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You are called by God – answer! Believers should look like, act like and live like Jesus did in the world (John 17:18 NKJV). All believers have been called to preach the Word. It is important for believers to know where the call comes from. First, the call to preach comes from God (Matthew 28:18-20). God is calling believers to preach His Word. You have all the authority and power to answer the call because God is with us always, all the time.
Second, the call to preach comes from the unsaved (Acts 16:9). There are people in the world who want to get out of the condition they are in – they want to be delivered, they are looking for truth and they are looking for answers. This is who believers should spend time with preaching the Word. “Preaching” is simply telling your story. Don’t try to pick the fruit that is not ripe. You should pick the fruit that is ripe or ready to receive your testimony.
Third, the call to preach comes straight from hell (Luke 16:19-31). The Word says come now and don’t delay. In torment, the rich man who was in hell recognized the beggar who was carried into Abraham’s bosom, and the rich man cried for mercy for himself and his family – but it was too late. People who are not saved are taking a huge gamble on tomorrow. They risk eternal blessing by thinking they have the next day or the next year. Believers will have to answer to the Lord for their failure to answer the call. The question that comes from God is: What have you done with what you’ve heard? This is the power by which people get saved.
All believers are called to preach (Romans 1:14). Believers should not be ashamed to preach the Gospel of Christ because it is the power of God. The rich man knew the power of the Gospel of Christ. Believers have the power of God in us right now. We have the power of God in our mouths. The Gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation. Salvation is healing, deliverance, preservation, safety and soundness. This is the cure for all of the woes in the world right now. We who are saved have the power of God in our mouths now to cure any and every woe in the world right now. Everyone needs salvation. Salvation has to do with us being delivered now, as well as in the time to come. Salvation is the power to change people’s lives right now.
The Gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation to everyone. You are to testify that what God did for you, He can do for anyone else. Your job is to open your mouth and let the power of God some out, and once you do that, people will get help because they will receive the power of God in them for salvation. Every single believer is called, anointed and appointed to preach. Believers should be telling people that if God did it for me, He can do it for you. Your job is to open your mouth and let the power of God come out, and then people will receive the power of God in them for salvation and deliverance.
It is the body of Christ’s job to preach to the world (Acts 8:1-4). It is the ministry gift’s job to teach the Word. If believers do not answer the call to preach, people will not know that there is more to life than what they know, and they will not know that they can live by faith and not by sight. A believer telling his or her story to the unsaved is what peaks people’s interest and provokes their curiosity. It makes people think that what God did for you He can do for them too.
God’s plan for salvation cannot happen without us (Romans 10:13-15). The people in hell are counting on us to save their loved ones. If you are in Christ, you will be about making life better for those around you. You are not called to give sermons; you are called to tell your story. You do not get people saved; they are saved by the Holy Spirit. Your call is to preach your own personal story. Your story gives the Holy Spirit something to work with. You are the message; you don’t have the message.
God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself (2 Corinthians 5:20). God has given us the Word of reconciliation, so we have to leave the judging of sin in others alone. The Bible says that “we are ambassadors for Christ.” This means that we represent Christ, but we don’t do it on our own power. Christ makes the way for us. God is using the Christ in us to reconcile the world back to Him. Your message has nothing to do with sin -- it has to do with healing, deliverance, preservation, safety and soundness.
Who do you say that Jesus is? Believers represent God based on who we say Jesus is. We have to operate like we are the only Christ that people in the world are going to see. Is God in trouble? Are we representing God falsely or correctly? In other words, as ambassadors for Christ, we have to assume that we are the only God people can see in their lives because then it is on us to demonstrate God’s power to all who see.
God is not the problem; Satan is the problem (Acts 10:38). Believers are here to make life better for people in the world. You are equipped just like Jesus. You have the same power as Jesus. The Holy Spirit is in you with the power to make life better for people. The answer is the power of God in you, which is your story. In order for believers to answer the call, we must have God firmly established in our lives. We must sanctify God in our hearts (1 Peter 3:15). Believers are the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world.” (Matthew 5:13-14) We make people hunger and thirst for the righteousness of God. Believers are the message (Acts 1:8). We are the light of the world, and light destroys darkness.
