His Burden is Light

I'm always searching for new ways to express not only the Gospel itself but man's need for the Gospel of grace through Jesus Christ. I often contemplate in relation to myself and my own experience, and I realize that for a long time I didn't understand my need for the Gospel or its power to really transform my life. When I did get an inkling of both my need and its power, I received it by faith. Before that, as someone raised nominally Christian, I only gave my mental assent to key statements, that is, I decided to agree that Jesus died for my sins and rose again for my justification. This most important thing I did not understand: that He died not just to forgive my transgressions but to enable me to receive by faith His Spirit, who transforms the believer progressively into the image of Christ (2 Cor 3:18) and gives the power to preach the Gospel and walk in daily victory over sin. He died to break the bonds of sin around me (Rom 7:14), to set me, the captive, free (Isai...

Hello again! I know I haven't properly introduced myself yet, so let me just say quickly that I am for the purposes of this blog, an evangelist. That is to say, GOD's call upon my life is to share the Gospel however I may, and since GOD does not leave His people unequipped for the task He calls them to, I have been given a number of insights into how to effectively evangelize. Little did I know, GOD was preparing me for this work even long before I was born again, as you can see when you consider that I earned a university degree in Religious Studies! That includes all religions of the world, so I am able to speak to people of all different backgrounds and express to them the exceeding superiority of Christ. In fact, all religions are more or less the same, but the born-from-above believer in JESUS CHRIST, saved by His Grace through His gift of faith to you or I, is not a religious person but a person in Relationship with GOD through His Only Begotten Son, JESUS. This rel...