Guilty

Posted by YC

First of all, thousand apologies for not remembering to autograph my previous post. I was too excited to share my erm, earlier encounter of the day.

I am guilty because I have never "directly" approached a person to share the gospel before. I am also guilty because I did not "directly" object whenever someone (a friend, a family member, an ex-colleague, etc) made a statement which is blatantly un-Christian. I am guilty because till this very day, I am not baptized yet (something which I pray God will give me the strength to pursue. I admit that I am being very, very cowardly here.) And since I am not baptized yet, somehow I feel that I could not evangelise "effectively", because how do I then justify my own actions?

All said, I always believe in another form of evangelism, i.e. do what you say. I remember the question which Sean asked two WOOTs ago.

"How have you changed since you became a Christian?"

I did not answer that question, partly because I do not have the answers then and even now. The main reason was my mind was more reflective on how did I become a Christian. I can only answer Sean's original question if I had been going through some sort of a "before" and "after" thing. But I didn't. To me, it was a transitional process kind of thing. And I am still very much learning to become a Christian.

How did I become a Christian, then?

Because a Christian friend evangelised "by action". She did not "directly" shared the Gospel with me even though she had plenty of chance to do so. She was the president of CF of our school. She's very active in church. She could have easily and casually included the subject in our conversations, but she didn't. However, she did something more powerful. Something which leaves a deeper impact. She just well, be a Christian.

Did I just wake up one fine morning and suddenly decided that I want to believe in Christ then? No. I was going through a challenging time in life when Jesus came and invited me to be a believer. I had known and heard about him before this, but at that very moment, He came, comforted, and asked if I want to believe. Naturally I turned to my friend; and she responded.

We can do this much to share the good news, to evangelise, to reach out, etc etc. But at the end of the day, it is by His grace that we turn to Him and start and continue to believe.