out and witness for Jesus.
Even better, those who knew you before Jesus, will hold the old you against the Saved you. Just waiting for you to screw up!
It's wúnderbar! 😑
Let me give you some hope, even great men like Martin Luther, the father of Reformation found being a Christian difficult and so did John Wesley the father of Calvinism. It's an uphill battle, it's a war, and there are days it really sucks! But good news, you're not alone and there is an end in sight with great reward!
2 Tim 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;...
Everyday, in everyway, it is a literal work of progress. From how you speak, to how interact with EVERYONE, to how you think, to what you think about, what you watch, what you read, what you allow, disallow, everything!
1 Tim 4:12-15 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
It is a call to Holiness, and holiness is not an over night thing. It is a life time achievement, work, hard work, that you need to work on. But it starts with very simple things and one of them is a confession of faith in Jesus.
Romans 10:9-11 If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the scripture says, that everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame.
Never, ever, be ashamed to share your love of Jesus with the people you met. I know it's hard and you will met people who are hostile towards you, but understand, it's not them, it's the spirit in them that is hostile towards God's Holy Spirit in you.
Sure people are going to distance themselves from you, but keep the doors open, because when the time to pray comes, you're number is going to be at the top of their list, mine is, and pray daily for them too. It's a dark road they are on, and you may be the only Jesus they get to see.
Share Jesus. Be Bold in Faith. He died for you. Live for Him.
