CONFIDENCE TO SHARE JESUS by Darrell Robinson

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. ACTS 4:31 God has a power team of three that He uses to bring people to Christ: the Word of God, the work of the Spirit, and the witness of the believer. There is power in the Word of God. Romans 10:17 tells us, “Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (NKJV). The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit He uses to pierce deeply into the heart and mind of the nonbeliever. The Holy Spirit is the ultimate soul-winner. Jesus said, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (John 6:44). God draws the nonbeliever through the enlightenment, revelation, and conviction of the Spirit. Finally, God uses the witness of the believer to bring people to Christ. As the believer faithfully shares the Word of God, the Holy Spirit uses the Word to convince and draw unbelievers to Christ. God uses the believer to guide those the Holy Spirit is drawing to Christ through the conversion experience. Acts 3–4 record how God did a mighty work through the witness of the church. Multitudes were coming to Christ and being saved, and opposition arose. The Bible tells us that the believers in Acts went to God in prayer, asking God for boldness to proclaim the gospel. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with bold-ness. You and I can have that same boldness to share Christ because we know that God wants to use us to bring the lost to Christ. SPREAD THE WORD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Because our confidence is in Jesus Christ, we can confidently shine like stars in the universe as we “hold out the word of life” (Philippians 2:16). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: THE LIGHTHOUSE DEVOTIONAL Published by Multnomah Publishers, Inc. © 2000 by Dr. Cornell Haan