Wednesday, April 16, 2008

creative witness

Good morning All, I trust that you are faring well in your spirits and your pocket books. This morning I want to talk about your witness lets look at what Paul said in 1 Corn 9:19-25
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law,[fn3] that I might win those who are under the law;to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God,[fn4] but under law toward Christ[fn5]), that I might win those who are without law;to the weak I became as[fn6] weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

Paul is a complex man who could flow with the best and worst of them much like you and I. We are compartmental people who know how to shut down when it suites us and how to open up when it is needed. Paul understood that he only answered to God not man and the opinions of men were just that opinions we all have them. Paul relied on the truth not just the facts of his past deeds. Because he came from good stock and went to the right school and studied the right books he could relate to the high minded but since he also was a murderer and a slander of the Lord Jesus Christ he could also relate to the death row inmate.
So now here is where I challenge you to get out of the box and become creative with your witness not just on your job but in the store beauty shop and malls. We are saved to be a witness, someone is going through what you just came out of or what your currently are going through so be an effective witness and share how the Lord brought you out of your circumstance and has now set your feet upon the solid rock called Jesus Christ.

Be blessed

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