SHARING YOUR FAITH

IN THIS PASSSAGE OF SCRIPTURE THE YOUNG MAN JESUS OBEYS THE FATHERS CALL ON HIS LIFE BY STAYING BEHIND IN JERUSALEM IN THE TEMPLE. HE WAS MAKING THAT TRANSITION FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD. IN THIS MESSAGE PASTOR STEVE PRICE CHALLENGES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE AGES OF 12 TO 20 TO OBEYING THE CALL TO SPEAK THEIR FAITH AND THE GOSPEL TO THEIR PEERS. LISTEN TO THIS MESSAGE TO THE END AS PASTOR STEVE PRICE INVITES YOUNG PEOPLE TO OBEY THE CALL OF GOD TO A SERIOUS WALK WITH GOD THAT REQUIRES DOING THE HARD THING OF SHARING THEIR FAITH.

THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT A NORMAL LIFE..IT IS SUPERNATURAL. GOD HAS CALLED EACH ONE OF US AS BELIEVERS TO LIVE ON A PLANE THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY. THIS DOES NOT MEAN A LIFE THAT IS ABOUT “US” OR OUR GREAT ENDEAVORS OR TALENTS-IT'S ABOUT A LIFE THAT IS CONTINUALLY DOING WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO. IT'S NOT TO MAKE US A CELEBRITY SO THAT OTHERS MAY “SEE”-IT IS TO USE US SO THAT OTHERS WILL SEE JESUS.

THIS STORY IN THIS CHAPTER OF LUKE IS A TRUE STORY-ABOUT REAL PEOPLE WHO LIVED AND DIED THEIR FAITH DURING A TIME OF VERY HARD TRIAL AND SUFFERING. THIS PROBLEM OF SUFFERING INCLUDED THE FAMILY OF THE MESSIAH. THEIRS WAS NOT A LIFE OF HAPPINESS AND WONDERFUL FULFILLMENT. THEIRS WAS A VERY REAL LIFE OF HARDSHIP WITH POVERTY UNDER A GOVERNMENT THAT DID NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE THEM AS VALUABLE PEOPLE-ONLY AS PROPERTY TO BE USED.

GOD IS IN CONTROL IN THE HARDEST OF TIMES. LISTEN TO THIS MESSAGE OF SEEING THINGS AS GOD WANTS US TO SEE THINGS ALL THE TIME.

LISTEN AND READ THIS SMALL PASSAGE OF LUKE IN WHICH A HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT IN FRONT OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BRAKING TRADITION TO DO WHAT GOD TOLD THEM TO DO. LISTEN TO THIS GOOD STORY OF HOW GOD HONORS OUR FAITH WHEN WE WORK WITH GOD AND OUR HUSBAND OR WIFE IN A HARD-PRESSURE SITUATION. REAL FAITH DOES NOT COMPROMISE TO PLEASE OTHERS: “FOR WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD!”