Simply Open Our Mouths

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Philippians 1:3-7 [3] I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, [4] always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, [5] for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, [6] being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; [7] just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Today's verses should cause us to ask ourselves, "Are we truly partnered with the local church and the missionaries we support?" Well, that is, if we give to support the local church and missions. Nevertheless, I'm not referring to financial support. Although, that is of great importance. What I speak of is the spreading of the Gospel. The Apostle Paul gave God thanks for the church at Philippi, not just because they supported him financially, but because they supported him in sharing the Gospel, from day one. They did not waver. Sadly, I hear far too many Christians make the excuse that they don't know enough to be able to share their faith with others. Yet, in its simplest form, all we need to tell someone is that God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to die for us, to pay for our sins; and now we can have eternal life, if we believe that Jesus die for us and rose again. It's very easy to explain to someone that we are all sinners, and that we can confess our sins, and ask for forgiveness for our sins, and ask Jesus to give us eternal life, and change our life and eternal destination. As we grow in our faith and the understanding of our faith, we can then go deeper, as God gives us oppprtunity. The bottom line is that we cannot say, with all honesty, that we love Jesus if we aren't willing to obey His command to share the Gospel with others. Not only that, but one day we will stand before Him and give an answer for whether or not we were good stewards of this wonderful, life-changing message He has entrusted us with. So, I ask us all, "When was the last time that, in obedience to Jesus, and because of our love for Jesus, did we partner with and support our local church and missionaries; simply by opening our mouths to share the Gospel with someone?" 

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Romans 6:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on the Name of Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive His free gift of salvation (Romans 10:13).