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WHY SHOULD WE EVANGELIZE? -
God Is Not Willing That Anyone Should Perish
2 Peter 3:9 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
9 The Lord is not delaying his promise, in the way that some reckon delay, but he is very patient towards you. He does not want anyone to be destroyed. Rather, he wants everyone to arrive at repentance.
It’s not the desire of God that people should perish , but God desires that the gospel of Christ be spread and shared to all mankind with the hope that people may come to a saving knowledge and relationship with God through Christ.
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We Have A Mandate To Evangelize
2 Timothy 4:5 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
5 But as for you, keep your balance in everything! Put up with suffering; do the work of an evangelist; complete the particular task assigned to you.
Remember that evangelizing is simply the sharing of the gospel especially to unbelievers. Pastors or church leaders cannot reach every soul. Therefore every Christian is expected by God to play his/her part in reaching to the lost and helping the lost to come to salvation through Christ.
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Jesus Preached Repentance & Died For Sinners
Matthew 4:17 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
17 From that time on Jesus began to make his proclamation.
‘Repent!’ he would say. ‘The kingdom of heaven is arriving!’
Luke 5:31-32 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
31 ‘Healthy people don’t need a doctor;’ replied Jesus, ‘it’s sick people who do! 32 I haven’t come to call the righteous; I’m calling sinners to repentance.’
Repentance is an important part of the gospel. We cannot become born again without repenting. To repent means to change your mind or to go in a new direction. The reason why we should evangelize is because Jesus Himself evangelized. Jesus preached to sinners and He died for sinners so that they may repent.
Therefore the reason why we evangelize is so that we help people to repent so that they may live for Christ .
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The Harvest Is Plenty But The workers Are Few
Luke 10:2 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
2 ‘There’s a great harvest out there,’ he said to them, ‘but there aren’t many workers. So plead with the harvest-master to send out workers for the harvest.
Christ tells us that there is a big harvest of unbelievers who need to repent and who need to hear the gospel so that they come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Another reason why we need to evangelize is because there are very few “laborers” or Christians who are willing to evangelize. Despite an abundance of churches and Christians, there is a very small ratio of people willing to evangelize.
Therefore Christ encourages to pray for more laborers to evangelize and share the gospel because God is no willing for anyone to perish.
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Because We Love God & We Love Our Neighbour
Matthew 22:37-39 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
37 ‘You must love the Lord your God’, replied Jesus, ‘with all your heart, with all your life, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first commandment, and it’s the one that really matters. 39 The second is similar, and it’s this: You must love your neighbour as yourself.
Love your neighbour! Wow and as yourself!
I don’t know about you but I have some neighbours!
People that smoke constantly even in the stairways, people that play loud music often and have party’s. People that wont say hi, people that don’t clean up in our laundry!
Jesus is telling me not to Judge and to love these people as myself! Not only that, Jesus is telling me that this is the greatest commandment.
We often think of neighbours as the people who live near us, but Jesus meant it to include all people - even our enemies! Jesus told His famous parable of the Good Samaritan to make it clear that "love your neighbour" means to love all people, everywhere - not just our friends, allies, countrymen, and so on
We are all God's children. Just as He loves all His people and is willing to forgive their sins, we must be willing to forgive others who have done wrong to us:
If we love God and if we truly love our neighbour then we will be motivated to evangelize. If our neighbour is not a Christian we must be motivated by love to speak the gospel because we do not desire to see anybody perish just as God Himself does not want to see anyone perish.
God was motivated by love so much that He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins so that if whosever believes in Him shall not perish (John 3:16). Therefore let love be our motivator.
WHY SHOULD WE EVANGELIZE? -
God Is Not Willing That Anyone Should Perish
2 Peter 3:9 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
9 The Lord is not delaying his promise, in the way that some reckon delay, but he is very patient towards you. He does not want anyone to be destroyed. Rather, he wants everyone to arrive at repentance.
It’s not the desire of God that people should perish , but God desires that the gospel of Christ be spread and shared to all mankind with the hope that people may come to a saving knowledge and relationship with God through Christ.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
We Have A Mandate To Evangelize
2 Timothy 4:5 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
5 But as for you, keep your balance in everything! Put up with suffering; do the work of an evangelist; complete the particular task assigned to you.
Remember that evangelizing is simply the sharing of the gospel especially to unbelievers. Pastors or church leaders cannot reach every soul. Therefore every Christian is expected by God to play his/her part in reaching to the lost and helping the lost to come to salvation through Christ.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Jesus Preached Repentance & Died For Sinners
Matthew 4:17 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
17 From that time on Jesus began to make his proclamation.
‘Repent!’ he would say. ‘The kingdom of heaven is arriving!’
Luke 5:31-32 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
31 ‘Healthy people don’t need a doctor;’ replied Jesus, ‘it’s sick people who do! 32 I haven’t come to call the righteous; I’m calling sinners to repentance.’
Repentance is an important part of the gospel. We cannot become born again without repenting. To repent means to change your mind or to go in a new direction. The reason why we should evangelize is because Jesus Himself evangelized. Jesus preached to sinners and He died for sinners so that they may repent.
Therefore the reason why we evangelize is so that we help people to repent so that they may live for Christ .
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The Harvest Is Plenty But The workers Are Few
Luke 10:2 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
2 ‘There’s a great harvest out there,’ he said to them, ‘but there aren’t many workers. So plead with the harvest-master to send out workers for the harvest.
Christ tells us that there is a big harvest of unbelievers who need to repent and who need to hear the gospel so that they come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Another reason why we need to evangelize is because there are very few “laborers” or Christians who are willing to evangelize. Despite an abundance of churches and Christians, there is a very small ratio of people willing to evangelize.
Therefore Christ encourages to pray for more laborers to evangelize and share the gospel because God is no willing for anyone to perish.
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Because We Love God & We Love Our Neighbour
Matthew 22:37-39 New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
37 ‘You must love the Lord your God’, replied Jesus, ‘with all your heart, with all your life, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first commandment, and it’s the one that really matters. 39 The second is similar, and it’s this: You must love your neighbour as yourself.
Love your neighbour! Wow and as yourself!
I don’t know about you but I have some neighbours!
People that smoke constantly even in the stairways, people that play loud music often and have party’s. People that wont say hi, people that don’t clean up in our laundry!
Jesus is telling me not to Judge and to love these people as myself! Not only that, Jesus is telling me that this is the greatest commandment.
We often think of neighbours as the people who live near us, but Jesus meant it to include all people - even our enemies! Jesus told His famous parable of the Good Samaritan to make it clear that "love your neighbour" means to love all people, everywhere - not just our friends, allies, countrymen, and so on
We are all God's children. Just as He loves all His people and is willing to forgive their sins, we must be willing to forgive others who have done wrong to us:
If we love God and if we truly love our neighbour then we will be motivated to evangelize. If our neighbour is not a Christian we must be motivated by love to speak the gospel because we do not desire to see anybody perish just as God Himself does not want to see anyone perish.
God was motivated by love so much that He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins so that if whosever believes in Him shall not perish (John 3:16). Therefore let love be our motivator.
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