Go Home to Your Friends “Go home to your friends and tell them the great things the Lord has done.” (Mar_5:19). “Hallelujah! Jesus reigns!!” As the good news of the Great King’s triumph over the powers of darkness began to spread, delusional collaborators with the evil empire sought to intercept the heavenly couriers and prevent the message of Grace from reaching the ears of captives held throughout their conquered kingdom. For many years now this phase of the conflict has been contested, and the tide is turning day by day. Yet, there are scores still in darkness who have not heard the liberating truth of God’s Grace. Will you tell them? It is a question only you can answer. You now are knighted by Grace with the mandate of God’s mercy, love, forgiveness and goodness. “It’s not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord. “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly, because the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you. Amen.” (Rom_16:20) My role as Tour Guide for this trip is finished; but yours has just begun. What the Lord has done for us, we now must do for others. Go home to your friends and tell them the great things the Lord has done. And right here I must confess to you that, while I have been to this place called Grace many times, this was my first time ever serving as a tour guide bringing others to it! Oh, yes, I have spoken about Grace on many occasions and told others of the wonders of this place, but this was my first time actually bringing people along with me on the journey. And if I can do it, so can you. I’m passing the baton into your hands! First, you must become filled with the wonder of this place. You have got to see it, and believe it for yourself. You must let this revelation of Grace renew your mind, so that your witness of it to others will carry conviction that does not waver in the face of long-standing traditions. Second, you must remember that the contemporary thinking about Grace has long been unchallenged, and it will not easily yield ground to traveling pilgrims – no matter how passionate we may be. Third, you must be patient. Some will see it for themselves; others will not. This is a matter for the Lord of Grace to resolve; not you. As for you, “walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Col_4:5-6). Is a practical plan that just might work. If you will tell two friends, and take them through the process just like I did for you; and they tell two friends, and take them through the process just like you did for them; and then they tell two friends…and so on, and so on, and do on – well, it’s only a matter of time before a Grace Awakening occurs, and a Grace Revolution transforms the contemporary Church into a spiritual dynamo that shakes our world with real power and truth. No more hype and bravado; no more banging of cymbals and prancing of ponies; no more pontificating and chest-beating – just GRACE: the empowering presence of God enabling us to be who He created us to be, and to do what He has called us to do – right where we are. For the light that shines the farthest, shines brightest at home! Do this and watch what happens! Print out these posts and host a group of your friends once a week at your home. Become their tour guide and take them on this journey, just as I have done for you. Read the posts and engage in a hearty discussion together. Imagine. If enough of us do this, then it’s only a matter of time until we will experience a Grace Awakening across the nation…and dare I be so bold as to believe…around the World! Tell them to come with you on a journey to a place called grace. Tell them not to pack a lot of bags. Tell them about the Tavern, where they can visit with the Apostle Paul; and the Ancient Library, where they can see the gold beneath the surface of the water, illumined by the Holy Ghost. Tell them about Peter walking with us on the road. Show them your Tour Guide and tell them how they can get their own copy – and take their own journey. Tell them about the Conference on Grace in Great Hall of Truth, and the amazing sights and sounds of Monumental Park. And, yes, tell them about the Stones of the dark corner of the Disgraced. Tell them about this place where you experience a power because you meet a Person. Tell them about a place called Grace. And then take them to it. “Go home to your friends and tell them the great things the Lord has done.” (Mar_5:19). And as you cross the finish line of your service to the Lord, you can say with Paul, “I am what I am by the grace of God. And His grace given unto me was not in vain, for I labored more abundantly than they all. Yet, it was not I; but was the grace of God in me.” By James Ryle
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:30:49 +0000
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