Deliver the Message

For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit; but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-4

People do not always like to hear what the Word of God says, especially if what they are doing does not line up with what the Word of God says they should be doing.  The question is:  Do we deliver the Word of God to these people or do we keep our mouths shut so as not to make them mad at us?

People get angry all the time.  They get angry when they have a flat tire, when their kids mess up, and when they have more month than money.  All of these things are true and all of these evoke anger.  So, should we expect people to have a different response to the truth of the Word of God?  Yes and no.

Those who are ready to hear the truth of the Word of God will take it to heart and strive to change what they are doing to line up with the Word.  This means unbelievers believe and believers examine their lives and make adjustments. 

Those who recognize that they are falling short of the Word of God, but who don’t like being told so, may get angry.  Perhaps, even at the messengers: us.

As servants of God we are to deliver the message of the truth of the Gospel and the Word of God.  Jesus did not say, “Go try to be popular and well liked.”  Jesus said: “Go into the world and preach the Gospel to all creation.”  (Mark 16:15)