Jesus Christ is preached the Gospel
In life, when an elder is about to leave this world, or their parents to travel away from home, before he left for the children what is hand over to treat, must be in their hearts the most important and the most can not let go of things.
Similarly, when the Lord Jesus to about 2000 years ago, when to leave for a period of time in this world, the Lord hath left words, hand over to treat, if not the most important, must be one of the most important too.
Every time if we carefully look at the end of the four gospels, we all know, the Gospel is how important things, is a matter of how to make the Lord Jesus CARES.
See the final chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, "so, are you going to make all the nations be my disciple, serve the father, son, and them to be baptized in the name of the holy spirit."(Matthew 28:19)
Look at the final chapter of the Gospel of mark, "you to preach the Gospel to all nations.The letter and is baptized shall be saved, does not believe will be condemned."(mark 16:15)
See Luke's final chapter, "according to written that the Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and should be preached in his name to repentance and forgiveness of SINS, beginning at Jerusalem all the nations.You are witnesses of these things."(Luke down)
Look at the penultimate chapter of the Gospel of John, "the father has sent me, I also send you."(John 20:21)
So, we want to preach the Gospel.Not only because this is the command of the Lord Jesus, we as his disciple, want to do;Also because this is the most caring thing Lord, our children, no matter how to be considerate father meant.So, we want to preach the Gospel, have no excuse for not, is no reason not to preach, no room to pass.In feeling, in principle, we will pass!
So, we preach the Gospel, who is the best role model?Of course it is the Lord Jesus himself.In daily life, we often know to following the example of the Lord, all thingsGo to schoolXi main soft, humility and love, and so on.Actually in the Gospel, Jesus also gave us the best and the most perfect example.We know from the four gospels, three years of preaching on the ground, the Lord Jesus tells us physically, should how to preach the Gospel of the kingdom of heaven.
"The word became flesh to live among us, full of grace and truth.We have seen his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the father."(John 1:14)
One, the Lord Jesus preached the Gospel to like very diverse, there is no "discrimination"
From the ethnic perspective, the object of the Lord Jesus to preach not only is a native of the jews, more to the gentiles.Jews, including the pharisee nicodemus, sadducees (ask the resurrection) of different classes and parties.And outside of the gentiles, including a Samaritan woman side (well), the greeks (daughter demon-possessedA woman), etc.
From the social identity, the Lord Jesus preached the Gospel of the object can be said to be a voracious, everything, with the tax collectors (zacchaeus), civilian woman (blood), intellectuals (Simon) treat the pharisees, rich, rich young man, the poor widow (donate money), prostitutes commit adultery women (caught), fishermen disciples (main), officials (the centurion), the robber (cross the robber), and countless patients, and so on.
Now that the Lord Jesus preached the Gospel is regardless of identity, status, occupation, rich and poor, men and women, young and old, is the no child left behind, no matter far or near, personal relationship, so we should do, right?However, we whether there is a special object is not willing to preach the Gospel?Like every brothers and sisters.Object, I don't want to preach the Gospel, I tend to be a successful person than I am, in the society is very proud, or else I "see not pleasing to the eye" - Lord Jesus ever to do so, such "discrimination"?No!If we may decide the disciples, considerate his meaning, we also when this line!
Second, the Lord Jesus preached the Gospel is anytime and anywhere,No matter be
For the Lord Jesus, on the road, sat down, ferry, the dining, the rest, everywhere is an opportunity to preach the Gospel.The Lord Jesus Gospel every occasion to platform, see in every place need to save the soul.
