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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"BEING A LIVING SACIFICE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HOW CAN WE REACH SOMEONE FOR JESUS? IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, DOESN'T IT? WELL, IT IS NOT BECAUSE WHEN WE TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT ALL HE DID FOR US, AND TO TRY TO CONFIRM WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO TELL THEM, WE TURN TO THE BIBLE. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 1ST CORINTHIANS 2:14 TELLS US THIS "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
WE CAN TELL THEM ALL THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT JESUS, HOW HE DIED FOR US AND TOOK AWAY OUR SINS. WE CAN ALSO TELL THEM OF ALL THE GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES HE HAS FOR THOSE WHO WILL BELIEVE IN HIM AND ACCEPT HIM AS THEIR SAVIOR. WE CAN TELL THEM HOW HE WANTS US TO PROSPER AND BE HEALTHY. HOWEVER, IF THEY DO NOT BELIEVE GOD'S WORD THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE US. WE HAVE TO LET THEM SEE THOSE THINGS IN OUR LIVES OR WHY WOULD THEY EVEN WANT JESUS. WE WOULD JUST BE WASTING OUR TIME AND EFFORT. THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO LIVE THE WAY JESUS WOULD WANT US TO LIVE. THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE, BUT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND PEOPLE AND THE WAY THEY LIVE. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY BIBLE SOMEONE CAN UNDERSTAND. WE NEED TO BE A LIVING SACRIFICE LIKE IT SAYS IN ROMANS 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE HUNGRY FOR LOVE AND IF WE DON'T SHOW AND GIVE THEM GOD'S KIND OF LOVE, THEY WILL FIND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SATAN WILL SEE TO THAT AND HE WILL PUT A PRETTY BOW ON IT. I HAD A BRACELET ONCE THAT READ "WWJD", (WHAT WOULD JESUS DO)? IF WE COULD JUST REMEMBER THIS IN OUR EVERY DAY LIVES, IT WOULD KEEP US WHERE GOD WANTS US TO BE FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
