Giving Sharing Part Three

Review Knowing, Growing, Understanding, Living, Giving. God’s ways are best. If we are to be giving people, we must give the best. The gospel is the greatest need for mankind, and that is the best thing you could give anyone.

Sharing The Gospel Now that we are children of God we should have a love for other people’s souls. And, we must do something about it. We must remain in this relationship with God. Learning, doing, and teaching His will does this. Isaiah 52:11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there, Touch no unclean thing; Go out from the midst of her, Be clean, You who bear the vessels of the LORD.

Sharing The Gospel Psalms 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Acts 17:2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Acts 18:28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Sharing The Gospel We have a responsibility to ourselves to remain pure. We also have a responsibility to God to maintain purity. We must maintain purity in our lives, and purity in the church. We also must teach the gospel.

Sharing The Gospel Like Paul, we must learn the scriptures, so that we can reason from them. We have to learn book, chapter, and verse. If we are to declare the will of God, we must rely on His word. It means a lot more when we say; "God says" in His word, than when we say; "I say you should live this way".

Sharing the Gospel 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, {15} and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. {16} All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, {17} that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Sharing The Gospel We must learn God's word and know it. We must live it. That makes it easier to teach it. Because we are so familiar with it. People who live worldly have a very difficult time trying to teach spiritual things. But people, who live with the Spirit, have little problem teaching spiritual matters. At any moment we must be ready to teach or defend the gospel. We may even have to teach without the Bible in our hand. How can you teach what the Bible teaches without knowing it? You can't!

Sharing The Gospel But people, who live with the Spirit, have little problem teaching spiritual matters. At any moment we must be ready to teach or defend the gospel. We may even have to teach without the Bible in our hand. How can you teach what the Bible teaches without knowing it? You can't!

Sharing The Gospel Hebrews 3:15 while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." 2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Sharing The Gospel James 4:13-15 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; {14} whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. {15} Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."

Sharing The Gospel When do we preach Jesus? It should not be reserved for Sunday school or services. We should preach Jesus all the time. That is why it is so important to live like you teach.

Sharing The Gospel You must know that there is more preaching coming from the pews than from the pulpit. The preaching from the pulpit only last a few minutes. The preaching coming from the lives of those who sit in the pews last all week. All members are preachers in one form or another.

Sharing The Gospel 1 Timothy 6:18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, 2 Timothy 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, Hebrews 13:16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Conclusion We must share the gospel with everyone. We have to learn to share our blessings with those who do not have them. We must give of ourselves in order to show Jesus in our lives. God gave of Himself. Jesus gave of Himself. We must give of ourselves. This is what Christianity is all about.