Monday May 20th, 2024
« But how can they call on Him to save them unless they believe in Him? And how can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him? And how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them? »
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.”
6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above)
7 or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
« Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved »
The above passage is Paul’s heart’s desire for his country.
What is the desire of your heart for your country?
Are you happy seeing the people of your country on their way to hell?
Are you happy seeing the youths become more and more perverse by the day?
If not, then you should do something about it.
If you really love the people of your country, then you would not keep salvation to yourself rather, you would preach to them and lead them to Christ.
Start from your neighborhood.
When I became born again, the first major assignment I did for God was to establish a Church in my town. I did it because my desire was to see my kindred getting to know the Lord Jesus Christ. I wanted them all to also enjoy the peace and joy that I now had. I couldn’t bear to watch them on their way to hell.
If you take note, you will see that just as Paul described the people of Israel in our Bible reading today, your people also have a desire to know God.
They yearn to connect with that Supreme Being who is in control of all things, but they are often ignorant as to the identity of the one true God and how to connect with Him.
Believe me, when you preach to them, they will be very grateful to you for showing them the narrow path to God.
Don’t deprive them of that knowledge and the opportunity to spend eternity in heaven rather than hell.
Even if it is only one soul that you are able to lead to Christ amongst your people, that one soul will be eternally grateful to you when he or she gets to heaven.
All the effort to win that one soul would have been well worth it.
Your people need God, they want to call on Him, but they cannot do so except they know Him.
They cannot know Him except someone preaches to them.
Why don’t you make yourself available as the bridge between them and God today?
Imagine you bringing Jesus Christ to your street.
Imagine people coming to your neighborhood to receive healings and miracles just because of you.
Imagine how much God can do in and for your country just because you preached the gospel there.
Don’t deny your people of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Application – Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to at least one member of your family today.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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