As children of GOD and co heirs with Jesus, we are tasked to tell others about the hope that lies in accepting Jesus as our Redeemer and our Saviour.
Peter tells us here to do this with gentleness and with respect.
This is such an important piece of advice to anyone giving the gospel to an unbeliever.
If we want to impress upon another person the hope that is in us, we need to do it as Jesus would do it.
Cast our minds back to the way Jesus addressed the masses. A really good example of this is the sermon on the Mount. The beatitudes. Jesus always addressed people with gentleness and with respect.
Consider the woman who was brought to Him caught in the act of committing adultery. When the people eventually left after Jesus said to them that whomever was without sin, they should cast the first stone.
Once Jesus everyone had left and it was just Jesus with the women, He did not address her with hatred or in a proud way, instead He told her to go away and sin no more.
People always respect an argument delivered with humility and respect, rather than with arrogance and a dictatorial manner.
Let us today ask GOD to give us humility and respect whenever we spread the gospel to others.
Prayer: ABBA FATHER, today I humbly ask that YOU give me a humble attitude and a gentle attitude. I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Stay amazingly GOD blessed today!
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