Saturday, 12 May 2012

Our gospel isn't enough

Something's been on my mind lately that I need to write about. OUR gospel isn't enough. What? What do I mean? Of course it's enough, Jesus died to take our sin away so we can have eternal life and be free and live life to the full. Yup. But that's not it. That's only half the gospel. We're missing a whole chunk off!! So what's the whole gospel? What's the good news? Well yeh, ultimately Jesus did die to take our wrong doings on His shoulders so we can stand clean before God and hav direct access to a relationship with Him. BUT THERE'S MORE!!!! What about the years leading up to Jesus' death? Why about His ministry and teaching? What about all of the people He got alongside and supported and loved and prayed for? What about the prostitutes He hung out with, the meals He shared, the sick He healed? Isn't this part of the good news and the gospel too? You see far too often we are so obsessed with people becoming Christians, saying the sinners prayer and wham bam thank you mam. Well yeh, excellent if that's the answer then superb!!!!! But what about the people that this doesn't work for? See we are missing half of the gospel - we are missing the walking alongside people, the journey, the love, the care, the different pathways that different people take to God. What about the links in the chain? What about the healings? The loving? The fellowship? The TIME we should dedicate to people? And what about the alone time which Jesus had and needed in order to spend time with His Father so He could carry out His ministry effectively?

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  1. Heh. Interestingly, I have little interest in evangelism. I'm happy to leave that to people far more gifted than I am - of course I'll share my faith with anyone who'll listen, but I'm far more interested in nurturing and discipling people. IMO that's far harder work and requires more investment than people realise - but it's what Jesus and his followers did a lot of! Making disciples doesn't mean just making converts - it means making sure people continue to live in the life they've chosen

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    1. Thanks for this. Interesting stuff. I think we should all evangelise and be witnesses but for some people this is a specific gift. Others like yourself definitely have a more pastoral gifting. You are excellent at listening to people, encouraging them and getting down to their level. Keep it up :-)

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