The excitement and satisfaction after experiencing the gift of salvation does
not become a revolution in most cases because somehow that experience gets
boxed under a self-contentment and with a personal spiritual framework; either
self-imposed or under a denominational barrier. The experience becomes too
personal and rarely finds motivation to make it public.
Experiencing the gift of salvation
isn’t passive in nature, or never too personal. If you recollect the amazing
incident mentioned in Luke 7:36-40 about a sinful lady finding
Jesus while He was dining in the house of Pharisees who invited to eat with
him. Note, she is not an invitee, but probably Christ discourse and her earlier
encounter with Jesus had induced conviction of sin in her, she couldn’t hold
any longer private. It is told that the sinful lady barged into the house and
demonstrated confession in an unusual way and was transformed with a new
mission identity. Jesus declares in V48 “..Your sins are
forgiven”, And Matthew records Christ said about her in Matthew
26:13 “Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed In the
whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
So, what am I trying to say here?
When you encounter true real Salvation, you will not be able to cage it in, but
you will actually become desperate to make it public and become a source of
inspiration irrespective of any threats. Paul for example, after he encountered
Christ, stayed with the disciples for some time (Acts 9:19), and
then it is recorded this way, “immediately he began proclaiming Jesus
in the synagogues: “He is the son of God.”. And further it records in Acts
9:22, “Saul’s preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus
couldn’t refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. “. Be
aware of this fact, your Commitment to Christ can never force you to stay
passive.
Sharing the good news is never a
choice, it is a mandate and a serious business. Peter in His discourse says in
the book of Acts, that God has appointed him (and all disciples) as witnesses
and commanded to preach to the people about salvation and Judgement (Acts
10: 41-42). Sadly, today people are satisfied with their
personal worship which is extended and settled to corporate worshiping and
fellowshipping in their Churches alone. I am assuming people are engaging in
active fellowshipping, because nowadays visiting Church building per se, has
become more important than the need to actively engage with each other. The
powerful question to Isaiah is still echoing strongly today, “Who shall
I send? Who will go for us?...” Isaiah 6: 8.
In the powerful words of E Stanley
Jones, “Let it be noted that if Christianity isn’t worth exporting, it
isn’t worth keeping, if we cannot share it, we cannot keep it.”. The
great Commission, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit” Matthew
28:19, has not migrated to a suggestion. Just because the people
aren’t taking it up seriously, does not mean it is suggesting you to stay at
home comfortably and pray for the salvation of people. It’s time to break your
religious boundary and denominational barriers. Enough of rest my fellow-people.
Mark the words of Horatius Bonar, a Scottish clergyman and songwriter of the
nineteenth century. ‘The world is still sleeping its “sleep of death.”
It has a slumber for many generations; -sometimes deeper, sometimes lighter,-
yet still a slumber like that of the tomb, as if destined to continue till the
last trumpet sound; and there shall be no more sleep.’. This is
so real in the case of so called Christians today. Can you seriously think over
it?
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