What Does It Mean To Live as a Christian?
Proclaim Good News
Day 6
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We continue our learning on how we live as Christians. Today, in day six, Louie Giglio takes us on a deep dive into what the Gospel even is, starting with the Greek and Latin. We will see that in those words, we have the definitions of exactly what the good news is and how we can share it.
You will be encouraged to learn about very specific and practical ways you can partner with Jesus to share the Gospel with anyone around you.
Summary
As redeemed people living Christian lives, we have been tasked with the greatest opportunity of all time: Proclaim the Good News. We don't go around telling people bad news, we're to speak the words of the Gospel. Romans 1:16 says that we are not ashamed of the Gospel. The word "Gospel" in Greek is "euangelion" which means "good news". This is also where we get the word "evangel" in Latin, leading to our word evangelical. Mark 16:15 and Matthew 24:14 tell us to preach the good news.
Preaching isn't a profession, it's simply to tell, proclaim, share, and spread. Everyone can do it. We are the good news bearers. We have to get back to the heart of God's Word, where we can put the gospel into our hearts. He wants us to live as Christians and proclaim to Gospel, the good news.
Our culture wants to get rid of all the bad news, so they want us to think God loves us because we're so amazing. The truth, we are amazing because we are made in the image of God, but humanity has a problem, so we all have a problem. We do terrible things to ourselves and others. The problem with humanity causes humans to fight Yahweh- but God loves humans because they are made in His image. So, He solves humanity's problem by making our problem His Son's problem so that our problem was solved through His Son so that we could be called sons and daughters of God. This is good news!
What's next?
We, all who have entrusted our lives to Jesus, have been given the Great Commission. We are to preach the Gospel, the good news, to everyone so that all may hear it. Louie put together a series of events that are typical of how we can interact with those we want to share the good news with. We have already learned what a game-changer generosity is in showing the love of God and allowing us to shine for His glory. Reflect on the next few questions and decide where you can step into the story in a greater way.
- Would you tell everyone the good news?
- Would you be generous with your life because you know that generosity invites curiosity?
- Would you speak words of truth when people ask curious questions?
- Can you be prepared, be ready? Have a book, clip, a link to give to them.
- Remember, it's a process. Leave the results to God. Repeat.