Conversations about Christ

by Pastor Craig on June 3, 2011

Could you share with someone about a door and bring the conversation around to Christ?  What Scriptures come to mind when you think of a door?  Does your mind rush to Revelation 3:20 when Christ says, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." (ESV)  Or maybe you are drawn to Exodus 12 regarding the passover - with the blood on the doorposts and how Christ is the true Lamb of God.

I had the opportunity to sit in on a teaching seminar from Tedd Tripp (author of Shepherding a Child's Heart) while at Moody Pastors Conference, and he sharing a comment about using all kinds of things in the world to bring the conversation to the things of the Lord.  Everyday talk about the things in this world and how I could bring out and highlight Scripture from these ordinary things.  I thought this was great, so many times with my children I have missed opportunities to direct them to Christ and His Word with the ordinary things of life.

We have a great challenge from Deuteronomy 6 that we are to teach the commands of God to our children, "you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." (v.8, ESV)  Basically we are to speak of the Scriptures to our children and ultimately others as well....all the time - at home, while we are on the way to the kids soccer game, we are tucking them into bed and when we begin our day.  All these times are great times to share the commands of God to others. 

In order to share about the ordinary things of our days while we are on the go (let's say driving somewhere), we need to know the Scriptures without using a concordance - so please parents, immerse yourself in the Word, memorize & meditate on the Scriptures so that you will be able to relate the Scriptures to the gate or fencing that you see as you drive by a farmers field - and drawn that to Christ being our Shepherd - the Good Shepherd, the Chief Shepherd from John 10.  He cares for the sheep, just like the farmer who built a fence to keep them safe, and so on.  Obviously you need to make your conversation age appropriate for your children. 

Practice this on yourself first if you'd like....take something that you see and bring it around to the Scriptures and ultimately to Christ and the gospel.  Then you will feel more prepared to bring your family in on this.  Let me know if you try this and how it goes.  Feel free to leave a comment below the blog.

Blessings,
Pastor Craig