"Sharing the Story of Jesus"
We are continuing the study on making friends for God,
and as you notice I am doing this study again alone,
but don't worry, Tsetso will be back again next week.
This lesson I think is very good and important.
We all need to be reminded that
making friends for God is not about us.
It's not about how right we are
or how correct our beliefs are.
It's about sharing Jesus
and the difference that He makes.
Jesus, the basis of our testimony,
is the first point of the lesson.
Without Jesus, what is the best that you can get in life?
Money?
Career?
Success?
Travel around the world?
Vacations?
Fun with family or friends?
There are good things to bring you satisfaction,
but then what?
When nature takes its course or tragedy strikes...
It's all in vain.
Without Jesus, we are slaves to sin.
We are prisoners and hostages.
With Jesus, we get grace.
He took on Himself what we deserved.
He paid our price and we are freed.
We have higher opportunities, we get a new purpose, we get a future!
This does make a difference!
A whole big difference to me!
Walking with Jesus changes people.
His different perceptions, His love and care, His values...
They penetrate deep in us and you can't remain the same.
James and John, the sons of thunder,
the ones who wanted to destroy an entire village just because the people there didn't like them,
experienced an unbelievable transformation:
realizing what it means to be ready to die for your enemies.
We don't know what love is.
"Only by love is love awakened",
the lesson cites the Desire of Ages.
The first missionaries were not the disciples,
not some scholars, not followers of Jesus,
but two demoniacs who were freed from being possessed.
When you have been in such a dark place,
when you have reached bottom,
the only one who can help you get your life back
is the One who gave you life at the first place.
They didn't have to say anything.
Their lives were their testimonies.
Testifying with assurance is another important point of this lesson,
citing an old pastor saying that,
"When I look at myself, I see no possibility of being saved .
"When I look at Jesus, I see no possibility of being lost".
Do we doubt Jesus?
We cannot give what we don't have.
But when we experience the presence of Jesus in our life,
there is peace,
there is confidence and assurance because we trust the One who we gave charge over our life.
Is this something worth testifying about?
Is there anything better that we can find in life?
Is this experience with Jesus something fine, but only for when we don't have better things to keep us busy?
Or is it the core of what gives us purpose
and drives everything else that we do?
Sharing the story of Jesus is something
worth testifying about,
is the last point of this lesson.
Join us next week to continue with the
lesson,
"A Message Worth Sharing".
