Can you think of a time when someone was presented with the facts of a situation but yet they still tried to spin their way into getting you to think that wasn’t really what happened? I can think of many times I have witnessed this and it always reminds me of the line in the Switchfoot song “Selling the News” that goes, “The facts are just one option to choose”.

It seems in our fallen culture that many times facts are really just one option to choose. I am so glad that I follow one that is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life”! I think we need to tell people about Jesus in our culture today. Not in a way that bludgeons people over the head (I say that being fully aware that some do need to be bludgeoned to get the point) but in a way that is real and personal to them. We need to be disciple-makers.

Yes, this can be extremely difficult. It is difficult for me because I am naturally selfish and disciple-making requires my focus to be put on others needs. It is also difficult because my best friends are Christians. I love talking with and being with my fellow believers. But, when Jesus says, “Go and make disciples” that means I probably need to also make sure I am investing in those who are not yet disciples.

Yes, we will be like sheep among wolves, but Jesus says that He will be with us. Does that mean everything will have happy endings? No, but it means that we will be faithful and that is the most important thing!

There are many in our culture today that want Christians to just keep their faith private. But, that isn’t what Jesus tells us to do. Instead, let’s use the power that Christ has given us (Acts 1:8) to bring the world the Message that it needs so desperately.

Because even though to some the facts are simply one option to choose, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and in the future so we should live knowing that Truth is still Truth!

More to come…
Jeremy