January 16: The Message and the Method

Your conduct [should be] honorable Amon the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. - 1 Peter 2:12

Churches are always looking for new methods for doing their ministry, and many Christians are eager to find the newest ways to share their faith. Good for u! We need to be geared to the times as we proclaim the unchanging message of Christ. We want to reach our contemporary culture,  and every generation devises its own technique and systems.

But wait!

Sometimes the methods don't have to change. God's primary means of evangelism is for people to see the hope ofChrist in our daily lives and to ask us about it. We're to bread to give an answer when that happens (1Peter 3:15). God's method is to let our light shine before men so they can see our good works and glorify our Heavenly Father (Matthew 5:16). Peter said, "Live such good lives among the pagans that... they may see your good deeds and glorify God" (1 Peter 2:12, NIV). God's message is Christ. His method is you.

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Men are God's method. The church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. - E.M. Bounds