What would you do to see someone you love accept Jesus? What about someone that you just know? What about someone you have never met? Here is one for you, what about someone you don’t like? We all know what the Bible says that we are to share Jesus. You see we all want our family to know Jesus. Or that is what we say. The way we act is will far out way what we tell them about Jesus. I heard tonight to words that made a lot of sense. Live It!!!!!! You see we don’t tell our loved ones about Jesus near enough. Things just tend to get harder with the people that we know. After all we don’t want to offend our friends. What we are really saying when we don’t share Christ, is that they can just go to Hell. Then we come to those people that we don’t like, we are Christians so we don’t say hate. Truth be told it would be easier on you if would quit lying to yourself. Everybody else knows the truth, just open your eyes and do what Jesus commanded you to do. When we don’t share Jesus what we are really telling people is that we hate them enough to send them to Hell for eternity. You see we as Christians have one assignment here on Earth. We are commanded to share Christ with the world and teach the new believers how to duplicate themselves. Not the hardest job in the world. When we are saved and God transforms your life we should get excited about it. We should want to tell other people what has happened in our lives. Jesus gave His life for ours and all he asks us in return is to share the Good news with other people. So let me ask Are you Sharing Christ?
Month: July 2014
Death at 6PM
What would you do if you knew you would die at 6pm tonight? I know what you are thinking not another one of these. I have had to think more about this question in the last week. On Friday last week, I was speaking at one of our local nursing homes. The subject that day was the unchanging Jesus, great topic. Well at the close of the message I asked the same question that I have opened up with here. We prayed and then sang Jesus Loves Me. I looked at one of the residents there, assuming that they had fallen asleep due to my preaching. We tried to wake the resident to no avail, and then we began to panic. There was no pulse, they were not breathing, and all the while I am thinking about that question. Turns out the resident had what they believed was a heart attack, but for all of us who were in that room it became a wake up call. You see we have all made the statement that if I knew I was going to die I would be busy about sharing Jesus or fixing broken relationships. The Bible tells us that we are all going to die and then we will face the judgment. You might say well I don’t believe the Bible. That is fine, what about this? Statistics prove that 5 out of 5 people die. You can’t argue with that, can you? Have you ever known someone younger than you that died? Maybe you have seen it on the news or read about it in the paper. You see we all have to face the same end. The scary thing I guess is, you don’t know when it is coming. The Bible says our lives are like a vapor of water, here and then gone that quickly. Yes I admit it would be great to know exactly when you were going to die, so that you could make sure that there were no lose strings left. But we don’t know. So why not live our lives like today is the last. Share Jesus with the ones you love, share Jesus with those you come into contact with. Maybe you don’t even know Jesus, well now is a good time to meet Him. Remember you may not make it to 6pm.
Thoughts from Pastor Toney 