Give Them Jesus
There's an error that can creep into our spiritual lives—the belief that we can fix the broken world around us through our own efforts, wisdom, or strategies. We look at the chaos in our culture, the division in our communities, and the brokenness in our neighborhoods, and we ask ourselves: "What can I do to make this better?"
It's a good question, but it starts from the wrong premise.
We Don't Heal the Land—He Does
The book of 2 Chronicles gives us a powerful promise: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Notice who does the healing? Not us. Him.
This isn't a call to passivity, but rather a call to proper positioning. When we recognize that transformation, healing, and redemption come from God alone, we stop relying on our limited human solutions and start becoming conduits for His unlimited power.
A recent worship song by Far-Flung Tin Can captures this truth beautifully: "I can't save you, but that's easy for my Jesus. I can't heal you, but that's easy for my Jesus." This isn't about diminishing our role—it's about magnifying His power and our dependence on it.
Give Them Jesus, Not Your Opinions
In an age of hot takes, political tribalism, and everyone broadcasting their opinions on social media, the church faces a critical choice: Will we offer the world more noise, or will we offer them the Name above all names?
The pressure to align with political parties, cultural movements, and ideological camps is immense. But there is only one Son born to us, only one Savior seated on the throne. It's not about who sits in the oval office, it's about who occupies the throne of heaven, and His kingdom transcends every earthly power structure.
When we encounter people who are lost, hurting, or searching, they don't need our political agenda. They don't need our personal advice, which honestly isn't that good to begin with. They need Jesus—the one who rescued us, saved our marriages from the pit, and turned our children around.
Every Believer Is Called to Share the Gospel
One of the most persistent misconceptions in the church is that evangelism is the job of pastors, evangelists, and other ministry professionals. But Acts chapters 8 and 11 tell a different story.
When persecution scattered the early church, it wasn't the apostles who spread the gospel far and wide—they actually stayed in Jerusalem. It was the ordinary believers, the ones with no titles or positions, who traveled to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the Lord Jesus wherever they went.
Some believers have a specific gift of evangelism—a Holy Spirit-given ability to share the gospel with clarity and power. They might not even know this gift exists within them yet, lying dormant, waiting to be activated. But whether or not you have this specific gift, every person who has been redeemed by the blood of Jesus has been commissioned to make disciples.
If He bought you with His blood, if He put His name upon you, if He gave you purpose and power to fulfill it, then sharing His gospel is your responsibility. Not just your pastor's.
Be The Most Loving People They've Ever Known
John 13:35 tells us that the world will know we are His disciples by our love. But here's the uncomfortable truth: How can we love the lost if we're backbiting and gossiping in the church? How will they know we belong to Jesus if we can't even love each other?
If you hear a rumor in the church, you have two options: bring it to a leader or shut it down. Gossip spreads like wildfire, and often people take offense on behalf of others before they even know the full story. This destroys the witness of the church.
Remember the phrase "such were some of you" from 1 Corinthians 6:11? We were once just like the people we're trying to reach—alienated from God, caught and lost in darkness, with no way out until Jesus found us and risked everything to bring us to Himself.
We needed grace when we didn't deserve it. So stop waiting for others to deserve it before you offer them grace. This doesn't mean we wink at sin or pretend it doesn't matter. It means we extend the same undeserved grace to others that was extended to us.
Our Lives Must Match Our Message
Nothing confuses a new Christian faster than an older Christian singing worship songs on Sunday and living like the devil on Monday. When we don't walk like Jesus walked, we confuse people and give the Lord a bad reputation.
2 Peter 2 warns that many will follow destructive ways, and as a result, the way of truth will be maligned. The gospel of Jesus is misrepresented by Christians who poorly show the character of Christ.
This isn't about being perfect—we're all sinners saved by grace, and there's no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. But we cannot be double-minded or lukewarm about our faith. James 1:8 says a double-minded person shouldn't expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Don't be blown about by every new teaching or trend. Some Christians run from church to church, constantly unsettled by the latest doctrine or controversy. But our foundation must be Christ and Christ alone. When we fall—and we will—there is no condemnation. Get back up. Keep chasing after Jesus, and don't be half-hearted about it.
They Knew They Had Been With Jesus
In Acts 4:13, the Jewish council apprehended the apostles and made a remarkable observation. These men weren't particularly educated or sophisticated, but the council could tell they had been with Jesus.
That's the goal. Not to impress people with our intelligence, eloquence, or credentials, but to live in such a way that people can tell we've been with Jesus.
Our walk with the Lord is vital because our lives teach and testify to the world about who He is. When we make disciples, we're teaching them to emulate our lives. That's why Paul said, "Follow me as I follow Christ." He wasn't claiming perfection, but he was genuinely, wholeheartedly following after Jesus.
The Call Forward
The path to seeing transformation in our land doesn't begin with political activism, social programs, or human wisdom—though these may have their place. It begins with prayer, with genuine encounters with Jesus, and with believers who are willing to share the gospel with more people than ever before.
It continues with love—radical, undeserved, Jesus-shaped love for both our brothers and sisters in the faith and for those who don't yet know Him.
And it's sustained by lives that match our message, by believers who spend time with Jesus and let that intimacy overflow into everything they do.
