Confronting for the Gospel

How do you convince someone in your church leadership the importance of sharing the Gospel at every available opportunity? I'm not saying that we have to end every paragraph with the Gospel, but no matter the environment the Gospel should be paramount.: Sunday sermon, Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, Service projects, Mission trips, Youth lock-ins, etc. Each provides an opportunity to point to the Glory of Christ and His amazing sacrifice. Its not an afterthought to those activities, its the entire reason for the activities.

The Gospel is the foundational, bedrock, in fact the entire point of being a Christian and being with other Christians. The Gospel is even in our name: Christian -> Christ -> Messiah -> One who was to be slain that others might be restored to God.

God loved us so much, but retained his full justice and therefore there had to be payment for sin. God understands how horrible hell is. He knows that we're going to be so much more miserable than we think we will be. So He provided His Son to pay our penalty, that if we believe in the effectiveness in that payment, we'll be with Him in Eternity, enjoying the total bliss and amazement of finally understanding how truly great and awesome He really is.

So if we have even the slightest inkling of the Gospel, wouldn't we want our church leaders to lead us to Christ and the Gospel at all times and in all venues? The Gospel beautifully applies to the saved and the unsaved. It points us to worship and recognize our own lack of self worth. I don't know how to convince the leader I'm talking with tomorrow of the desperate need I have for the Gospel, let alone the unbeliever. I'm praying that the Spirit will intercede for me.

Please join me as I pray for my church leaders, you pray for yours, that they would remember the Gospel and its centrality to everything a church should be involved in. Please honor and confront your church leaders with love and humility and call them to the Gospel. Remind them that their attendees are perishing without the Gospel.