Welcome to day 5 of Blogmass titled The Essence of Christmas. Let’s go into today’s topic – how to share the good news. We are studying the Gospel according to Dr. Luke and deriving lessons thereof.
Christmas connotes love, isn’t it? What better to show love than to share the love and what better love than sharing the birth, death, resurrection, and ascension of our lord Jesus Christ during this precious season? But how do we go about it?
Firstly, we have to surrender every that we think is ours like Peter and his brother did with their boat (5:1-3, 11, 27-28)
Then we have to listen to Him for in doing so will there be a catch of souls for Him (5 vs 4 – 7).
After then, we have to acknowledge that we ourselves was saved by grace and grace alone so that we will no boast (5:8-9)
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord! ”
Luke 5:8 HCSB
Furthermore, we should call others to come and see the savior like Peter and Andrew invited James and John Zebedee to come and the long awaited promised Messiah (5:6, 7, 10)
In addition to that, we should know that Jesus’ encouragement to us in commissioning us for the work of spreading the Gospel in verse 10b
… “Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people! ”
Luke 5:10 HCSB
While going on sharing the good news, we should be compassionate because Jesus had compassion on the unclean man. We may meet a chronic sinner on the road, we must not judge but be compassionate towards his/her that God’s desire is he/she comes to the saving knowledge of Christ. Why? Because doing so will proclaim our Lord the more (5 vs 12-16).
Apart from compassionate heart, we should not forget to offer the sinning world the forgiveness of sin and healing from all affliction in Jesus’ name.
Seeing their faith He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”
Luke 5:20 HCSB
Tell the guilt lady that her sin has been forgiven.
Tell the guy who thinks he has sinned before grace, that forgiving grace is more than enough for him because the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…” Luke 5:24 HCSB
Where should we go to do this? We should go to from house to house, hideouts, street to street, ceremonies, invites, workplaces, taverns, pub, etc., not to partake in sin or to add more laws to the burden of sin but to offer the newness of life called Grace that Christ offered because ‘…new wine should be put into fresh wineskins.’
Luke 5:38 HCSB
Thank you for staying around. See you tomorrow.
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