A Brief Overview Of Evangelism: Theology And Mission

Today, I felt it need to preach on evangelism.

And so the title of this sermon is A Brief Overview of Evangelism, Semicolon, Theology and Missiology.

Theology is just a study of God, and missiology is just a practice within mission.

I think that evangelism is really important in every believer's life, but especially in the life of a new church plant.

One of our values, our mission is the kingdom of God and all of life together.

Evangelism encompasses all three of those things.

We need evangelism to preach God's word for his kingdom.

He allows us to do that within his kingdom.

We do that in all of our life, right?

In different seasons, we must preach God's word.

And we do it together because it's a glorious and joyful thing that we should do together.

So I just want to start with kind of a definition of evangelism,

which evangelism is obeying the command to preach the good news or share the good news of God

to reconcile depraved, sinful men and women to the triune God.

And the goal of this is for us to have a balanced view of evangelism, like a seesaw.

We don't want to be too high on either side.

What we believe about it, how we ought to think about it and applying it to our lives.

So I just want to start with biblical commands and evangelism.

What are biblical commands, right?

What Webster's Dictionary defines it as command as someone giving order or orders to exercise dominating influence over blame.

Right.

So a great image of this is our children.

Within our homes, that is a father and mother's dominion.

We are to dominate over our children, take dominion over them and to rule over our households.

Biblical commands are commands that are given by God.

He is dominating over all creation.

It is his dominion.

And if God commands it, we do it.

It's God who commands it.

So that's a little overview of biblical commands, what they are.

So the Ten Commandments is what we typically go to whenever we hear commands, right?

And, you know, you have a lot of commands.

Do not have any other idols before God.

Honor your mother and father.

Do not lie.

Do not steal.

Do not commit adultery.

And in these commands, I want to focus on language of negative commands versus positive commands.

So negative commands are do not, right?

Do not.

Do not have any gods.

Do not have any other gods before Yahweh.

Do not lie.

Do not steal.

Do not commit adultery.

Positive commands are commands such as obey your mother and father, right?

Physically speaking, positive commands are more difficult sometimes to follow because there's not a line that's drawn in the sand, right?

You're like, physically, I know not to bow down before an idol.

I know not to steal.

I know not to commit adultery.

But in the nuances of obeying your mother and father, that's harder, right?

And here's an example, right, of a famous story of command to forgive, right?

Peter is talking to Jesus.

He says, how often must I forgive my brother who sins against me?

And Jesus responds, you must forgive seven times, 77 times, right?

A positive command, right?

You must do it repeatedly as many times as it takes.

Another example of a positive command or something in this is your kids, right?

You tell your kids, do the dishes.

They're in the other room.

They pretend like they don't hear you.

And then, you know, Max, Max, do the dishes.

Max, playing video games or something, right?

Right?

Not doing it, right?

Or something like that.

Another example is if you're really hungry after church and you turn to your wife and say,

honey, you should pick a place for us to go because I really want you to pick the place.

And 30 minutes later, you're still hungry with no destination in mind.

But there's so much things, right?

So much things that you could do.

It's like, what place should we go to?

I don't know.

Like, how do I obey my mom and dad?

There's no line drawn in the sand, right?

What does this have to do with evangelism, right?

What do positive commands have to do with evangelism?

All right.

I'll start by reading Matthew 28, 16 to 20.

I'm going to be in a ton of different scripture verses.

So I'll just read for you guys.

The 11 disciples traveled to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

When they saw him, they worshiped, but some doubted.

Jesus came near and said to them,

all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe everything I've commanded you.

And remember, I am with you always to the end of the age.

So this is a command, right?

It's a positive command.

It's not a negative command.

And so there's so many nuances.

It's just like forgiveness.

You're supposed to do it over and over again, right?

A lot of people would say, like reading this, that go would be the command here.

But unfortunately, that's not the command.

Go is like what's first, but it really should be translated

as a passive or descriptive word, meaning as you have gone or since you have gone or going, right?

Since you have gone, since you are going, make disciples.

The command here is make disciples.

That's the imperative.

It's not a passive.

It's not a descriptive.

It's a command from our Lord to make disciples, right?

And making disciples commanded by our Lord Jesus first begins with repenting,

believing in Jesus as our Lord and Savior,

that he's the only way that we could be saved from our sins.

And that often happens through evangelism.

