Over the past five or ten years, a trend has emerged in American Christianity. There seems to be a tendency to "explain" the Gospel, to attempt to bring it down to the level of the world. Human logic agrees with this approach, and rationalizes it by saying, "Jesus met people where they were," or something along those lines. But a careful reading of scripture reveals that this is not how God expects us to spread the Gospel:
For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
2 Peter 1:16 [NKJV]
Here Peter tells the readers of his epistle that his words were not brilliantly conceived out of a man's imagination. They were not meant to awe the fleshly mind. Rather, his words came directly out of his experience of Christ's majesty.
You and I are witnesses to Christ's majesty, as well. Therefore, there is no need for us to embellish the Gospel, or to water it down under the guise of ministry catchwords like "relevance" and "real-life."
We have the Gospel of Jesus Christ! We must simply give it (for that's all we owe the world) as is. God will either awaken His spirit inside of the hearer or not. But for our part, we will be representing God as He truly is... in all of His power, glory and majesty.
Be encouraged, Jose
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