For I Am Not Ashamed Of This Good News About Christ
You May Have Life Abundantly
ROMANS 1:16
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”
Romans 1:16 NKJV
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We believers have no good reason to be ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
Yet many hold back from sharing the Good in fear of offending, or being ridiculed.
Some people may well be offended and angry, but all people need to hear it.
It is our responsibility as believers to share the Good News of Christ, but if they reject the message, respectfully move on, we cannot take away one’s right to choose, though we can continue to pray for them.
Paul was not ashamed because his Good News message was a message of salvation; it has life changing power, and it was spoken to all who would listen.
The Jews had been God’s special people for more than 2000 years, ever since He chose Abraham and promised great blessings to his descendants (GENESIS 12:1-3).
God didn’t choose them because they were more in numbers or more deserving (DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8; 8:4-6), but because He loved us all.
He had to start somewhere and He made His choice according to His plans and purposes. So the Messiah started His ministry with Judah (HEBREW 7:14), not as His favourites, but so that they would experience His love and tell the world.
It was His plan to save both the Jews and Gentiles from the very beginning of creation.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
John 3:16-17 NKJV
Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly (JOHN 10:10).
The Good News is, Jesus came to give you life, that you may have more abundantly, and your new life in Christ starts in the very moment you believe and commit to Him, and continues throughout all eternity.
Furthermore, one’s new life doesn’t depend on his or her abilities, power, good deeds, or success or riches.
No one can earn, buy, or purchase salvation, yet it is available to all through Jesus Christ (JOHN 14;6) regardless of their past or present situations or beliefs, their skin colour, sexual orientation, or their place of origin, health, or criminal record, “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (ROMANS 10:9).”
This is not simply the “Good News,” it is amazingly wonderful “Good News”, and it is on us believers to share it wisely to all.
My beloved, unbelievers are not likely to walk into your place of worship; the place to evangelise is in the streets and communities by the leading of the Holy Spirit.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
