Our good friend and favorite Baptist brother, IMonk has written a great post on his blog about trusting the Gospel to do its work. This is such an important point, regardless of which theological tradition you are from. Here is an excerpt from his essay:

“You have to preach the Gospel and trust it to the work it should do.
Two mistakes to avoid:
1) Making your own agenda the “to do” list for the Holy Spirit. That’s a big leap: I want it to happen so God wants it to happen.
2) Turning to other motivations- like guilt, condemnation, guilt, manipulation and guilt- to get the work done.
Really. This is so important and so true.
If the Holy Spirit isn’t going to produce it by constant, earnest presentation of the Gospel to the people of God, then does it need to happen?”

We say “AMEN!!”
You can read the rest of his post here.

By Pat K

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