There's a commitment to the gospel. This is another thing that marks out the New Testament believer. Paul is talking a lot about the Gospel, he's going to talk a lot about the Gospel in this particular book of Colossians, but he says a few things about this Gospel. He says, "𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥", so this Gospel is Universal in its power. Paul says "I͟'͟m͟ ͟n͟o͟t͟ ͟a͟s͟h͟a͟m͟e͟d͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟G͟o͟s͟p͟e͟l͟.͟ 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦
Read MoreWe share the Gospel because the Bible instructs to do this. We believe that Jesus is the only way to salvation and eternal life. When we share the Gospel, we are giving others the opportunity to hear about Jesus and decide for themselves whether or not they want to follow Him, and how they want to spend eternity. We can't make someone choose; we just create the environment for them to grow if they choose. We are also obeying God's commandment to Love God, Love Others, Make Disciples.
Read MoreIt kind of begs the question, what does it take for you to be stripped of a thankful heart? Maybe all it takes is a little offensive comment from somebody, or maybe a little neglect from someone. It could be that an oversight by a worker or by boss, or maybe a physical ailment, or a whining child or Kapaa traffic. You know it's embarrassing, but sometimes, that's all it takes for a thankful heart to evaporate and then what are we focused on, we spend all of our time.
Read MoreMay these life lessons remind and inspire us all to Live the Epic Life of following Christ and making Him known! Thank you everyone for your love, friendship and prayers over our family this year! May God bless you and produce lasting fruit through your lives! Live the Epic Life!
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