Simply Publicity?

Have you ever heard anyone say that any type of publicity is good publicity? Publicity in any form is good because that means you are being talked about and your name is out there...whatever it is you're doing. 

Publicity is defined as: the notice or attention give to someone or something by the media

When the apostle Paul wrote the book of Philippians he had this to say when writing about the advance of the gospel. 

"Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice." 

( Philippians 1:15-18 ) 

The end of those couple of verses really got me thinking. Paul says that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Paul is saying that whenever Christ is talked about is good because Christ is being talked about!

Even if Christ is being proclaimed in the wrong way, He is still being talked about.

I want to clarify that I am not saying that whatever way you proclaim Christ is good. I am saying that when Christ is talked about in the wrong way, Christ is still being talked about. 

Personally, I find that to be encouraging and it makes me appreciate the power of the name Jesus Christ. It's easy to get offended sometimes, trust me, you just have to remember that Christ is being proclaimed. It's simply publicity!

Here is the thing...it goes deeper than just simply publicity. When Christ is wrongly proclaimed, we cannot just sit here and be happy because Christ is being proclaimed and talked about. When Christ is wrongly proclaimed, that is our opportunity to proclaim Christ in the way that Jesus Christ ought to be proclaimed to all the ends of the earth. 

I hope this post made sense to you all today. I hope it didn't sound narrow-minded. My hope is that it gets you looking at the bigger-picture. The bigger-picture is that Christ rules over all and will for all of eternity. Share that! Get that out there.

Get people to notice and bring their attention to Jesus Christ.