Two GREAT posts I’ve come across on the Motive and Method for Evangelism:
The Motive for Evangelism
The first step toward leading people to become evangelists is to lead them to the waters of the Gospel.
If Jesus isn’t good news to us then we’ll never think He’s good news for others
A willingness to speak comes from a heart that is smitten by the only person in the universe worth talking about, and possibly looking foolish for.
When someone becomes a Christian, we make a big deal about it. We announce it on Sundays. . .we announce it on the web . . . we talk about it constantly. Many Christians report never having seen someone become a Christian before coming to our church. It is extremely encouraging for them to see something supernatural like someone “gittin saved.”
In celebrating someone’s conversion, we are celebrating evangelism. People need to know, especially in the Bible Belt, where Christianity is a cultural relic, that the Holy Spirit is alive and well, making disciples and building God’s Kingdom, and that they themselves can be a part of it. This celebration has awakened many to tell others about Jesus for the first time in their lives. Literally, evangelism begets evangelists.
Click to read the entire article.
Application for us (on this last part): at our weekly meeting we’ve started showing weekly videos of students experiencing life change).
The Method of Evangelism
Why you need to learn and memorize a clear way of explaining the gospel. A good apologetic on why you should learn a gospel tract (among other things).
A friend suddenly says to you, “Okay, tell me what this Christianity stuff is all about.” What would you say? Could you explain the gospel clearly in that moment?
Here’s the deal: if you think when the moment finally comes and your friend is ready to listen, that the gospel will flow “instinctively” and smoothly off your lips because, after all, you’ve been a Christian for years, you are wrong! It will come out of your mouth and fall on the floor in a muddled mess.
To be effective witnesses we must work at being able to take what we know in our heads and hearts and clearly express it out of our mouths.
Similar thinking (that’s verbalized in this article) has led me in recent years to a newfound love for the Knowing God Personally tract.
Strongly encourage you to read the entire article.
HT to @pablonunez for tweeting about this article – hooray for Twitter!
What are your takeaways from these two articles?
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