Vazquez Counseling

One of our fundamental duties as Christians is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a world that many times is not receptive to it. This responsibility was first modeled by the Old Testament prophets and ultimately by our LORD Jesus. He was not afraid of proclaiming God’s Truth, and He regularly confronted the religious leaders of His day with it. Jesus wasn’t crucified because He was a nice guy. He was killed because He was a threat to the religious and political leaders of His time. Yet, what these leaders meant for evil, God the Father used to provide salvation for those who place their faith in Christ. And that is the Good News that Christians worldwide are called by God to share with Everyone, that Jesus came to earth willingly, that He walked amongst us and lived a perfect life on our behalf, something we could never do ourselves, that He went to the Cross willingly as the Perfect Lamb of God and died there to pay the penalty for our sin and reconcile us to the Father, and that the Spirit of God raised Him from the dead on the third day to prove not only Who He was as Messiah, but to guarantee us eternal life. This is the Gospel message that is so clearly laid out in the whole counsel of God, His Holy Scriptures.

As Christians, we need to stop arguing about the lies of the world, and we need to unabashedly proclaim God’s Truth. The world is desperate for hope, and the only One Who can give it is God Himself. We need to go back to the basic principles and practices of the 1st century Church. The Bible records that the first Christians devoted themselves to prayer, Holy Communion, and helping each other. The Gospel spread quickly because they were empowered by the Holy Spirit, Whom Jesus had promised to send them (Acts 2:40-47). Isn’t it amazing that a ragtag group of Jesus followers were able to launch a massive worldwide movement that continues to this day? When Peter confessed to Jesus that He was the Messiah, our LORD promised that on the rock of Peter’s confession, He would build His Church, and the gates of Hades would not prevail against it (Matthew 16:13-20). In Jewish culture, Hades represented death, so what Jesus was saying here was that not even death could stop His Church from advancing. This was true in the 1st century when many Christians were martyred, and it is true today when many Christians continue to be killed for their faith.

Here, I must mention Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was assassinated on September 10, 2025. He proclaimed the Truth of God like few people could or would. His death has sparked his organization, Turning Point USA, to grow at an incredible rate. As with any Christian martyr who was taken too soon, Charlie’s work will continue well beyond his death. We must honor the lives of all Christian martyrs by ensuring that the message of the Gospel continues to spread to the end of the earth, as our LORD Jesus exhorted us to do (Acts 1:8).