I will continue to share. The town has a large gathering in about a month where thousands of people will be. So, 2 other friends and I will be sharing the Gospel there. I am really looking forward to it. A little nervous but also excited.
The funny thing is, we can share the Gospel at worldly events. We even have an event in town that is very pagan, and we are welcomed. But if it is a church event, they do not like the Gospel said as it will scare people away. The leaders in the church don't even realise that this is what Jesus said. "The world.... hates me because I testify that its works are evil." Jesus showed people that they fall short of Gods standards in the hope that they would turn from their sin and turn to God. And because He did that, it did offend some. So, the world will hate us if we do as Jesus did. So, my church frustrates me because it believes that it can make friends with the world. (See Matt 10:24-24 and John 15:18-21)
Sadly, I believe that many church leaders will be in trouble one day. Jesus said, "Go and preach the Gospel to every person." Every person! This is a command. But these leaders believe that they have a better way to bring people to Christ. And so, they teach the congregation that we are to make friends before saying the Gospel. This not only limits the Gospel to only people we have made a friendship with, so the Gospel is not being heard be everyone, but it also overrides what Jesus commanded. How do we preach the Gospel to everyone if we can only do it with our friends? In Mark 7:1-13 it talks about how the pharisees overrode what God had commanded. And sadly, so do these leaders in church who believe they have a new better way to make the Gospel more effective. Jesus said, "Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men................You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition." So, sadly, I believe my church has done the very thing the pharisees did. They believe that their way is better than Gods way.
And believe it or not, I actually really love these leaders a lot and I do pray for them. These leaders even saved my marriage a few years back. They are wonderful people. But they do anger me.
NOTE: At the pagan event, our stall was the busiest stall out of all the stalls. We were amazed. People heard what we said and then went and told others to go and listen to us. So, we had people lining up to hear the Gospel and we had many people amazed by it (some angered but most were amazed). If we preach the law and the Gospel together, then we have a very powerful weapon.
"He who preaches the Gospel without preaching the Law of God may hold all the results of it in his hand and there will be little for him to hold." C Spurgeon
