Sharing Good NewsSample

What if no one had told you about Jesus?

Most people would like to make a good impact on this world. Some work towards leaving a long public legacy, while others focus on friends and family, with nothing really documenting how far their influence flows. If we follow one of God’s greatest commandments: go and tell the world the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection (Matthew 28:19), we can have the greatest impact we could aim for in our lifetime. So why do we find it extremely hard sometimes to share this news that’s been shared with us?

It’s easy to donate to causes for people in need. Who would scoff at that impact? It’s honourable to pour resources into medical research to benefit large populations. That impact might positively affect your loved ones or yourself. We vote for governments with policies to improve our cities and country. Those impacts are set in law. But sharing the good news of Jesus? That impact might bring division; someone close might reject His message... they might reject us. The apostle Paul lived a divisive life because he both rejected and accepted God’s message. A self-proclaimed ‘worst of sinners’, he persecuted Christians before God revealed Himself, then experienced a life of hardship afterwards, spreading the Gospel throughout the hostile Roman Empire. But he wasn’t ashamed of sharing God’s good (but divisive) news because he knew its impact would reach into eternity (Romans 1:16).

You can’t choose who will accept or reject the good news; we’re just called to share it. What if someone had not shared Jesus with you?

Written by BETH LACHMAN