In his letter to Titus, Paul encouraged this church leader to exhort believers to “be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.” A few verses later, Paul wrote: “And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful” (Titus 3:8, 14).
When we read these verses, we see that Paul defines “good works” as those things that are “excellent and profitable for people.” We also see that he encourages believers to consider “cases of urgent need.” Lastly, he doesn’t want Christians to “be unfruitful” when it comes to meeting the needs of other people.
Plain and simple: when you have an opportunity to do something for others, something that’s excellent and beneficial, you will have fruit, which will bring glory to God (Matt. 5:16). On the other hand, when you have an opportunity to do something for others, something that’s excellent and beneficial, and don’t do it, you won’t have any fruit from that opportunity, neither will such inactivity bring glory to God.
While I may be biased, The Christian Experiment is about “cases of urgent need.” I find it hard to believe that persecuted Christians who don’t have a Bible are not part of such urgent cases.
Whether you’re a Christian, church, ministry, Christian organization, or Chistian media outlet, you have an opportunity to do something that’s “excellent and profitable for people.” You can share a Bible fundraiser on your social media that will help distribute Bibles to your persecuted brothers and sisters.
To me, the ultimate question of The Christian Experiment is whether or not you will use your God-given influence for the good of your persecuted brothers and sisters. For example, there are two Christian leaders who have over 10,000,000 Facebook followers, not even mentioning Jesus Daily, who has over 32,000,000 Facebook followers. Can you even begin to imagine how many Bibles they will be able to distribute to their persecuted brothers and sisters, without any cost or effort on their part?
The question that The Christian Experiment wants to explore is rather simple: can you come up with any legitimate reason to not use your God-given influence for that which is “excellent and profitable for people” and will give you additional fruitfulness?
Yes, this question also applies to ministries that have a completely different focus than the distribution of Bibles to the persecuted church. The Bible doesn’t confine ministry to one specific group of people when you have an opportunity to help another group of people.
For all the info, please go to www.TheChristianExperiment.com
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