“Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. Everyone who believes in him is declared right with God....

Acts 13:38-39

How simple is it for us to get caught up in doing church and going about the day to day duties of church "work". We tend to do a lot of things in our lives that make us feel good about doing good deeds. Sometimes I think we do these things because we feel that we might get a bette house n heaven when we get there because we did that little bit extra "work". Maybe we might even get a house inn the same street as God if we do enough "overtime".

I feel we get so caught up in doing the "work", that we forget about the mission that Jesus called us to - to make disciples of every person in every nation. So many of us can't even be bothered to make disciples of the people we live next door to, or even family members, but if we can do something at church, then that makes us feel better, and by the way, that is much more comfortable.

Paul was in Antioch when he preached the words above. He was preaching to both Jews and Gentiles. He was preaching to people who "knew" God and those who didn't. Those who didn't know God accpeted the message of forgiveness and were made right. But those who "knew" God, were troubled by the discomfort this message caused, and they ended up running Paul and his companions out of town.

I wonder how many of us who "know" God have really accepted the fact that we are here to proclaim the forgivenss of sins to all who will hear it? There is a world full of people who don't know God who are eager to hear the message.