Lord of My Heart
Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 06:25AM 
Lord of my heart, give me courage to strengthen me, that, amongst friends or enemies, I may always proclaim your justice.
This is the call to evangelism.
To proclaim His justice is to proclaim His wrath. To proclaim His justice is to proclaim man's fearful state apart from Christ. Every man's sin and separation. Even your own grandpa's or your mom's, even your own child's. We don't like to think of our unsaved loved ones as being separated from God and under His wrath, do we? It takes courage from God Himself and a right understanding of Who He is, who we are, and what Christ has done on our behalf to overcome the fear of offending the ones we love the most with the news of God's justice. It takes courage to tell the whole Gospel.
The Gospel divides.
15 . . .we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
We can have courage and strength to speak of these things sincerely, for we speak "as from God, in the sight of God in Christ."
Reader Comments (3)
"we speak in the sight of God, in Christ." I'll be pondering this phrase...
Thanks, Kim...blessings
Our facing the truth about the depravity and being under the wrath of God regarding those we love begins with a keen and growing awareness of our own depravity and the wonder of Christ's provision, doesn't it? The more I "know" the latter, the more I cannot deny the former.
So true, Rosemary, so true.