‘All the saints greet you, but especially those who are of Caesar’s household’ (4:22). Paul’s example teaches us to view every situation in which we find ourselves as an opportunity for spreading the gospel. With this in mind, the Christian can, for example, see a hospital bed as a pulpit and the hospital as a mission field. No Christian can instil faith in other hearts—that is the work of God. But wherever a believer goes, he should leave a favourable impression of his Christianity with those with
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