When is the last time you read the Gospels? If you really pay attention to the inspired accounts by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, you discover that nearly every time Jesus talks with someone, He uses a new approach. Why is that? Because each individual starts at a different place, with different beliefs and misconceptions, with different hang-ups and sins, with different needs and circumstances, and with different kinds of relationships with God and others.

Almost every individual “heard” and responded to Jesus and His message in different ways. Some, like Nathanael, Zacchaeus, and Mary Magdalene, were saved almost instantly. Still others, including Jesus’ own brothers, didn’t believe He was the Son of God until after Jesus’ death and resurrection. Whether short or long, every dialogue and conversion looked and sounded different from the others. No two individuals, including brothers Peter and Andrew, had the same experience, let alone the same story. The implications are pretty staggering.  

I’m so glad that you and I can use any of 105 ways to present the life-changing Good News Gospel of Jesus Christ with others. Like Jesus, let’s look for new opportunities today.

This is Luis Palau.