Lesson 50: Living for God
The Apostle Paul, earlier called Saul, was a strict Jew who relentlessly persecuted the early Christian church. He murdered, tortured, and imprisoned many Christians. One day on a trip to Damascus the resurrected Christ appeared to him. He convicted Saul of his wrong doing and called him to service for God. When Saul understood how much he had been forgiven, he received the Holy Spirit and spent his life spreading the Gospel that others might be saved. After his conversion, Saul, then named Paul, was a completely changed person.
Christ calls each of us to Himself. When we were in the depths of our sin and His enemies, He died for us. When we accept Christ as our Savior, we receive the Holy Spirit, are drawn to His word, and become a changed people. God wants to use us to spread the Gospel so that others may be saved. When we realize how much we have been forgiven and by living in God’s word, we are empowered to spread the Gospel by the Holy Spirit that we received when we accepted Christ.
Not everyone is a gifted evangelist. But each of us can spread the Gospel by deeds of love toward others, telling people about Christ when the opportunity arises. Our actions, behavior and words should identify us as changed people, which we can truly be by living in Christ and his word.