Jesus wants us to share the gospel with others. Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to do whatever he commanded (Matt. 28:19-20). Sharing the gospel means not only telling people to believe in Jesus but also telling them to obey him.
This is the responsibility of every Christian. Jesus expected his people to go throughout the world and tell everyone to obey him. We don’t all have to travel to another country to evangelize, but we all need to tell the gospel to others. The words of God are going to judge everyone. Every person alive will be held accountable to God’s words. We have to tell others Jesus’ words so they know what they will be accountable for when they stand before his throne.
In order to share the gospel effectively, we need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Although the early Christians were born again, they were not baptized in the Holy Spirit until the day of Pentecost. They had to wait until they were clothed with power from on high, and then they could be effective witnesses for God. It’s similar for us. We need to be filled with the Spirit in order to share the gospel effectively.
To bring souls into God’s kingdom we need to first pray. Then we need to be led by the Holy Spirit, so God can send us to the ones he wants us to share the gospel with (Matt. 9:37-39).
Being led by the Spirit will make our ministry effective. The Holy Spirit told Philip to go to a road. There he met a man, he shared the gospel, and the man believed. Paul wanted to go to Asia to preach the gospel, but the Holy Spirit didn’t let him. God told Paul to go to Macedonia instead, where he shared the gospel and had much success. We don’t have to share the gospel with everyone, but we need to share the gospel with someone. God will show us who that is.
The gospel is good news. No one can pay for their own sins. Only the blood of Jesus can pay for our sins. Jesus paid the penalty for everyone’s sins, and now they can be set free. This is the best news ever. Hell is an unimaginably bad place of eternal torment, and we don’t want our friends and relatives going there. If we love people, we’ll warn them of this impending danger and tell them what Jesus did in dying on the cross. If we don’t love them, we won’t tell them.
Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). He came to give us real peace and joy. People need God in this world full of misery. There is no one like God. He is the best person in the universe. He created everyone and loves them. If we love people, we’ll tell them about Jesus so they can believe in him and experience this abundant life. Only Jesus has the power to deliver from sin and from the misery of this world.
Maybe we have friends who are Christians, but they aren’t very deep in their faith. God wants us to share more truth with them so they can grow and experience more of God. God’s word is the pathway to the green pastures and still waters.
God wants his church to be full of people. He wants us go out into the dark parts of the city and of the world and find people to bring in to his house. He wants his church to be filled with people before he comes back (Luke 14:23). As more people submit to God, this will hasten the preparation of the bride.
Sometimes it’s hard to share the gospel because we’re afraid of what people will think of us. We are worried they won’t like us anymore. These are unnecessary fears. People are often glad to talk about God. Some people have never heard the gospel clearly, so they have never had an opportunity to believe. If we tell them, they would be happy to hear, believe, and be born again.
Even if people seem to reject the gospel initially, there may come a time when they remember what we told them. Even at the moment of death, our words may come back to them and they might believe the gospel and escape hell because of our words.
It just makes reasonable sense to tell others about Jesus and give them an opportunity for salvation.
Satan tries to hinder us from sharing the gospel. He is the king of irrationality. He wants us to be afraid of rescuing people from eternal torment. Being more afraid of what a person thinks of us than of a person being eternally tormented is irrational. The devil wants as many people as possible in hell. He knows he’s going there someday, and he wants others to be consigned to the same fate.
Let’s reject these Satanic hindrances and share the gospel.
We don’t need to be friends with someone for 5 years before we say anything to them about God. Let’s speak up now. People will not hear the gospel unless someone tells them (Romans 10:14). If we really care about people, we won’t be silent.
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