It is like fire burning in my bones.
Regardless of others resisting, I gotta tell it.
Regardless of others rejecting, I gotta tell it.
Regardless of others ridiculing, I gotta tell it.
I GOTTA TELL IT.
Though the world scorns, I gotta tell it.
Though friends and loved ones scoff, I gotta tell it.
Though family and fellow believers squirm, I gotta tell it.
I GOTTA TELL IT.
When the enemy (either religious, political, social) rises up in opposition and persecution.
I GOTTA TELL IT.
Acts 5:27-32 (vs. 29)
(27) And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
(28) Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
(29) Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
(30) The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
(31) Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
(32) And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
David said, I GOTTA TELL IT
Psalms 39:1-3
(1) ...I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
(2) I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
(3) My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Jeremiah said, I GOTTA TELL IT
Jeremiah 20:9-11
(9) Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
(10) For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
(11) But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Peter and John said, I GOTTA TELL IT
Acts 4:17-20
(17) But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
(18) And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
(19) But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
(20) For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Paul said, I GOTTA TELL IT
Acts 18:5-7
(5) And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
(6) And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
(7) And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
AS A CHRISTIAN, I GOTTA TELL IT
I AM CONSUMED with Jesus.
I am consumed with trusting Jesus.
I am consumed with loving Jesus.
I am consumed with following Jesus.
I am consumed with living for Jesus.
I am consumed with witnessing for Jesus.
I am consumed with serving Jesus.
AS A PREACHER, I GOTTA TELL IT
I AM CONSUMED with preaching the gospel.
I am not just a preacher by choice or by desire or by vocation, I AM A PREACHER. It is who I am, and it is what I am. I MUST PREACH.
If no one listens, I MUST PREACH.
If no one believes, I MUST PREACH.
If no one follows, I MUST PREACH.
If I am rejected, I MUST PREACH.
If I am ridiculed, I MUST PREACH.
If I am hated, I MUST PREACH.
1 Corinthians 9:16
(16) For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
What CONSUMES you?
What is the, "GOTTA" in your life?
