Will you sit with them?
The reason I post these blogs is to make Christians and others, think about their faith, their relationship to God and to other people.
The apostles while on this earth never wavered in their devotion to God. Their faith remained strong in all situations. At the same time they followed the example of Jesus by associating with all people from all walks of life and presenting the gospel message to them.
A good example of this is when Jesus sat down with the Samaritan women, (John 4:6-26).
In speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well he broke the social norm of his day. In doing so Jesus showed his followers that they should do the same.
Jesus in forgetting about the social norm of the day and speaking to the Samaritan woman resulted in many in the village coming to believe that He indeed was the Messiah. John’s gospel recording,
“Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
And because of his words many more became believers.
They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” John 4:39-42.
As believers in Christ Jesus today in the twenty-first century we need to follow what Jesus did. We need to put aside our “social norms” and associate with all people.
It should not matter whether we agree with their beliefs, or their lifestyle we should be opening a dialogue with them.
Jesus did not look on the lifestyle or the beliefs of this Samaritan woman he simply presented the good news of Salvation to her. As a result many others believed in Him.
Question,
Are you willing to sit down with people of different lifestyles and belief and present the gospel message?
Please think about it.
The reason I post these blogs is to make Christians and others, think about their faith, their relationship to God and to other people.
The apostles while on this earth never wavered in their devotion to God. Their faith remained strong in all situations. At the same time they followed the example of Jesus by associating with all people from all walks of life and presenting the gospel message to them.
A good example of this is when Jesus sat down with the Samaritan women, (John 4:6-26).
In speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well he broke the social norm of his day. In doing so Jesus showed his followers that they should do the same.
Jesus in forgetting about the social norm of the day and speaking to the Samaritan woman resulted in many in the village coming to believe that He indeed was the Messiah. John’s gospel recording,
“Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
And because of his words many more became believers.
They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” John 4:39-42.
As believers in Christ Jesus today in the twenty-first century we need to follow what Jesus did. We need to put aside our “social norms” and associate with all people.
It should not matter whether we agree with their beliefs, or their lifestyle we should be opening a dialogue with them.
Jesus did not look on the lifestyle or the beliefs of this Samaritan woman he simply presented the good news of Salvation to her. As a result many others believed in Him.
Question,
Are you willing to sit down with people of different lifestyles and belief and present the gospel message?
Please think about it.
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