2 Corinthians 4

V.13-15, Belief equals vocalization

I will be the first to admit that I am horrible at holding on to what I would consider good news. You can ask Shawnna, at Christmas time I hate to keep the kid’s gifts from them because I want to go ahead and see the little smiles on their face and the joy that it brings them. So, I usually end up giving them most of their gifts early. When you hear someone, you love is pregnant or getting engaged to the love of their life something inside you just wants to share the news with everyone around you. I think that it is natural human behavior to want to pass on good news. Paul states in verse 13-15 that their faith in Jesus Christ evokes in them a necessity to speak about it. There is no better news that the Gospel message of Jesus Christ and is should be ever present upon our lips just like it was for the Apostle Paul.

Paul quoted a scripture from Psalms 116:10 where it says, “I believed, there I spoke.” If you believe in something than you are going to be a promoter of it because belief promotes vocalization of your stance. We can also say the opposite, that silence on issues and topics shows a level of uncertainty or unbelief on behalf of the individual. I once heard a famous atheist say that he had great respect for a well-known street evangelist who had openly shared the gospel message with him. His reasoning for respecting the street evangelist was simple, I can respect a Christian who acts upon what they say they believe in but I can not respect a Christian who says they believe there is a Hell and their not going to warn others about it. He said how cruel and unloving would you have to be to believe everyone you meet on the street could be walking into eternal damnation and just stand by and not warn them. Our belief should cause us to vocalize the love of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, good news is easy to share.