The world doesn't need more opinions. It needs Jesus. And it's easy for our Jesus to do what we cannot—save, heal, deliver, and transform.
Just give them Jesus.
It's a good question, but it starts from the wrong premise.
We Don't Heal the Land—He Does
The book of 2 Chronicles gives us a powerful promise: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Notice who does the healing? Not us. Him.
This isn't a call to passivity, but rather a call to proper positioning. When we recognize that transformation, healing, and redemption come from God alone, we stop relying on our limited human solutions and start becoming conduits for His unlimited power.
A recent worship song by Far-Flung Tin Can captures this truth beautifully: "I can't save you, but that's easy for my Jesus. I can't heal you, but that's easy for my Jesus." This isn't about diminishing our role—it's about magnifying His power and our dependence on it.
Give Them Jesus, Not Your Opinions
In an age of hot takes, political tribalism, and everyone broadcasting their opinions on social media, the church faces a critical choice: Will we offer the world more noise, or will we offer them the Name above all names?
The pressure to align with political parties, cultural movements, and ideological camps is immense. But there is only one Son born to us, only one Savior seated on the throne. It's not about who sits in the oval office, it's about who occupies the throne of heaven, and His kingdom transcends every earthly power structure.
When we encounter people who are lost, hurting, or searching, they don't need our political agenda. They don't need our personal advice, which honestly isn't that good to begin with. They need Jesus—the one who rescued us, saved our marriages from the pit, and turned our children around.
Every Believer Is Called to Share the Gospel
One of the most persistent misconceptions in the church is that evangelism is the job of pastors, evangelists, and other ministry professionals. But Acts chapters 8 and 11 tell a different story.
When persecution scattered the early church, it wasn't the apostles who spread the gospel far and wide—they actually stayed in Jerusalem. It was the ordinary believers, the ones with no titles or positions, who traveled to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the Lord Jesus wherever they went.
Some believers have a specific gift of evangelism—a Holy Spirit-given ability to share the gospel with clarity and power. They might not even know this gift exists within them yet, lying dormant, waiting to be activated. But whether or not you have this specific gift, every person who has been redeemed by the blood of Jesus has been commissioned to make disciples.
If He bought you with His blood, if He put His name upon you, if He gave you purpose and power to fulfill it, then sharing His gospel is your responsibility. Not just your pastor's.
Be The Most Loving People They've Ever Known
John 13:35 tells us that the world will know we are His disciples by our love. But here's the uncomfortable truth: How can we love the lost if we're backbiting and gossiping in the church? How will they know we belong to Jesus if we can't even love each other?
If you hear a rumor in the church, you have two options: bring it to a leader or shut it down. Gossip spreads like wildfire, and often people take offense on behalf of others before they even know the full story. This destroys the witness of the church.
Remember the phrase "such were some of you" from 1 Corinthians 6:11? We were once just like the people we're trying to reach—alienated from God, caught and lost in darkness, with no way out until Jesus found us and risked everything to bring us to Himself.
We needed grace when we didn't deserve it. So stop waiting for others to deserve it before you offer them grace. This doesn't mean we wink at sin or pretend it doesn't matter. It means we extend the same undeserved grace to others that was extended to us.
Our Lives Must Match Our Message
Nothing confuses a new Christian faster than an older Christian singing worship songs on Sunday and living like the devil on Monday. When we don't walk like Jesus walked, we confuse people and give the Lord a bad reputation.
2 Peter 2 warns that many will follow destructive ways, and as a result, the way of truth will be maligned. The gospel of Jesus is misrepresented by Christians who poorly show the character of Christ.
This isn't about being perfect—we're all sinners saved by grace, and there's no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. But we cannot be double-minded or lukewarm about our faith. James 1:8 says a double-minded person shouldn't expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Don't be blown about by every new teaching or trend. Some Christians run from church to church, constantly unsettled by the latest doctrine or controversy. But our foundation must be Christ and Christ alone. When we fall—and we will—there is no condemnation. Get back up. Keep chasing after Jesus, and don't be half-hearted about it.
They Knew They Had Been With Jesus
In Acts 4:13, the Jewish council apprehended the apostles and made a remarkable observation. These men weren't particularly educated or sophisticated, but the council could tell they had been with Jesus.
That's the goal. Not to impress people with our intelligence, eloquence, or credentials, but to live in such a way that people can tell we've been with Jesus.
Our walk with the Lord is vital because our lives teach and testify to the world about who He is. When we make disciples, we're teaching them to emulate our lives. That's why Paul said, "Follow me as I follow Christ." He wasn't claiming perfection, but he was genuinely, wholeheartedly following after Jesus.
The Call Forward
The path to seeing transformation in our land doesn't begin with political activism, social programs, or human wisdom—though these may have their place. It begins with prayer, with genuine encounters with Jesus, and with believers who are willing to share the gospel with more people than ever before.
It continues with love—radical, undeserved, Jesus-shaped love for both our brothers and sisters in the faith and for those who don't yet know Him.
And it's sustained by lives that match our message, by believers who spend time with Jesus and let that intimacy overflow into everything they do.
The world doesn't need more opinions. It needs Jesus. And it's easy for our Jesus to do what we cannot—save, heal, deliver, and transform.
Just give them Jesus.
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