Monday, February 24, 2003
Monday, February 24, 2003
Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find
it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to
the saints.
The engineer replies in a clipped German accent, "Because in life, some things are just too
important not to share."
Wow! What a great statement. Some things are just too important not to share. As Christians
we believe that the good news of Jesus Christ is one of those things that is too important not to
share. No, that is an understatement. We believe that Jesus Christ MUST be shared with our
friends, our neighbors, the world. The work of sharing the news of Jesus Christ we call
evangelism. The Christian faith has been advanced through the ages by people who were willing
to take upon themselves the responsibility of being evangelists--those who spread the good
news of Christ.
Are you being an evangelist? Are you supporting your church as it evangelizes?
(Jude 1.3
NRSV)
A Mercedes-Benz TV commercial shows one of their cars colliding with a concrete wall during a
safety test. Someone then asks a Mercedes engineer why their company does not enforce their
patent on their car's energy-absorbing car body. The Mercedes' design has been copied by
almost every other car maker in the world in spite of the fact that they have an exclusive patent.
Dear Jesus, I realize you don't call everyone to be an evangelist, but you do call me to support
those who do and to share my faith. Amen.
