Troubleshooting the Gospel …

I’ve been so delighted with the quality of function with my MacBook Pro I don’t ever want to go back to using a PC.

It’s been a nice experience being able to use a computer without having to fight it just to get it to function properly.

However …

… I have run across my first problem with this laptop.

I was able to salvage some documents and photos onto a disc from an almost dead PC. I was so happy I had been able to save the data! So I inserted the disc into the disc drive on my laptop … and it kicked it right back out.

I tried again, with the same result.

I tried a few more times, always with the disc being immediately rejected.

So I tried a few different discs in the drive to see if there was a problem with the disc or the laptop. With each attempt, every disc was ejected.

The problem wasn’t with the disc, the problem is in the laptop.

That incident made me think about how some people reject the Gospel. It often is not an issue of the source of the message or how it’s delivered, it’s the message itself that’s being rejected. Even so, many churches try so hard to change up how and who delivers the message in an attempt to make it more appealing that the message itself suffers.

The problem is not the content of the Gospel message, but with the unreceptive minds and hearts of some who hear. No matter how you may try to package the message of Christ, there are some who will always reject Him.

“The message of the cross is foolish to
those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it
is the very power of God,” 1 Corinthians 1:18.

Don’t make the mistake of trying to tweak the Gospel to make it more palatable to some. You cannot improve on the work of Christ. You cannot make grace any more wondrous and beautiful than it already is. All you can do is proclaim it and demonstrate it.

Scotty