Global Talk

In mid March another village in Papua New Guinea heard about the hope that they can have in Jesus Christ. After they heard about the death, burial and resurrection, two women stayed around talking about their understanding of the message. One explained that the teaching was clear and that she now understood that her sin had her in trouble with God. God saw the trouble she was in, so He sent Jesus to take care of the problem for her. Now her sin was taken care of by the blood of Jesus, and God has placed her inside of "His fence."

The other woman was so excited that she nearly interrupted the first lady. She said that she used to come to "church" and thought she understood , but she really didn't. Now her understanding of God's Word is clear, and she sees that Jesus came to earth and lived a perfect life to pay for her sin!

Then a man named Steven (a pastor of one of the local churches) explained to the missionary that he had never realized that Christ died for him. He explained that it was his sin and it should have been his death, but Jesus came and said, "Move over, I'm paying for your sin. He took my place."

This is a reminder to me that people can do the right things and look like they are Christians but still not be saved because they don't realize their unholy state before a holy God and their need for a Savior. I hope that this above story both encourages and challenges you to share your faith with others no matter how good or bad they seem. Could there be some in our own church body who feel that their good deeds will earn them favor with God? You never know.