15 Oct

Take Every Opportunity

EVANGELISM ARTICLE Jeff Carr | Lakeland, Florida

“Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.” – Col 4:5-6

This passage of Scripture is a marvelous passage where Paul talks about how we should teach the Gospel to those who are outsiders and how we should interact with others. This verse presupposes that we will be interacting with non-Christians about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Are we praying and looking for such opportunities? Are we praying to “make the most” of each opportunity that comes our way?  Since we are to “conduct ourselves with wisdom” we need to prepare for this and make sure our speech and actions are full of Godly wisdom. The Apostle Paul is telling each of us that we need to think about our opportunities and that we need to make sure we are doing the best we can in trying to reach out to others who are not Christians. Read More