Now, in Matthew 28, verses 19, one says all nations.

Matthew 28:19

It's not talking necessarily about countries.

It's talking about ethnicities, right?

People groups.

There are millions of different ethnicities within the world, right?

There's hundreds of thousands of people.

Just go to India, right?

There's about 200 plus countries, and I'm pretty sure most of them have the gospel, right?

Matthew 24, 14 says,

The good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations,

and then the end will come.

If that word is meaning nations, I'm pretty sure there are believers in every nation.

But there is not every ethnicity that has believed and heard the gospels.

Does that make sense?

And so Jesus here, talking about the end times, says this, right?

We must go proclaim the gospel to every ethnicity, right?

But with this command, there can be a bolstering of evangelism, evangelism, evangelism everywhere, right?

Let's just make converts out of everyone while there's no support of the church, right?

I've seen missionaries in different countries who will just make a convert, leave the village, and then keep going without coming back.

That's wrong.

That's a distortion of God's word.

And this is how God expects us to do it, right?

So what is God's role in evangelism, right?

We know that we must do it.

But in that definition, evangelism is obeying the command to preach the good news of God,

to reconcile depraved sinful man to the triune God, right?

So that definition, the good news of God, God has to do with everything with evangelism.

So I have kind of two sections that I want to focus on.

One is the triune God.

And then the second is our duty in evangelism.

Then I'll conclude with some application points, right?

My main focus will be on the triune God.

Then going into duty and then going into duty and then try to end with some application and land this plane nicely.

Right?

The triune God, if you ever think of evangelism, the triune God is the means and the ends of evangelism.

I can say that again for those who are taking notes.

The triune God is the means and the ends of evangelism, right?

And so I'm going to go into each person of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, right?

Their means and ends of evangelism, right?

There are many things in which I could talk about the Father, the Son, and the Spirit

and how they influence evangelism and all these different things.

But there's only, and I'm not doing an entire overview of all that.

There's only a few things that I want to hone in on.

The first is John 6, 44.

Jesus says,

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Right?

So the first thing is the Father's role in that verse.

It says,

The Father who sent me draws him, right?

The Father's role in evangelism is one, drawing people, right?

It's not that the focus, whenever we preach the gospel, there should be no pressure on us

if we're preaching the gospel to a non-religious.

Because we don't draw people by our eloquence.

Paul says to the Corinthians,

I came with you without human eloquence, but by the weakness of the gospel, right?

Our presentation is not what draws people.

You can have the most glorious gospel presentation,

and this man or woman still be damned.

The Father is who draws people, right?

In verse John 6, 65, Jesus says again,

This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.

Again, nothing that we do say can bring someone to be saved.

It is the work, the mystery, the only thing that changes that and that allows that is the Father, right?

Romans 8, 28 to 30, the golden chain, beloved chain by me.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God,

who are called according to his purpose.

For those he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,

so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

And those he predestined, he also called.

And those he called, he also justified.

And those he justified, he also glorified.

This gives us an even deeper inner working of the election of the Father,

which is so secure because it's already happened.

Does that make sense?

It's so secure in our election because it's already happened.

Paul says we're seeded, past tense, in the heavenly places, right?

God is outside of the boundaries of time.

There's nothing that can change man's election because it's already happened.

And that's why there's no human eloquence that can influence someone being saved.

Because it's already happened.

Because God has already saved him.

But nonetheless, Spurgeon still prays and says,

Lord, save your elect and save even more, right?

Now, that is the means of the Father within evangelism.

He draws those who are his, right?

As the means by it.

The ends of the Father in evangelism is that we are brought into his glorious kingdom to be face to face with the Father.

To ponder the depth and the breath of his glory, his majesty.

To cry out, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty as the cherubim and seraphim do.

To dwell in eternal bliss with our adopted Father.

Our Father who saw us naked.

Our Father who gives us righteousness.

Our Father who predestined us to bring us into his kingdom.

He predestined us to come as the means.

And he brings us in for himself as the ends.

He is the means and the ends of election and of evangelism and of salvation.

Now, the son, John 5, 36.

But I have a greater testimony than John's because of the works that my Father has given me to accomplish.

These very works I'm doing to set, I'm doing to testify about me that the Father has sent me, right?

So there's works that Jesus is doing while he's here on the earth.

But he's sent with a mission from the Father, right?

