Christians who don't seek to share the message of the gospel with others are missing out. There is so much life that happens when you share your faith that it really is too bad for those who don't do it. Now sometimes God gives us seasons and times when it's harder for us to share with others because it's harder for us to get out and be on the streets sharing the wonderful gift given to us in Christ Jesus, but there is something about being out there sharing our faith with others that gets you pumped and wanting more.
You feel like you have feasted at the Lord's table and that you're here for Him and Him alone. There is something about that that just makes me want to scream to the world what Jesus did for me and for them if they would choose to repent and believe. It's something special that happens between you and God that is really really hard to explain other than you are pumped with adrenaline and ready for action, ready to do whatever God puts in front of you to do.
If you've never shared your faith with someone else before you are missing out. I'm not saying this as a judgement, just stating it as a fact. It's like people who go their whole life eating Gerber baby food you would say are missing out. They are missing out on really enjoying food as it really is.
When you share the gospel with others it brings clarity to what you believe and more importantly why you believe what you believe. A soldier can say that he is brave all day but until he is actually on the battlefield will he know for himself that he is brave. That is what going out and sharing your faith is like.
It's scary at first. You are in a battle against both your desires of the flesh and the spiritual realm. Once you've started into sharing it becomes less and less scary.
The basic gospel message is this:
God is perfect (Psalm 22:3)
We have sinned and deserve punishment, (Romans 3:23, Revelation 21:8)
Jesus, the Son of God, came and lived a perfect life and was crucified for our sins (Hebrews 9:22, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
We need to repent of our sins and turn to Jesus and follow him and then we will escape the punishment that is coming (1 John 1:9, Acts 3:19)
Realize that this is very very basic and that you will probably want to add more to the message than that and go into more explanation behind each of the points.
Here are some websites with information and resources that can help you to share your faith with others:
http://www.livingwaters.com/
http://www.livingwaters.com/audio/way-of-the-master/hells-best-kept-secret
http://www.tractplanet.com/
http://www.cefonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=601:wordless-book-training-available-online&catid=23:online-training&Itemid=100057
I do not necessarily agree with all of the views on this particular page but they do have some good free resources if you plan on using the wordless book to share the message of the gospel (plus they give the history behind the wordless book which I find interesting).
http://www.squidoo.com/the-wordless-book
So go out and share the gospel. Get excited for what Christ did for you!
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