Have you ever heard of the phrase “common knowledge?” It’s those concepts or things that should be pretty much known by all people because it’s so prevalent. Some might even call it common sense. It usually comes with the phase, “everybody knows that!”

It’s those things that apparently you’d have to have been living under a rock to not know about, like, “you’ve never heard of Michael Jackson?” And you quite possibly look foolish because you’re not in the know.

How many things do we consider common knowledge? Are there things we perhaps don’t share because we think people already know??

Do we feel that way about Jesus? The gospel?

At this point it could be safe to say everybody knows who Jesus is…right? I mean we’ve seen the movies. There are churches everywhere. A Bible is pretty accessible (although in some countries not really). Christianity is HUGE. Everybody knows.

True they may have heard of Jesus, but do they really know Jesus? They may know about Jesus, but do they know the gospel? The good news??

If you ran a poll on what people truly know about Jesus and the gospel, just asking simple questions, you might be surprised how much people don’t know. That’s not a knock on the world. That’s a knock on Christians.

We have our preconceived notions. We think the gospel is common knowledge. We think everybody knows. We make judgments on who we think will or won’t receive it. And we have become lazy because of it.

Consider…

Matthew 28:18-20 KJV

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Romans 10:13-15 KJV

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Not all information is common knowledge. Furthermore it would be sad if someone would remain lost in sin all because you figured he or she should have already known.

The world may know of Jesus. Tell the world who He is, what He did, why He did it, who He did it for and what it means we must do.

Because it’s too beautiful for you to not make sure it’s something that everybody does know.

On that note listen to the appropriate song, Beautiful Feet by Lecrae.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7fOBSQHEj4&feature=youtube_gdata_player