So much of our evangelism training today centers around the skill or the art of initiating a gospel conversation with someone. How do I navigate the daily activities and conversations of life in such a way that open a door of opportunity for the gospel? This is so important, because it reminds us that our primary mission as we go into the world is to glorify God and to point others to Christ. As we live and interact with others in this world, we pray that we would see the opportunities that God gives us and the open doors that He provides for gospel conversations.

Wouldn’t it be great, however, if the people around us were initiating gospel conversations with us, rather than us seeking to initiate conversations with them? What if our lives and the joy we have in Christ and the joy we find in fellowship with other believers were so unique and so extraordinary that those around began to experience a kind of jealousy towards us? What if the people around us, as they witnessed our lives, began to have a longing for eternal privileges that have come to us as a free gift in Christ? That is exactly Paul’s prayer for the Gentile believers in Rome. That their lives and fellowship and joy of salvation would create a kind of jealousy for spiritual things among the non-believing Jews. But this idea is predicated upon a foundational truth that we give them something spiritually in our lives that is worth being jealous of.

I pray that you will join us this weekend as we continue to walk through Romans. Make plans now to join us in one of our many worship service opportunities both on Saturday and Sunday that we may experience the riches of God’s kindness in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

— Pastor Chad McDonald

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