I read Acts 2… the entire section of the coming of the Holy Spirit. A couple things stood out to me that I either hadn’t seen or didn’t take the time to think about. vs.38 ‘Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit… That keeps coming back to my head. I can’t escape it. So what does it mean for those who haven’t received the gift of Holy Spirit? And what would it look like if we really began to walk as those who have this gift? I was reminded of what a friend wrote, and I could explain it to you, or I could just let you read what he wrote. If we lived out the full gospel, in the shoes of the Holy Spirit, shouldn’t our lives and those around us look differently too?

This is what was written…

So here’s my challenge: If you are not living the gospel, check and see if you actually have experienced the full gospel.

What do I mean the full gospel? I mean the gospel where people get healed of their diseases, emotional wounds are turned to scars that no longer hurt, demons are being exposed and cast out, and your life is one big adventure that cannot be explained apart from a risk-taking God. If you have experienced this, you will not hesitate to share it.

The Gospel will be like a baby that you have actually given birth to, with all it’s joy and pain, and now all you want to do is show it off, tell how much it weighs and let people hold it. If you are like me, I have miles on the journey to go in experiencing that kind of gospel. But as I experience more and more, I am further convinced that the gospel is not simply told, it is experienced, lived, and given away. My life is becoming exposed, outside the walls of a building, my story is becoming living, breathing, and transformative because I am experiencing the transformative God. Sharing the gospel is becoming a lifestyle that happens when I’m at the bar, in my home, surfing, watching a movie, reading, getting coffee, and laughing. My story, swallowed whole by the story of Jesus, is the Gospel. My “Gospel in a Box” just became the “Gospel that is Everywhere and Anytime.”