JESUS IS ALIVE AND I KNOW HIM

You probably are the same, but I like things simplified, boiled down, in a nutshell. That is why my mind riveted on one writer's recommendation on how to be an effective witness for Christ. It was so simple yet so powerful, and, I believe, would be so effective. Most Christians really want to share their faith and care deeply about seeing the lost saved. They just don't feel like they know how. They don't know how to approach someone and what to say. This writer's suggestion was this: "Just tell them, 'Jesus is alive and I know Him.'" I found myself saying, "That's it! So powerful, yet so simple." The "Jesus is alive" is such a powerful, astounding, declaration that its life-giving positivism and sound of triumph must solicit a responding question, "You believe Jesus is alive?" What an opportunity to share the Gospel. The "I know Him" begs to be asked, "How? How do you know Him? How did you come to know Him? What is it like to know Him." To say, "Jesus is alive, and I know Him." isn't just a gimmick, a sales technique. It is the truth-given you really do know Him. The "Jesus is alive," is unqualifiedly, undeniably true. The variable is, and only you can answer this, do you truly know Him. "Jesus is alive" is not only True, it is the Gospel, the good news. It is the report that saves people. It is the report that changes lives. Whether or not the unbeliever believes it, whether or not the believer can explain it all, it still is True. This Truth has set countless folks free. Why not try this as the Holy Spirit provides the opportunity. "Jesus is alive, and I know Him." We don't need theological debates, apologetic lectures, a ten step procedure. We just need to share the Gospel in a nutshell coupled with our personal testimony: "Jesus is alive and I know Him."