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As Christians, it is our duty to preach the gospel everywhere we go. Our actions and behaviors, the way we speak to people and treat them, and even our thoughts are a reflection of the truth of the gospel in us. Our very lives ought to preach that gospel. Our every action and thought should be a direct reflection of the character of God.

Whether you find yourself a free will or predestination person, here is where the Bible stands on the issue on salvation:

13 For t “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him u of whom they have never heard? [3] And how are they to hear v without someone preaching?15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, w “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But x they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says,y “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So z faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:13-17

These verses are linked by a simple logic here:

1. People can call on Jesus to save them only if they believe he can do so.
2. Belief in Christ can’t exist without knowledge about him.
3. One hears about Christ only when someone proclaims the saving message.
4. The message about Christ will not be proclaimed unless someone is sent by God to do so.

This is why the apostle Paul was so adamant and urgent about reaching everyone with the gospel—he believed that the only way to be saved was to hear and believe the gospel.

The weight falls on the Christian here…your friends and family that you love and care for so much will only come to know God by your proclaiming the gospel to them. They need to call on Jesus, but they need that knowledge and proclamation to come from you. If there’s someone in your life that doesn’t know Jesus, then YOU are the one called to proclaim the gospel to them!

So here’s the question…

Who in your life needs to hear the gospel by the way you speak and live?

It’s YOUR duty and obligation as a Christian to love them with God’s unreal love.