Faith in Jesus comes about because people hear the Gospel. People hear the Gospel, because other people tell them the Gospel, but why do people tell other people the Gospel?

Romans 10v17: So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

It says right here that their hearing is through the word of Christ… Huh? What is that, what does that mean? It is this, people preach, witness, evangelize, or whatever because Jesus has told them to. Jesus sends out His people, to spread His message, about His sacrifice, and His love… Don’t get it? Check this out…

Matthew 28v18→19a: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…”

Do you see it, this is known as the great commission, its Jesus sending us (that means you and me…) out to make disciples. What is the action word, what is it that we should be doing? GO!!! Jesus is there shouting to us and encouraging us, “GO you can do it, I will strengthen you, I have all authority in heaven and earth, GO!!!”

That’s what Romans 10v17 is saying, that hearing is through the word of Christ, and that word is… You guessed it; “GO!” He is sending you out to go and make disciples, He is sending you out to spread His message, He is sending you out to go and tell other people about what He has done for you. Remember a few verses before in Romans 10, where Paul reminded us about how people get saved? He said that everyone who calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved, but how are they going to know to call on His Name unless they hear about Him (Romans 10v13+14)? There are people around you in your everyday life that have not truly heard (or understood) the message of the Gospel, you have a unique relationship with these people, God has put them in your life for a purpose, help them to hear!

A final word on this, witnessing for a Christian should be as natural as swimming is for a fish, but for most of us it doesn’t feel like that. Some of the methods that have been taught to us make us feel like we have be a judge sitting on the bench passing sentence on the person that we are trying to witness to, other methods basically tell you just to be friends with them and live like a Christian, never talking to them. But what is witnessing really? Witnessing always come down to a conversation of some kind (remember they need to hear), it is you telling your friend about what Jesus has done in your life; why and how. You’re not a judge, you’re a witness on the stand, telling what Jesus has done in your life. What has He done in your life that’s worth telling about, that will make God famous?

Related Posts

1. Parable of the Sower – The Hard Soil
2. Parable of the Sower – Intro
3. I no longer live, but Christ lives in me – Galatians 2v20