Blessed Gospel

Gospel, literally mean "good news". But who is the object of the good news? Often, the understanding is that the good news is for the one to whom the gospel is preached. But this is only half truth. In reality, the gospel is both to the preacher (subject) and the preached (object). It is bidirectional and mutual, not unidirectional and individual.

My experiences these days is, the more I go out to preached the gospel, the more I am blessed with the gospel. Recounting all that transpired these few weeks, the best times I had were those when I preached the gospel. Every time I went out, there was much exercise of the spirit in prayer. And every time I met a gospel candidate or gospel families, the Lord's anointing was so rich upon me and life was ministered; I enjoyed my own speaking as much as they do, if not more. Every such meetings took no less than half an hour or in many cases, a couple of hours. 

Last two days, with some saints, I met five families, all gentiles, and some were very strong in their religious beliefs. But as I began to preached the gospel, not one had any opinion or contrary thought or questions. When the gospel was preached in all purity with the proper use of the word of God, in spirit with testimonies, none could argue. They had no other option, but to believe into Jesus Christ. And all of those I met ended up in calling upon the Lord Jesus' Name and a sinner's prayer of repentance, confession and believing into the Lord Jesus Christ. Besides the gospel itself, we became friends and brothers and sisters. And I enjoyed the presence and the joy of God so much. This truly indeed is the gospel, the good news, to others and also me.

Now I begin to understand why the Lord gave such a great commission to us all, the believers. It is not merely for gospelization per se, but much more for our own spiritual health and growth, and also for the experience and enjoyment of the Lord Himself. This is the blessed gospel.