it makes sense...
Not long ago, if you ask me of my faith and about why I became a Christian, I would answer because I can feel God and that He had helped me lived through my depression years. I have to admit, not long ago, I did not know what Jesus Christ means in my life. I don’t know the importance of His life, death and resurrection. All I know is that I have to share “Jesus” have to share the “gospel”, which I myself don’t know what. That is why evangelism is so hard for me. I’m too scared to even mention the name Jesus when reaching out to my friends. If I personally can’t explain Jesus to myself how can I possibly share it to others!?
Amazingly, God works in an amazingly weird way. Not long ago, I had to do an interview as part of being a candidate of Deaconess. During the interview, the interviewer asked me the one question that I am most scared of, which is “How do you explain your faith to a non-Christian?” I admit, at that time I was so scared, because I know that I had been doing it wrong so far. I answered the interviewee honestly, I said that I don’t know how to, and that I still haven’t grasped the meaning of the gospel fully yet.
Thankfully, the panel (group of interviewee) was kind enough to bear with me. One lady in the panel then rephrased the question to: “if someone in your youth group said to you: “I think I’m not saved what should I do?!” how would you answer it”. I do believe that it’s only through the grace of God that I can answer that question and in the process God also shaped my own faith. God used my own mouth to evangelize and explain to me what the Gospel meant! I can’t comprehend how amazing He is!
My answer in desperation was the standard text-book answer: “If Jesus, when we were sinner died for us, when we still sins, do you think He will take away that salvation from you if you repent and strive hard to be holy? When Jesus died He opens the way for EVERY SINNERS to be saved. How can you know that you are saved? Trust in Jesus and believes that He died for your sins, you are no longer bound to that sin!”
It was then, that it all made sense in my heart. Weird huh?! Even now, I still think that I’m not articulate enough when explaining the gospel, but when thinking back to what happened then, I am again humbled. Humbled and reminded that it was not because of me that people are saved but because of Jesus. If I am willing to be used as a tool by Jesus – He will do all the “hard-work” for us, all He asks from us is our willingness and humility.
Amazingly, God works in an amazingly weird way. Not long ago, I had to do an interview as part of being a candidate of Deaconess. During the interview, the interviewer asked me the one question that I am most scared of, which is “How do you explain your faith to a non-Christian?” I admit, at that time I was so scared, because I know that I had been doing it wrong so far. I answered the interviewee honestly, I said that I don’t know how to, and that I still haven’t grasped the meaning of the gospel fully yet.
Thankfully, the panel (group of interviewee) was kind enough to bear with me. One lady in the panel then rephrased the question to: “if someone in your youth group said to you: “I think I’m not saved what should I do?!” how would you answer it”. I do believe that it’s only through the grace of God that I can answer that question and in the process God also shaped my own faith. God used my own mouth to evangelize and explain to me what the Gospel meant! I can’t comprehend how amazing He is!
My answer in desperation was the standard text-book answer: “If Jesus, when we were sinner died for us, when we still sins, do you think He will take away that salvation from you if you repent and strive hard to be holy? When Jesus died He opens the way for EVERY SINNERS to be saved. How can you know that you are saved? Trust in Jesus and believes that He died for your sins, you are no longer bound to that sin!”
It was then, that it all made sense in my heart. Weird huh?! Even now, I still think that I’m not articulate enough when explaining the gospel, but when thinking back to what happened then, I am again humbled. Humbled and reminded that it was not because of me that people are saved but because of Jesus. If I am willing to be used as a tool by Jesus – He will do all the “hard-work” for us, all He asks from us is our willingness and humility.
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