What Jesus Did! 'Checking Out Jesus' — Mark 3:7-8

So often the people who think they don't believe in Jesus have never been exposed to him. Jesus meets us in many ways, but there are at least two ways that are crucial for most unbelievers. One of the most important ways for folks to meet Jesus is by experiencing him through the gospel stories. (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the New Testament contain these gospel stories.) A second way for outsiders to experience Jesus is through his presence in the world today through the compassion, care, and character of Jesus' body, the people of his church. In both of these cases, the invitation is nearly always the same: "Come. See for yourself!" One of our biggest opportunities to bring people to Christ is to invite them to meet Jesus and not just to trust what they've heard about him. So let's invite people to meet Jesus by providing them ready access to the New Testament or the Bible (see note below), inviting them to appropriate movies, or giving them historically accurate videos about Jesus' life. Let's invite folks to come "meet" Jesus and "see him" for themselves.

Note: Bible societies offer inexpensive copies of the New Testament or the Bible, which can be given away. Also, there are free apps and free Bibles for mobile devices, and there is free access to Bibles by way of browsers on computers or mobile devices. An Internet search for "Bible societies," "free Bible app," or "free online Bible" will yield multiple resources.