Sharing Jesus Without Fear

In the 4 gospels it is recorded that Jesus was in contact with people 132 times, 6 times were in the temple, 4 times were in the synagogue, and 122 times with the people out in the mainstream of life. The last thing that Jesus said before His ascension into Heaven is recorded in John 20:21. It reads, as my Father has sent me, I also send you.

Wow, what a mind boggling statement. It is saying that Jesus didn’t spend time with the religious people in the churches or in the synagogue, He spent His time with the people that He met in everyday life, and the last thing that He said before He ascended into Heaven was that we need to do the same thing. We need to be talking to people at our work and our schools, and the people that we meet at the mall, and at Walmart, we need to talk to our family and friends about Jesus. If you don’t lead your family and friends to Jesus, than who will?

Imagine for a moment that you just died and made it into Heaven. You look down into the darkness of Hell and you see your Mom, or Grandpa, or your best friend who died before you. They are yelling up at you, “Why didn’t you warn me, why didn’t you tell me that I needed to receive Jesus to make it into Heaven?” If we have not made a decision for Christ by the time we are dead, it’s to late, and that is a sad truth. "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. Matthew 12:30.

I read a book called Sharing Jesus Without Fear, written by William Fay. William explains that the Bible tells us to share the Gospel with people. The average person has to hear the message of the gospel 7.6 times before they accept it. If we share the gospel with someone and they reject it, they are not rejecting us; they are rejecting the gospel. That being said, even though they rejected it, we were still successful because we were loyal to Christ by sharing His message. Wow, what a statement. We honor Christ by sharing the gospel, and we are always successful whether other accept Jesus or not.

I am not going to go into detail about what this book is about. The gist is that it gives you a fool proof way to share the gospel with others, in a non threatening and tactful way. All you need is a bible, preferably a pocket size new testament. The idea is that when you take out your bible to share it with someone in the middle of Starbucks, you don’t want to embarrass them by taking out the big huge honking study bible that ways 30 pounds, that can be seen from miles away. You want something small and non threatening keeping in mind that you are likely sharing the gospel with someone who doesn’t want the whole world to know about it, and that’s ok.

When I finished the book, I got my pocket new testament and I carry it with me everywhere I go, is always in my back pocket. I have not yet had an opportunity to share this with anyone since whenever I am out, my kids are with me. I love my kids to death, but kids are distracting. When you are trying to lead someone to Christ for the first time, you don’t want any distractions to keep them from making what will be the most important decision of there life. Even though I have not yet had an opportunity, I am always ready, and I will certainly share in a blog the first opportunity that I get. When ever I am at the checkout I always tell the person behind the cash register to have a blessed day. I also make sure that if I have to discipline my kids when I am out that I do it in a very calm, non threatening yet firm way. I am always trying to be mindful that someone is always watching, and they will know that we are Christians by our love, and by the way wait we live out our lives.

So in closing, I want to encourage you to get a copy of Sharing Jesus Without Fear. If you know me personally, feel free to contact me and you can borrow my copy. Also, I want to ask you one more time, if you don’t lead you family and friends to Christ, than who will? Don’t count on someone else to do it for you, or someday you might just be in Heaven looking down at them in Hell