In addition to the spiritual blessings we have in Christ (Ephesians 1:3), Christians have been given a great responsibility of taking the saving gospel to a world lost in sin (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; cf. 2 Timothy 2:1-2; 2 Timothy 4:1-2).<\/p>\n
In order to make certain that we achieve the above responsibility given to us by our Lord, weve been entrusted with the gospel of Christ (1 Thessalonians 2:4; cf. 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:8-14). Paul realized the importance of carrying out this responsibility so much so, that he stated:<\/p>\n
\nFor if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!<\/strong><\/em> (1 Corinthians 9:16).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Because Paul had once persecuted the church, he felt a greater need and obligation to take the saving gospel to a world lost in sin (Gal. 1:11-17; cf. Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1-2; 1 Timothy 1:11-16). Because Paul had received abundant mercy and forgiveness from God, he felt obligated to teach others about Gods mercy and forgiveness (James 2:13; cf. Luke 6:36; Matthew 18:23-35).<\/p>\n
God has also given each of us various abilities (Matthew 25:14-30) to carry out the above responsibility of teaching and preaching the gospel. Well be judged on how we used our abilities<\/strong> respective of the opportunities that came our way. Did we take advantage of every opportunity to preach and teach Christ to others, or did we miss a few?<\/p>\n
Looking at the blessings we have in Christ, plus the mercy and forgiveness our Lord has extended to us through the saving gospel (Romans 5:1-11; Ephesians 1:3-9; Romans 1:16), let us remember what our Lord said in Luke 12:48:<\/p>\n
\nFor everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Brethren, as enumerated above, weve indeed been given much, thus the Lord requires much of us in return<\/strong>. He has entrusted and committed the gospel into our hands. Let us never violate that trust, but continue to preach and teach the Word in its entirety<\/strong> (2 Timothy 4:1-2; Acts 20:17-27), until its our time to go home to be with the Lord (2 Timothy 4:6-8; John 14:1-4).<\/p>\n
\nSwiftly we’re turning life’s daily pages,
Swiftly the hours are changing to years;
How are we using Gods golden moments?
Shall we reap glory? Shall we reap tears?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nInto our hands the gospel is given,
Into our hands is given the light,
Haste, let us carry Gods precious message,
Guiding the erring back to the right.<\/em><\/strong> Tillet S. Teddlie<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to the spiritual blessings we have in Christ (Ephesians 1:3), Christians have been given a great responsibility of taking the saving gospel to a world lost in sin (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; cf. 2 Timothy 2:1-2; 2 Timothy 4:1-2). In order to make certain that we achieve the above responsibility given to us … Continue reading “Christians Are Entrusted With The Gospel – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}