APRIL 10, 2013
Keep
It Simple
Read: 2
Corinthians 1:12-14
We are not writing any other things to you than what you [can] read or
understand. —2
Corinthians 1:13
James Madison, fourth president of the United States, was
instrumental
in the drafting of the US constitution. He warned against creating
laws
“so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they
cannot
be understood.” Based on some of the complicated government
forms I’ve read,
that’s advice that still needs to be heeded a little more
often!
Sometimes when sharing the gospel, we make it more complicated
than
it needs to be. We can be glad that the Bible presents the good news of
salvation in clear, easily understood language. Jesus said to Nicodemus,
an
educated Pharisee, that “God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life”
(John 3:16). He later said, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me” (14:6). The
apostle Paul said it in
straightforward language to the jailor in Philippi
who asked how to be saved:
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you
will be saved” (Acts 16:31).
God’s precious love story is simple. He sent His Son to rescue
us from
sin and death. Wonderful news that even children can understand.
Tell
me the story of Jesus,
Write on my heart every word;
Tell me the story most precious,
Sweetest that ever was heard. —Crosby
Through faith in
Christ, we receive God’s pardon and escape
sin’s penalty.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
