The Good Message Presentation
Last night, before falling asleep, I prayed in the Spirit. Towards morning I had the following dream:
I was inside a mall, at an amusement-type area. There were slides and such. I was going down some of them and amazing other people at how I was able to jump from one slide to the next and then go up others, all without much effort. When I got off the ride, I thought to myself, "now would be a perfect time to witness," since the people were already paying attention to me. So I began.
The first thing I said was,
"God loves you!"
I continued by sharing how God cared about them and about their lives and how He wanted to be close to them in everything they did. They all began to stop what they were doing and listened intently to me. The scene sort of cut to later on, and I was then teaching about the Holy Spirit and being filled with Him. At this point, however, even though the people were all still assembled, they were losing interest.
The scene cut again, and it was nighttime, and I was then talking about the Name of God—about how it is so awesome that Yahweh's Name is a verb (denoting that He's an active Creator), and that we must be very careful about not profaning it. Again, however, the people weren't paying much attention even though they were still around me.
Finally the scene cut again and the people were still all assembled, but they were talking amongst themselves not paying any attention to me. I was in the same place I was standing when I first began witnessing. I immediately yelled out,
"And now, the most important part of the Gospel" and paused.
Then a few seconds later, I yelled,
"The Lord Jesus Christ!"
The people looked at each other and began to clap and yell and became very excited about what they were about to hear. As I knew this would be the way to bring them to salvation, the dream ended.
What a poignant message from the Lord! The first message in the dream is that I was being watched by other people. They were seeing something different about me—I was able to do things other people couldn't do, in respect to the ride (perhaps symbolizing joy, since it often comes from recreation), and they were wondering at me. This reflects the Bible's teaching that Christians are notably different than the world. The world sees the love of Yahweh in us, as we sanctify Him as God and Christ in our lives, and wonders about us; so we are to then "always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear" (1 Peter 3:15).
I wish that I could communicate the feeling of the dream. When I said, "the Lord Jesus Christ," there was a tremendous power released, and the presence of God became very evident. Much like it was when I had first begun telling the people about God's love for them, but intensified by many degrees. The Father was showing me that for those who are yet unsaved, there is but one simple, Good News: God's Love and Plan for people and the Lord Jesus Christ. In the latter is the sealing of those who have yet to be born again. The message of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is the power of the Good News, as stated in (Acts 28:31) (Romans 16:25) , and (1 Corinthians 1:24). He is the center of God's redemptive plan because in Him we become complete, and the Kingdom of God is His Plan for those of us on earth who have believed in Him. When we combine these two messages, we release the tremendous power of Christ by the Holy Spirit!
But remember the part of the dream before this—I had been trying to communicate deeper issues of the faith, that of God's Name and the Promise of the Father. These are all good teachings, but should be reserved for those who have come unto saving faith in God's Son. The Good Message is Jesus Himself, and that is what we are to preach to the lost!
Let us take heed to this message of God, of how to effectively present the Gospel. Let us become set apart unto Yahweh, giving reason of the hope in us to those who inquire and wonder about us. Let us not, though, overburden the unsaved with doctrines that must be received after salvation, but let us preach Christ and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 1:23) (1 Corinthians 2:2), and the power of the Good News shall be manifested unto all!