What is the Christian’s number one job and the Savior’s last command? There are many churches that, through their actions or lack of action, show that they believe it could be anything from worship to gathering together for a meal. But Jesus said it is the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide. Not all who call themselves Christians or stand on a pulpit on Sunday morning have turned from the things of this world to do as the Lord has commanded.
Not all who preach the Gospel follow His instructions or for the right reason. Paul said, “Some preach Christ out of rivalry or envy.” What is important is that we obey Him and proclaim Christ crucified and risen again for the forgiveness of the sins of mankind and not for our own gain. God will use your obedience to His commands to save souls because the Gospel is the power that saves. God says about His Word, “It shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose.”
Do not worry if you stumble or stammer as you share the Gospel; proclaim Christ the best you can. Then, learn from your mistakes and keep going. Remember that not even Paul was eloquent, but he became effective. Do not try to stop others from sharing His Word as best they can. God can also use them to bring the Gospel to save the lost. Nothing that is shared from God’s Word will be wasted.
I have heard Atheists preaching the Gospel and reading entire books of the Bible on video, posting them online for others to watch. They thought they were ridiculing those who preach it and making fun of the message of Christ. Yet, hundreds of thousands of Atheists and others are watching and hearing the Word of God, and their souls were changed through the power of the Word. You never know what God will use to bring salvation.
So, I say if one is proclaiming Jesus and the Gospel for any reason, leave them be. There is a place to rebuke the false teachers seeking to bring themselves glory and financial gain. But God will deal with them in the end, and He will ultimately get the glory by saving those He has chosen.
Praise the Lord that the Gospel is being proclaimed by any means possible. People don’t even realize the blessing they are bringing to someone who needs to hear that God loves them and died to save their soul from Hell. It was prophesied that God would speak to us in this way. It was written: “Through men of strange tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people,”
Keep doing the will of God in your life to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Step out in faith and speak up for Christ, no matter who comes against you. God is the teacher; He is the one who will lead and guide you if you are devoted to Him and His ways. So preach Christ wherever you go and in whatever you can do, whether it is in your own words or by handing out Gospel Tracts, written or spoken. God will be pleased with you, and that is what really matters.
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, Philippians 1:12-18
The Soul Sower 