If you follow Jesus Christ, you have been set free from the law of sin and death. So, what’s God’s purpose in granting you such freedom? I believe it’s a two-fold plan.

First, God set you free because He loves you. He made you in your mother’s womb, and He is crazy about you. No matter what you’ve done; no matter how badly you’ve messed up, the Lord still loves you very much. He says in Jeremiah, “Before I made you in your mother’s womb I knew you. And before you were born, I separated you.”

But God also sets us free so that we can be His instrument to bless other people. We’ve got to see ourselves as liberated for the good of others. II Corinthians 5 says, “He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us.”

In the eyes of the Lord you’ve been appointed an ambassador — at your high school if you’re a student, at your college if you’re at university, at your office if you go to work, or in your neighborhood. Wherever you are, you represent Jesus Christ, and the freedom He offers. So, use your freedom to help liberate others, as you share the Good News with people in your life.

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and he or she asks you, “What is truth anyway? Isn’t truth relative to different people and life situations?”

It’s an important question that many sincere seekers are asking today. And we, as Christians, need to be prepared to answer them. But how do we find the truth so we can share it with others?

The answer is found in John 17 when Jesus is praying for His people. He says, “Sanctify them by your truth; your Word is truth.”

That’s the key right there! If you want truth - divine truth, spiritual truth, moral truth, life-changing truth - it’s all in the Word of God. We must spend time with God and Scripture in order to find the truth that people are searching for. There’s divine power in the Bible, you know.

We also must cultivate a listening ear, listening to Jesus Christ. And that takes time. Yes, you can listen to God on the freeway but you hear a lot of other things too. That’s why it’s good to spend time alone with the Lord - just Him and you and His Word. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll discover!

As you open the Bible, and listen to the Holy Spirit, you will learn wisdom to answer people’s questions - that’s how I have done it. And the truth that you share has the power to change their lives! “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” Jesus said that.

I recently read a quote in a British magazine that said, “Conversion to Christ is a staggering event.” What a well-chosen word! Conversion really is staggering, if you think about it.

I remember as a boy I would sit in church listening to preachers quote 2 Corinthians 5:17: “If anyone is in Christ, he’s a new creature. The old has passed away. The new has come.”

And I would wonder, They look the same on the outside, so where does the change take place?

Years later, I made a list of what changes when someone accepts Christ. Here are a just few ideas from that list: “Once I was lost, now I am found. Once I was blind, now I can see. Once I was dead, now I’m alive. Once I was a slave, now I am free. Once I was empty, now I’m a temple of God. Once I was in the darkness, now I’m in the light. Once I was guilty, now I’m forgiven.”

Isn’t that staggering to think of how God changes us? And that’s just the tip of the ice berg!

Why don’t you try coming up with your own list of what happened - Biblically as well as visibly - when you came to faith in Christ?

The next time you’re talking to someone about the Lord, you can share those changes in your own personal life. Many times the most powerful testimony is your own transformed life.

The Youth Special “SEEDS - Vol 5” eBook has been released on 5 April 2008, by Sovereign Jesus Ministries.

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