Monday, March 21, 2016

Taste your words before you spit them out.

In God's word it says plainly in Mark 15:16
Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Go into ALL the world. That means all the countries. Not just select ones. Preach the gospel to all creation. Since I've basically beat that scripture into the ground for the moment let me ask you a question. If you were preaching, teaching, or sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ; would you present it the same to a 3 year old as you would a 50 year old? 

I wouldn't. When I worked with the kids at DFC I would bring things down to their level, but not dumb it down to much. Kids are a lot smarter than you think. I would ask the kids, "Do you believe that Jesus is real?" I wouldn't have to explain anything to them because they would always say yes. When I would ask them why, it would be a simple it's because you said so. When I'm talking to adults, it's a lot more complicated. You tend to have to go into details a little more. I like using the example, can you see oxygen? But do you believe that it is there?

What I'm trying to get across here is that you wouldn't use the same concept of sharing the gospel with someone from Africa that you would with someone in an Orphanage in Asia. There are completely different ways that people absorb information. A teenager in California wouldn't have the same lingo as someone in New York. People are different. Denominations are different. WHHAT?!?!?!

Yep, you read that right. Denominations are different. I'm not saying that they are all right and biblical but they are different. They appeal to different people in different times in their life. Like I mentioned people are different and get fed different ways. When someone were to say you can't reach people that way, I think there is a partial lack of faith in God. I know that might be a little out of your thought process.  

If I was to sit down with a bunch of teenagers and read them a sermon from the 1500's do you think they would get it like they would if I "translated" it to modern terminology. I basically want you to think about the words that you say about the different forms of worship/teaching before you spit them out. We need to spend more time expanding the kingdom of God and less time judging/complaining about other peoples presentation. 

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