“And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen” (Mark 16:20 KJV).
God has been so good to you that you shouldn’t be a closet Christian. On the contrary, you should preach everywhere that Jesus is Lord. Everybody on the job should know you are saved, because you don’t hide your Christianity.
You are not afraid to bow your head and pray over your lunch. With all God has done for you, you should almost take a pulpit in the lunchroom, and preach instead of eat because God has been so good to you. I am not telling you to do that. I’m just making a point of how thankful we should be at all times for being redeemed with the precious blood of Christ.
I have preached it from the streets of Detroit to the White House. I have let them know that I am saved and I am sanctified and I am filled with the Holy Ghost. And if you hang around me much longer I am going to pray for you.
A group of us used to go out on the street corner of the Cass Corridor and preach the gospel, out where the drug dealers, pimps and prostitutes were. Those pimps would threaten us because we were getting their prostitutes saved. But we preached anyway, because God is good.
It didn’t matter what they said, it mattered what God did. He sent Jesus to save everybody. That meant the folks on the street and the folks in the White House. He didn’t leave anyone out.
Some years ago I had the privilege of being on a program in my hometown with one of the presidents of the United States. Someone arranged it so I got to meet him. So, when I met him I said, “Sir, it’s good to see you.”
As I shook his hand I told him, “I want you to know there is a church here in this city that is praying for you. We are born again Christians that believe in the name of Jesus and the power of the blood and we are praying for you.”
He looked at me, and the secret service looked at me. Perhaps they thought, “Here is one of these Jesus freaks, and he’s going to do something.” But the president broke out into one of the biggest grins and said, “Pray for me.”
Now I know he was probably thinking, “Pray when you get to church.” But I seized the opportunity right then. I prayed, “In the name of Jesus, bless this man and show him that Jesus is Lord.”
When you get the chance to tell somebody about the power of the Word and the Blood, take it. That might be the difference between heaven and hell for them.
Scripture References: Hebrews 9:14; Matthew 28:18-20
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).