Perhaps
someone could have told you before ‘alas the crowd came because of the miracle
of Jesus’. That’s right, but the crowd also left as fast as they came because
of the preaching of Jesus. But regardless, they came because someone told them
about Jesus. Who have you told about Jesus this week? Who have we invited to
come to church with us this week or this month? Simeon Peter and Andrew were
still young when they met Jesus. What would have happened if Andrew would have
never invited Simeon Peter to come meet Jesus? John 1:40-42. Let me tell you
what would have happen. The apostle Peter never would have stood up on the day
of Pentecost and preached the message of salvation.
Every person
you invite to the house of God is a potential key person to the revival and
spiritual growth that God would send to this nation. Of course, you never know
who it is that you are inviting. It might look to you to be just an old
fisherman out tending his nets, but it just might be the greatest evangelist
the world has ever known. Have you considered this fact that, there are many
preachers of the gospel who at one time were drug addicts? There are many
pastors of churches in Pentecost who used to be drunkards sitting on bar
stools. There are literally thousands of people who many people had given up on
who are now crucial and vital members of growing churches.
As youth,
while remembering God now that you are vibrant and energetic, and also a great
partaker in the great commission assignment, do not think twice when the
thought comes to invite someone to church. Don’t think twice when the
opportunity comes to introduce someone to Jesus, anywhere, anytime. Don’t think
twice when you see someone who needs what you have. You do not need to
procrastinate; say may be till tomorrow before you do this. Tomorrow may be too
late.
Just as
everyone is yielding for progress in the nation, growth in the church/ministry
of God, there must be a new breed of great fishermen like Andrew who did not
waste anytime by inviting Simeon to Jesus. Simeon peter later became a pillar
in the propagating of the gospel of Christ. Don’t be afraid to invite some one
to Jesus today. It could be someone next to you, may be your father, mother,
wife, husband, fiancé, fiancée, siblings and friends.
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