Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one who is in the world. These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language. We belong to God, and everyone who knows God will listen to us. But the people who don't know God won't listen to us. This is how we can tell the Spirit that speaks the truth from the one that tells lies.
1 John 4:4-6
Some Christians think that being a successful follower of Jesus means that the world will listen to and admire us for how we live and what we say. But that is not what the Bible says.
If you speak the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and live like Jesus lived in this world, those who do not know Jesus will not listen to you and they will think your lifestyle is strange at best.
Then why preach the message of Jesus at all, if those who have rejected Jesus will not listen? The answer to that is simple. When a man comes under the conviction of the Holy Spirit and decides to consider Jesus then he is ready to listen and it is my job as a follower of Jesus to make sure the message is available to him!
So it is useless and even counter productive to water down the Gospel with words that please the world. They will not accept Jesus because you use nice words and if they are ready to accept Him they will find it odd that you mix the Gospel with the wisdom of this world! Speak the Gospel with a "full strength" dose of truth.
"Lord Jesus, may the life that I live and the words that I speak give You glory and speak to the hearts of those who belong to You. And Jesus since You were lifted up, may all men be drawn to You. Amen."
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