Defending the Faith - Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ

I think we are really needing a couple of real men of God to stand up for the Church and to proclaim the gospel to the nation at the moment. There are some contenders but to be a man of God you need to be bible believing and focused purely on winning souls to Jesus Christ.

 

So often we believers are distracted by the pride of life and the accumulation of worldly goods. Whereas to succeed in the walk with Jesus of Nazareth we need to focus solely on putting God and His will for us into first place. This impacts on Church leadership as well. In fact in this day and age with cell phones, the Internet and online living it is hard not to be attracted away from God’s ways and down into Vanity Fair.

 

It is important to concentrate on the relationship that God is cultivating with us. In fact Jesus Christ tells us in John fifteen that He is the true vine and that His Heavenly Father is the Vine Dresser. Every branch that bears no fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit he prunes that it may bear more fruit. Jesus states in this scripture that he is the vine and that we must remain in him and he in us for us to bear much fruit for without him we can do nothing.

 

What am I saying here. Probably that God has big plans for bringing salvation and restoration to our country and the world. We need to focus on God’s work in our lives and his voice in what he wants us to do for him. You know “Don’t ask what God can do for you. Rather what you can do for God.” It would be great to have a leader like John Wesley going around the country and sharing the gospel with the people of New Zealand. But until God raises a couple of real prophets and priests of the last days for our little corner of the world. Well, I guess you and I will have to tidy up our act and start doing what God leads us to do.

 

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine . . . they will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Tim. 4:2–4)

 

Reference List

 

Chapter 5 The Ready Defense https://answersingenesis.org/apologetics/the-ready-defense/ 30.06.19