Just preached yesterday on how we are called to be the witnesses of the gospel of Jesus Christ, The Bible says in Luke that Jesus said to his disciples that you are the witnesses of these things. This was during the time when Christ was giving the Great Commission, as Christians so many times we get so caught up with getting people converted that we forget that God did not call us to convert people, he called us to be His witnesses. We are called to simply present the gospel, and leave the results to God!!
Two quick examples of this;
1. Jarius came to Jesus and requested that he come and heal his daughter, and while they were yet on their way to his house there was a woman that had an issue of blood for 12 years that came and touched the hem of Jesus' garment and through her faith she was made whole. Yet when Jarius got back to his house with Jesus and Jesus told the people that the girl was not dead, but asleep, they laughed at him. There will be people that mock you, people that will laugh at you, people that reject you and disregard you when you present the gospel to them, but remember the results are not yours!
2. The woman at the well had a life-changing encounter with Christ at the well and then went into town and began to tell everyone come and see the man that told everything that I ever did! The bible says that the people came and heard Jesus and after a couple of days of being with him they told the woman, John 4:42 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Isn't that great, the change that was made in their lives was not because of what she said, but because of the work Jesus had done in their lives! So don't be intimidated, share your faith with someone today and leave the results up to God!!
God Bless,
Nathan