In the river, Peter heard Jesus preaching, and obediently net, to know and follow the Lord Jesus, "fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Lord, if you leave me, I am a sinner!"(Matthew 5:8)
At the edge of the well to draw water the Samaritan woman heard the word of the Lord Jesus, to know what is the living water of life, what is the true worship and also recognized Jesus is that a messiah.- a Samaritan "for Jesus' words, the letter people even more.And he said to the woman, now we believe, not because of you, is that we heard in person, know this is really the savior."(John habitations)
On the banquet, people sit together, the Lord Jesus and sin side is called Levi and many of the tax collectors, here, and the Lord Jesus say to the world why he came to the world, "they that are with the doctor, sick people need them.I have not come to recruit the righteous, but sinners to repentance.""(Luke - 32)
In the street, the Lord Jesus healed blood woman, makes the blind to regain the light, cleanse the lepers, also looked up and saw the sinners on mulberry zacchaeus, call him to his own side, it brought the Gospel to the family, "today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.The son of man came to seek and to save what was lost."(Luke) furthermore,
Even on the cross, Jesus also did not forget to save the needs of the soul - master of one side was nailed the prisoner said, "truly I say to you, today you want to be with me in paradise."(Luke 23:43)
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The Lord Jesus that evangelism example anytime and anywhere.So we?Sometimes, we are willing to in the church for upload class, but I do not want to in the work unit,We are willing to give the classmate friends, but I do not want to give the family spread, this is my own, a lot of time, preached the Gospel to pick, pick time occasions;But the example of the Lord Jesus clearly tells us: the Gospel, should be anytime and anywhere."The word.No matter be, always trying to concentrate on and quiet strength, every lesson, blame people, alert and exhort.4-2) (2 Tim.
3 and the Lord Jesus is at the heart of the Gospel, bluntly challenge each other in the face of the real you
When we preach the Gospel, often like to beat around the bush, bend, Angle, pull along while, haven't talked about people on the sinful nature, also did not give each other a chance to think about their own life, more not challenge them to face the real you.
While seeking friends, instinctive tendency is also not willing to put faith relates to their specific life, but to raise some issues which may be "oneself", such as: "trust Jesus brings me any good?"(utilitarian tendency);Or give many examples of the Christian church in history, or some famous christians today, made big mistake (seeking friends sometimes to show their knowledge).Or just to talk about religion from the perspective of civilization and culture, only the faith as a means of human progress and tools (I believe this is before the Lord, and in fact is how proud!)- this is a lot of the features of modern: they'd rather erudite, opine, also don't want to think about your own duty, thinking itself, rather than focus on what one thing can bring us, what you can get, what you can do, what you know, what they have, people who do not know god can talk about any topic, but always in the problem of who you are.And when the Lord Jesus preached the Gospel, we see that Jesus is always pointing to the heart, very straightforward challenge each other to face the true self, never avoid contradictions, less vague.Here some examples:
The Gospel of John chapter 4, when the Lord Jesus in the well and the Samaritan woman said, the woman do not understand the meaning of "living water", asked, "we drink is father Jacob left well, don't you is greater than he?"And he said, "Sir, give me this water, call I don't have to so far came to draw water."- at this time, but the Lord Jesus (turn, led to the woman herself: "go, call your husband and come here."The weakness in life - because the woman is the marriage and desire as a idol.Lord Jesus seemingly sudden 兀 problems, but I made the woman must face yourself and your sin, from the traditional problems of entwine, to open the spiritual eyes, know the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mark chapter ten, rich young man to meet the Lord Jesus, hope to get a confirmation from the Lord Jesus, that is, through the law can enter the eternal life.When the young man replied he had after all comply with the law, too, at the same time, temper, Lord Jesus said, "you still lack one thing, went and sold all you give to the poor."- because the young man left heart idol is money.Lord Jesus seemingly spite of problems, but young people have to face a things they cannot go beyond, to break the illusion of perfect inherit eternal life by his behavior.
Similarly, the Gospel of John chapter three, the pharisee nicodemus to explore in the middle of the night Jesus, because he believes that Jesus is god sent to be teachers.Lord Jesus, and the upper class officer or an generalizations, but asks, "if a man is not born again, cannot see the kingdom of god."- for the Lord knows nicodemus purpose and at issue;"Born of the flesh is flesh;Born of the spirit, is the spirit."Main such directly declare that nicodemus having to face his own true: don't look at the son of man, is a men born of the flesh, die!
That was when we preach the Gospel in some way and attitude.Because a soul desire for the salvation of Jesus Christ on the cross, and come from the clear understanding of their sinful;A soul to trust in the Lord Jesus, from the nature of his own incompetence admitted at all.We preach the Gospel, rely on the holy spirit, make the other side have this desire, found that such needs.
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