Only What We Do For Christ Will Count

Where ever we go and whatever situation we find ourselves in, we should spread The Word of God. If there is anyone to talk to, we should speak about the gospel and spread the good news about salvation in Jesus, The Christ. This is not something that we share with those in our local church on Sunday mornings.

The apostle Paul was under house arrest in Rome but he preached the gospel to all who came to visit him. Acts 28:16-31 Some of them who heard "... believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not ..." Acts 28:24

Every one that we tell about the good news will not believe it. And some people just will not understand it, no matter how we explain it. Some people will "...hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive ... for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have closed ..." Acts 28:26-27 But our assignment is to tell them, not to make them believe it.

Of all of the people that we talked to this past week, how many of them did we mention Jesus Christ and salvation in Him? Think about all of the words that we spoke, how many of them gave God glory? "For I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37

We can't say that our good deeds out weigh our bad deeds so we are okay. We don't know what our good deeds are and some things that we think of as neutral are actually bad (sinful) like our idle words. "All unrighteousness is sin ..." 1 John 5:17 If what we say or do does not give God glory, it is a sin.

"Every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved ..." 1 Corinthians 3:10-17 All of our wood, stubble and hay shall be burned up, only our gold, silver and precious stones will pass through.

Remember, as the song says, "... only what you do for Christ will last ... only what you what you do for Him will be counted at the end ..."