Good morning people who testify about the One who has saved your life.
Romans 1:1 MEV Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.
Today’s BIY is one of the most important days I have written. My prayer is that a holy fire is lit in many hearts and that we are clearly reminded of the truth of why we are still on this earth.
As believers, we are set apart for the gospel of God.
I praise God that we have been set free from sin! Hallelujah! But we are also set apart for a noble kingdom purpose!
The Gospel – the Good News – about Jesus Christ was not just God’s gift to you. I’m thrilled that you and I have heard and received the Gospel. But the Gospel must flow through us and not just to us.
There are evangelists today who are doing an incredible job of seeing many people come to faith in Christ. I thank God for them and I honour them. But the job of preaching the Gospel is as much yours as it is theirs!
The word preach simply means to herald, to proclaim. Maybe you want to use the word testify which means to be a witness. Either way, our lives are meant to be a signpost that point people to God. We are meant to be in the world but not of the world (John 17:14-16), and live lives that require us to give an answer for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15).
Here is the truth about your life:
2 Corinthians 5:17-20 MEV Therefore, if any man (or woman) is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us. We implore you in Christ’s stead: Be reconciled to God.
Every word and line of this scripture is significant and powerful, and every part relates to you and to me! We have been reconciled – returned to favour with God – and it is now our responsibility, priority and holy calling as ones set apart, to live as ambassadors for Christ!
We are called to the ministry of reconciliation.