Do You Talk About Jesus?

Mike Hosey, Elder

If you are a follower of Jesus, and you are not talking about Him to others you should seriously ask yourself why not?

This is because when people meet Him, they talk about Him.  In fact, people who see Him face to face develop an urge to tell everyone about their experience - even when Jesus tells them not to do that (Mark 1:41-45)!

And this urge to tell others about Him was evidenced from the very beginning. Consider the very first people (other than His immediate family) recorded to have met Jesus -- the shepherds (Luke 2:8-20).

It's an awesome story! The shepherds are out in their fields watching over their flocks when an angel of the Lord appears to them and tells them that their savior has been born, and that they can find this great person lying in a lowly feed trough.  A company of angels then appear. They praise God and proclaim peace and goodwill to men. Then they return to heaven, and the shepherds begin their search for the newborn king.

Talk About Him!

After the shepherds find the baby Jesus, the first thing they do is tell everyone around them what they had been told about this child (Luke 2:17), and everyone who hears it is amazed (Luke 2:18)! Then those same shepherds returned to the fields from where they came, glorifying God and praising Him for all the things they had heard and seen (Luke 2:20). They were already spreading the gospel!

This should really be no surprise.  We naturally want to spread the word when we've experienced something great and special. We love to tell our friends about what we've seen when we get back from vacation, or when we've experienced a great movie, or even when we've found a great sale.  

There is an instinctive desire to share one's good news. And the story of Jesus in your life is the greatest news of all.  First of all, He has saved you from eternal death and made you a friend of God.  But perhaps He has also cancelled your alcoholism, or He has changed your negative perspective, or He has renewed your love for God, or any number of great things. So if you are not sharing that story, you should ask yourself, "why not?"