Why Can't We Talk About Jesus?
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles Tags: Bible Lessons on JesusFrom the Montana Street bulletin, comes the following article by Brother Jeff Jenkins, preacher for the Lewisville congregation in Lewisville, Texas.
He asks a very thought provoking question, “Why can’t we talk about Jesus?”:
Two events occurred this past week that encouraged me, challenged me, humbled me and reminded me of the importance of talking to others about Jesus.
The first was a phone call from a sister who just turned ninety years of age. She was requesting assistance in finding a preacher in another state to visit her niece. She has been involved in a Bible study with her niece in recent weeks. She believes that if the right person contacts her niece and if her niece finds the right church, she will give her life to the Lord.
The second event was a hospital visit. This time I was visiting a sister who recently turned one hundred years of age who has a blood clot in her leg. When I walked into the room, she said, “I’m go glad you came to see me, I have something I want to talk to you about.” This dear sister continued by asking me if I would be willing to assist her in a Bible study that she has set up with her rehab nurse.
She has been talking with her about the Bible and the young woman has agreed, along with her boyfriend, to study the Bible. I told her it would be an honor to be a part of that study. She said, “I thought that’s what you would say.”
Just think — one sister is ninety years young — the other one hundred years of age, and they are still involved in teaching people about Jesus! For those of us who are Christians, we have no excuses. If we have been saved, we should be telling someone the Good News (Acts 13:16-32 ESV). We sometimes say we are too busy, we don’t feel well enough, we don’t know enough, we can’t find the people, or we attempt to dismiss what one friend of mine calls our “evangelistic laryngitis” with some other reason.
Sometimes we forget that we have been saved to help others find salvation; we have been redeemed to tell others about redemption; we have been introduced to the Lord so that we might introduce others to Him. Christianity really is one beggar helping another beggar find bread (Matthew 4:4; cf. Deuteronomy 8:3).
My two dear senior Christian sisters make me want to do better. They make me want to work harder to find someone who needs to hear the Good News. They have challenged me in their quiet way to want to tell more people about Jesus. I am thankful for them and I will be a better Christian because of them.
What about you? Is there someone in your world that you can reach out to this week?
—Jeff A. Jenkins