Ironically,
this is a question that is asked, perhaps in different words, by
those of us who too poorly represent the image of Jesus the Christ.
We've
evangelized others even though:
.
We had little idea what Jesus was like. We thought we could know Him
without actually studying the documents that spoke about Him.
.
We had almost no understanding of how the Old Testament related to
the life of Jesus. At best we saw the Bible as a collection of
unrelated stories.
.
We thought that going to Church was enough to transform us into the
character of Jesus. More Church = More Christian. Or so we thought.
. To say that we were ungracious and unloving toward those who believed and lived
differently would have been a generous assessment of our
character.
.
We believed that being a follower of Jesus meant nothing more than
not doing what sinners did.
If
you want to evangelize, know your Saviour first.
