Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, December 31st.

Jesus solved the problem of sin through his death on the cross.

Believers need to be serious about sharing that message.

Here's part two of investing in eternity.

Well, what I want to talk about in this message is, why should I be giving to send

some missionaries somewhere else when we have our own problems in this country? Well, that's a

reasonable question, but the answer to that is very simple. The answer to that is not somebody's

opinion. The answer to that question is a very clear biblical statement.

And that's what I want us to examine because the truth is, every believer has a responsibility

to sharing and spreading the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So I want you to turn,

if you will, to First Timothy.

And Paul writing to Timothy here in this first epistle, in the second chapter, I want us to read

these first eight verses, and especially three of these verses I want us to notice. And what he begins

doing here is challenging us, encouraging us to pray for those who are in authority of us. And what he begins doing here is challenging us, encouraging us to pray for those who

in authority of us, and so he begins in this manner. First of all, I urge that in treatise and prayers,

petitions, and thanksgiving be made on behalf of all men, for kings and for all who in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and

quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our

Savior. Now listen to this. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Here is the truth that most people overlook.

Holy God versus sinful man. How does God, on the basis of being a holy God, accept sinful man to begin with?

And this is what he says in His Word.

There is one God, one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself

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