Loving People for the Sake of the Gospel

Psalms 122; 1 Corinthians 9-11 

“…I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings…even as I try to please everybody in every way…For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved…”

1 Corinthians 9:22, 23; 10:33

The cost of the Gospel was the death of Christ; the cost of living the Gospel is our death to self. The cost of sharing the Gospel and ‘fishing for men’ is the willingness to meet people where they are – “becoming all things to all men”. When we are dead, we can try to please everybody without being controlled by them. When we live not for our own good, but for the good of many as defined by Christ, we are living with love. Contextual mission requires us to start where people are, not where we want them to be. The blessing of the Gospel then includes the privilege of seeing lives transformed and deep friendships formed within the family of God.

“Thank you Jesus for entering my world and life and for loving me unto death. Fill me with that kind of love, for your glory.”