16I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. 17The good news tells how God accepts everyone who has faith, but only those who have faith. It is just as the Scriptures say, "The people God accepts because of their faith will live."
Now we know why Paul was so specific a few verses back when he defined the Gospel as the story of Jesus...fully God and fully man...raised from death to redeem mankind.
Because that story has the power to save people...
Think about it. The story! Not our wisdom, not our passion...but the story. The power is in the story itself.
But...it has to be told.
Many of us refrain from telling the story because we are so unsure of ourselves we think we'll do more harm than good. That might be true, if the power was in us. But, it's not.
Imagine this. Every single time we tell the story of Jesus there is enough power present to bring somebody to faith. Telling people about tithing can't do that. Telling people about sanctified living can't do that. Because those things aren't the Gospel. They are fruits of the Gospel that has been planted and burst forth into new life.
How many folks around us would be believers today if only we had told the story? Potentially, every single one who heard it...because there's enough power there. Well, today is a new day. How about unleashing some of that power?
Live boldly out there today...
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