5 Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every opportunity.6 When you talk, you should always be kind and pleasant so you will be able to answer everyone in the way you should.
Col 4:4-5 NCV
A pastor once said, "You may be the only gospel that your neighbour may read in his entire life."
What did he mean?
Those around us may never read a bible to know of the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. Many will see the way we, who profess Christ, live and love.
If the love of Christ is demonstrated through us in what we do daily,the pre-believers will get to "read" of Christ's love for them too. This is why we are exhorted to "be wise in the way we act.." with the people around us.
On Sunday, over 20 members of my cell group hosted dinner at a HDB void deck in Henderson Road to over 50 disadvantaged elderly ones. These folks have no children or relatives to take care of them. Each one stays with another similarly disadvantaged person assigned by HDB to live in a subsidized one-room apartment blocks.
As I interacted with some of these folks, it was obvious that they long for someone to care for them and are willing to engage them in conversation. They simply need people to show love to them.
We did not preach the gospel to them, not yet. We intend to. But we believe that we need to connect with them first and show that we love them. The time will surely come when they will ask us why we are doing this. That will be the time we tell them about the love of God for them.
Let's reach out to pre-believers by being a living gospel of and for Christ!
God bless.
Steven
Hi Steven
ReplyDeleteI am always blessed with your sharing in this blog. It constantly reminds me that I have to live up to Christ image to be a testimony for Him. However, many a times many christian fail to live out the gospel. This, in fact, causes the pre-believers to doubt in our faith.