GOOD NEWS IS TO BE SHARED!

2 KINGS 7:3-11

• Four leprous men are at the gate of Samaria.• Leprosy was a horribly disfiguring and excruciatingly

painful skin disease.• The most horrible part of leprosy had to be the

isolation it brought.• Lev 13:45-46.

2 KINGS 7:3-11

GOOD NEWS IS TO BE SHARED!

WHY DOES THE GOOD NEWS NEED TO BE SHARED?

• One: Jesus commands us to share the good news.• “Go . . . and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt 28:19).• “You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all

Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).• If we love Jesus, we’ll do what He says (Jn 14:15).

• Two: Heaven & hell are real.• The people of God will enjoy His presence for all

eternity.• “Now [Lazarus] is comforted” (Lk 16:25).• Rev 21:3-4.

• Those who are not the people of God will be tormented forever.• Mk 9:47-48.• Rev 4:11.

• Three: The love of Jesus compels us.• “The love of Christ compels us, because we judge

thus: that if One died for all, then all died” (2 Cor 5:14).• The love of Christ could mean:• Our love for Christ.• Jesus’ love for us and those in the world.

• Four: I am a sinner saved by grace.

HOW CAN I SHARE THE GOOD NEWS?

• One: We need to share the Gospel of Jesus.• The gospel of Jesus changes lives (Rom 1:16).• What if evangelism isn’t our talent?• You can invite people!

• Two: We need to pray.• Jesus said to pray for workers.• “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into

His harvest” (Matt 9:38).• Paul prayed for the lost in Israel.• “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for

Israel is that they may be saved” (Rom 10:1).

• Three: We need to live right.• Matt 5:13-16.• “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own

husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives” (1 Pet 3:1).

IS THE WAY YOU ARE LIVING MATCHING THE MESSAGE OF

JESUS?

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