SHARE THE GOOD NEWS

ACTS 20:24 (NCV) “THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT I COMPLETE MY MISSION, THE WORK THAT THE LORD JESUS GAVE ME TO TELL PEOPLE THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT GOD’S GRACE.”

That’s your mission. Somebody told you. You’ve got to tell other people. We’re to pass it on. There’s a word for this. It’s the word “EVANGELISM.” Evangelism is just the Greek word for “GOOD NEWS.” So we’re to share the good news. We are to pass on to others what we have heard.

You don’t have to defend God. You don’t have to be a salesman for God. He says, “I WANT YOU TO BE MY WITNESS.” What’s a witness do? All they do is say, “THIS IS WHAT I SAW... THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME…” IT’S SHARING WITH OTHERS WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE.

Tell your friends. Tell your relatives. Tell your neighbors. Tell anybody who crosses your path. Tell your co-workers. Tell the paper delivery boy. Tell the guy who fills your car with petrol. Tell the clerk, the person at the supermarket.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS YOU CANNOT DO IN HEAVEN. ONE OF THEM IS SIN BECAUSE THERE’S NO SIN IN HEAVEN. AND THE OTHER IS TELL UNBELIEVERS THE GOOD NEWS. WHICH OF THOSE TWO THINGS DO YOU THINK GOD LEAVES YOU HERE ON EARTH TO DO?

If I had the cure for AIDS or cancer I would be in the streets shouting it. It would be criminal to know the solution and not tell other people. But I know something even more important – how to have the purpose of life here on earth and how to have eternal life in heaven. There’s nothing more important than that. You know it, too. It’s our duty to pass it on.

IF YOU WANT GOD’S BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT WHAT GOD CARES ABOUT MOST. PEOPLE. He died for people. The people who live next to you, the people you work with, the people you go to school with. Those relatives who are irritating you. He died for those people.

Do you want to know how much God cares about your neighbors? Look at the cross. Jesus with His hands outstretched and nailed to the cross says, “I love your neighbors this much. I love the people you work with this much. I love the relatives, the neighbors, the friends, I love all those around you who don’t know Me yet this much.” We must care because God cares. That’s why we’re still here on earth – to tell others.

The church that doesn’t want to grow is basically saying to the world, You can go to hell. When you keep your mouth shut and you don’t tell the people around you the good news you’re basically saying, You can go to hell.

MARK 16:15 (NCV) “JESUS SAID TO HIS FOLLOWERS, ‘GO EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND TELL THE GOOD NEWS TO EVERYONE.’” Jesus said, “Follow Me and I’ll teach you how to fish for people. ”IF YOU’RE NOT FISHIN’ YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWING.

IS ANYBODY GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN BECAUSE OF YOU? When you get there is somebody going to say to you, “Thank you!

You have FOUR POSSIBLE RESPONSES. You can say like Moses, “WHO ME?” Or you can say like Jonah, “NOT ME!” Or you can say like Habakkuk “WHY ME?” Or you can say like Isaiah, “SEND ME.” There is no greater thrill than this.

I DARE YOU TO SAY IT TODAY “GOD, USE ME. ANYWAY YOU WANT TO – USE ME. ANY PLACE, ANY TIME.” BECAUSE LITTLE BECOMES MUCH WHEN WE PLACE IT IN THE MASTER’S HAND