Be Prepared To Give An Answer
Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth"
The big old oak tree I was leaning against was at least one hundred years olds. If it could tell stories, I wonder where it would begin. Because my father was a local historian, I had an idea of what that tree could say.
Looking back two hundred years, the first white settlers began moving into this area. Back then there were elk, buffalo, and native Americans roaming the land. From the book 'Trails Of A Paintbrush” I read that in the late 1840s, the Nicholas Brewer family settled along the banks of the Root River, only a mile from this big oak tree. Ten years later the Nichols and Cotter stagecoach line began servicing the area and their trail went right across this oak ridge, through the middle of our property. In 1862 the Dakota Sioux uprising occurred and about that same time a Baptist and a Methodist church opened their doors, in the little village of High Forest, less than a mile from this very spot. Before there were churches, circuit riding preachers would come through the area and share the gospel with the locals. They were the early Minnesota traveling evangelists.
Today God's word is still being spread from church pulpits, on billboards, on television, and by social media platforms like X, Youtube, and Facebook. These are all great ways to share the Gospel message, But the scriptures tell us that you and I are commanded to personally share the good news. Each of us is told to give an answer when asked.
1 Peter 3:15: "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect".
Are you prepared to give an answer for your hope and faith?
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