What are you doing for Jesus? This week, we have looked at four things we should be doing for Him. We should represent Him, defend Him, serve Him, and appreciate Him. Now, we want to close the week by looking at one more thing we should be doing for Christ. We should be preaching Him whenever we have the opportunity.

To preach Christ is to tell others about the story of redemption, the greatest story ever told. It is to preach the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (ESV)
¹ Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Throughout this week, we have referred to the death of Christ. It is the heart of the gospel; yet, at the same time, it is the saddest part of the story. An innocent man being tortured for the spiritual crimes of others is a tragedy. God, however, can turn tragedy into triumph, and that is exactly what He did when He raised Jesus from the dead. The devil thought he won the battle, but in reality, Jesus is bruising His head (Genesis 3:15). Through His death, Jesus destroyed Satan and his unchecked reign of power (Hebrews 2:14). By condemning sin in his flesh (Romans 8:3), Jesus took away the sting of death (1 Corinthians 15:55-56), and now, in Christ, we can enjoy victory right now and a home in heaven after a while. That’s the triumphant story of Jesus, and we must preach it.

To preach Christ also involves preaching God’s plan of salvation. We know this because of the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. The Bible tells us that Philip preached Jesus to the eunuch (Acts 8:35). What was the eunuch’s reaction?

Acts 8:36 (NKJV)
³⁶ Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”

How did the eunuch know that he needed to be baptized? The only thing Philip did was preach Jesus to him. It is necessarily implied that a part of preaching Jesus includes the message of baptism. The eunuch knew he had to be baptized because Philip told him so when he preached Christ to him.

God’s plan involves more than just baptism. One must hear the Word (John 6:45), believe in Jesus (John 8:24), repent of sins (Luke 13:3), confess Christ (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:36-38). This is what we must preach, and we must not preach anything less. How many believe the truth on this matter, let alone, are willing to preach it? Sad-ly, the number is few. If you are a member of the Lord’s church, that means you have accepted God’s plan of salvation and have obeyed it; now, you must preach it. If we do not, we contribute to the tragedy of souls being lost (Romans 10:14-15). If, however, we are willing to preach Christ, we can help the Lord save some. After all that Jesus has done for us, the least we can do is tell a dying world about the salvation He made possible on the cross.

As you wind down for the night, think about these things.