Our Responsibility — Part 3
Not only is it the responsibility of the Christian to spread the gospel to the lost, but it is a privilege that should be motivated by love for Christ. “For the love of Christ constraineth us” (2 Corinthians 5:14).
If we really have a genuine love for Christ and if our hearts are really occupied with Him, then we will not be able to keep from reaching out to others in some way. When the authorities forbade Peter and John to preach the gospel, they replied, “Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:19-20).
If we have been with the Lord and have enjoyed His presence, our hearts will overflow to those around us. Jesus said to His disciples, “Ye shall also bear witness, because ye have been with Me” (John 15:27). It is a wonderful thing to enjoy the Bible for ourselves; but let us also in love share what we have with others lest we become stagnant in our Christian life. The Dead Sea is dead because it has no outlet. It always receives but never gives. It has no overflow to start a little stream in the desert around it.