Second, the call to preach comes from the unsaved (Acts 16:9). There are people in the world who want to get out of the condition they are in – they want to be delivered, they are looking for truth and they are looking for answers. This is who believers should spend time with preaching the Word. “Preaching” is simply telling your story. Don’t try to pick the fruit that is not ripe. You should pick the fruit that is ripe or ready to receive your testimony.
Third, the call to preach comes straight from hell (Luke 16:19-31). The Word says come now and don’t delay. In torment, the rich man who was in hell recognized the beggar who was carried into Abraham’s bosom, and the rich man cried for mercy for himself and his family – but it was too late. People who are not saved are taking a huge gamble on tomorrow. They risk eternal blessing by thinking they have the next day or the next year. Believers will have to answer to the Lord for their failure to answer the call. The question that comes from God is: What have you done with what you’ve heard? This is the power by which people get saved.
All believers are called to preach (Romans 1:14). Believers should not be ashamed to preach the Gospel of Christ because it is the power of God. The rich man knew the power of the Gospel of Christ. Believers have the power of God in us right now. We have the power of God in our mouths. The Gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation. Salvation is healing, deliverance, preservation, safety and soundness. This is the cure for all of the woes in the world right now. We who are saved have the power of God in our mouths now to cure any and every woe in the world right now. Everyone needs salvation. Salvation has to do with us being delivered now, as well as in the time to come. Salvation is the power to change people’s lives right now.
The Gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation to everyone. You are to testify that what God did for you, He can do for anyone else. Your job is to open your mouth and let the power of God some out, and once you do that, people will get help because they will receive the power of God in them for salvation. Every single believer is called, anointed and appointed to preach. Believers should be telling people that if God did it for me, He can do it for you. Your job is to open your mouth and let the power of God come out, and then people will receive the power of God in them for salvation and deliverance.
It is the body of Christ’s job to preach to the world (Acts 8:1-4). It is the ministry gift’s job to teach the Word. If believers do not answer the call to preach, people will not know that there is more to life than what they know, and they will not know that they can live by faith and not by sight. A believer telling his or her story to the unsaved is what peaks people’s interest and provokes their curiosity. It makes people think that what God did for you He can do for them too.
God’s plan for salvation cannot happen without us (Romans 10:13-15). The people in hell are counting on us to save their loved ones. If you are in Christ, you will be about making life better for those around you. You are not called to give sermons; you are called to tell your story. You do not get people saved; they are saved by the Holy Spirit. Your call is to preach your own personal story. Your story gives the Holy Spirit something to work with. You are the message; you don’t have the message.
God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself (2 Corinthians 5:20). God has given us the Word of reconciliation, so we have to leave the judging of sin in others alone. The Bible says that “we are ambassadors for Christ.” This means that we represent Christ, but we don’t do it on our own power. Christ makes the way for us. God is using the Christ in us to reconcile the world back to Him. Your message has nothing to do with sin -- it has to do with healing, deliverance, preservation, safety and soundness.
Who do you say that Jesus is? Believers represent God based on who we say Jesus is. We have to operate like we are the only Christ that people in the world are going to see. Is God in trouble? Are we representing God falsely or correctly? In other words, as ambassadors for Christ, we have to assume that we are the only God people can see in their lives because then it is on us to demonstrate God’s power to all who see.
God is not the problem; Satan is the problem (Acts 10:38). Believers are here to make life better for people in the world. You are equipped just like Jesus. You have the same power as Jesus. The Holy Spirit is in you with the power to make life better for people. The answer is the power of God in you, which is your story. In order for believers to answer the call, we must have God firmly established in our lives. We must sanctify God in our hearts (1 Peter 3:15). Believers are the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world.” (Matthew 5:13-14) We make people hunger and thirst for the righteousness of God. Believers are the message (Acts 1:8). We are the light of the world, and light destroys darkness.
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