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Written by Patrick Hawthorne for “SGM” @ http://servinggrace.com
Original post @ https://servinggrace.com/2019/02/02/its-what-you-do-with-what-you-have-been-given/
It’s What You Do With What You Have Been Given
By Patrick Hawthorne
The God of this universe, our Heavenly Father, has given you a voice and a platform for sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. What are you doing with your platform? Some will look over at their neighbor and think, “They have such a huge platform. How can I compete with that?” The answer is, “you don’t.”
Sharing the Gospel is not about competition. It is about working with what has been entrusted to you. It is about pointing people towards victory in Jesus by pointing them towards the cross. It is about a choice.
The attached meme is dealing with the mark of an effective church – a group within the body of believers. To this I agree. However, it must always be remembered that you are the Church. I am the Church. The question should not be, “How many people am I attracting?” No, the question should be, “How many lives are being touched because I dared hop up on the platform given me and to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ?”
Whether your platform is a mega church or a small country church – a Bible study, or a street ministry, it is a special platform that has been given to you by our Lord. To keep your platform from falling into disrepair is to use it for His glory. Be blessed.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! (Romans 10 KJV)
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P.S. (from bruce) If you’re not a “born again” Christian, is the Holy Spirit urging you to open this link ?? Here is the truth for this most important days writing, about how God’s grace is received to become a Christian in God’s eyes; through understanding and obeying the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ… https://godsmanforever.com/2016/12/19/the-gospel-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-12182016-written-by-bruce-r-mills/
To my brothers and sisters in Christ, please feel free to share this message of the cross with those in need…
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very very interesting post. people complain when they don’t use what they’ve been given