I don’t mean to sound quite so “tongue-in-cheek” with my heading there… but, really!  It is a sad commentary that the Pope feels it is even necessary to affirm the Christian’s mandate to preach the Gospel and see people convert from false religions to Christianity.  I will not go into how scripturally accurate Catholic teaching is here, that is not my point in this article, what I am concerned about is that Christians have come so far from courage in our convictions and faith in the true Word of God, that it is news to hear someone affirm the need to evangelize!

Pope Affirms Right to Convert Non-Believers to Christianity

Jesus was very plain when He said:

Mark 16:15  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mark 16:17  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mark 16:18  They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

“Go ye (that’s YOU) into all the world (anyone that isn’t born again) and PREACH THE GOSPEL! This is more that a suggestion, more than an encouragement, it is a COMMAND from the Head of the Church Himself! And, no, I am not talking about the Pope here, I am talking about Jesus! He is the one that told us to go into all the world and preach the Gospel! And, notice that what we preach is to be the “Gospel,” which means “good news.” “God makes you sick,” is not only not true, and not scriptural, it is also BAD NEWS! No, we are to preach the true Word of God, see people healed, speak in new tongues, cast out devils… in other words, see the needs of people supernaturally met! Are you seeing that in your church? If not, what are they teaching? Is it THE Good News?

What IS THE “Good News?” Here it is:

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:11 For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Speak with your mouth, believe with your heart! The GOOD NEWS of the Word of Faith! That’s what Paul said that he, and those with him, preached! That’s what we should be preaching, teaching, exhorting… to ANY and all!