Evangelism
Survey saids... the most popular reason for not evangelizing is not because we feel lacking Bible knowledge or feel ill equipped but because most of us feel that our lives are not a good witness.
Stott sees evangelism as the outreach that balances the church's interior life of study, fellowship, sharing and worship. Three things are noted:
1) only Jesus can open the eyes and ears of one's heart
2) salvation and church membership go together
3) evangelism is a daily task
Personally, I am greatly relieved and that it is the Lord who does the work of witness. And that he can use even an imperfect vessel like me. As members of the body of Christ, we are instruments of the perfecting work of Jesus... encouraging and correcting one another. So, let us walk daily, looking for opportunities to be used by God.
Wow! What a revelation! "the most popular reason for not evangelizing was... because most of us feel that our lives are not a good witness." I wonder how many of us would say that this is true of them?
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely a deficiency in the lives of most christians in this country, in that while there is an interior life of study and fellowship and sharing and worship... yet there is almost a complete absence of an 'exterior life' of evangelism and witness.
This is the main challenge of our generation! God has placed each of us in a particular place to be his witness. Therefore we need to look for opportunities to share the gospel with the people we come in contact. Let's all seek to do that this, starting right away!
The truth is... there's no magic formula or easy way to evangelize... it just takes guts (courage) and a firm belief that without Christ, everybody is headed to hell!
Posted by Pastor James