He's sent from the Father to do a specific mission, right?

What is that though?

What is that specific work, specific task?

John 10, 11.

I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd, does not own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming.

Then the wolf snatches and scatters them.

This happens because he is hired, doesn't care about the sheep.

Jesus' mission, his work, sent by the Father, is to be one of the good shepherd, right?

Prophesied.

He is the good shepherd that has come to nurture Israel and to bring Gentiles into the kingdom.

Right?

But not only that, he's the good shepherd that lays down his life for his sheep.

Right?

And we all know the story of Jesus' crucifixion.

But I want to read it really quickly.

In Mark 15, 20 to 32.

They let him out to crucify him.

They forced a man coming in from the country who was passing by to carry Jesus' cross.

He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means place of skull.

They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, which he did not take.

Then they crucified him, divided his clothes, casting lots for him.

They decided what each would get.

Now it was nine in the morning when they crucified him.

The inscription of the charge written against him was the king of the Jews.

They crucified two criminals with him, one on the right and one on the left.

Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads and saying,

Ha!

Ah!

The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days.

Save yourself.

Come down from the cross.

In the same way the chief priests and scribes were mocking him among themselves and saying,

He saves others, but he cannot save himself.

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross so that we may see and believe.

Even those who were crucified with them taunted him.

How awful, how brutal, right?

Like nowadays we wear a cross, but imagine in Roman culture on a hill, right?

Let's just say Briarcliff, right?

We just have people who die there, right?

They torture people and throw them up on Briarcliff.

There's no one who would want to go up there, right?

Let's go smell the stench and people who are dying there, right?

Let's go see the Romans, crucify them.

This is not something that's good.

That you want to talk about in a normal everyday life experience.

It's like talking about the electric chair in like normal conversation.

Like crucifixion then was awful.

It was brutal.

39 times was our Savior whipped.

That usually tears skin.

It usually tears muscles.

Carried our cross.

The Father predestined that he would come.

He predestined that we would be saved by this man.

By the Son of God.

Our Good Shepherd laid his life down for us

because the Father sent him to provide a means by which we could save.

Be saved.

The Father predestines us as the means.

And the Son lays his life down and is raised three days later

as a means that we might be saved.

The Son is the end of evangelism as the Father is.

Revelation 5, 11 and 14.

11 to 14.

I'm just going to read.

Verse 12.

They said with a loud voice,

Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered

to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and blessing.

Right?

We will worship the Lamb as we worship the Father.

The ends of evangelism with the Son is to worship him.

It's to say,

Praise be our older brother, the firstborn of all creation,

who was raised from the dead.

Praise be that Lamb.

Do you not long to dwell with the Son?

For him to come?

He ascended the cross that the blind would see,

that we would see,

that the deaf would hear,

that the prisoner in bondage and sin would be set free.

The one who says,

I am with you,

to the end of the age,

our Savior and champion,

who can sympathize and empathize with our pain,

died because he loved us.

Right?

He died as a means so that we could be saved.

And he's the end of our evangelism,

of why we're here.

Right?

Like, we're not waiting.

Like, if our hope is just,

like, let's just sit around and wait for something to happen,

I'll keep going to church,

do my religious duties,

then what's the point of it all?

We have a hope that's reserved for us in heaven.

The Father longing to glorify him,

the Son longing to glorify and worship him.

And that brings us to the third person of the Trinity,

the Spirit.

John 16, 7-11,

Nevertheless,

I'm telling you the truth,

for it is for your benefit that I go away.

Because if I don't go away,

the Counselor will not come.

If I go,

I will send him to you.

When he comes,

he will convict the world about sin,

righteousness,

and judgment.

About sin,

because they do not believe in me.

About righteousness,

because I'm going to the Father,

you will no longer see me.

And about judgment,

because the ruler of this world,

has been judged.

The Father has sent the Son,

and now the Son,

as he ascends,

sends the Spirit.

And says,

it is better.

It is for your benefit

that I go away.

Right?

I long to dwell with Jesus,

but Jesus,

God himself,

says that it is better.

It is a benefit to you.

That I should go away,

and I should send the Spirit.

Now,

those who believe in Jesus' work

on the cross,

who have repented and believed,

are saved for the day,

are sealed and saved

for the day of judgment

by the Spirit.

And about sin,

that we are lost sinners,

and cannot be in a relationship

with God.

About righteousness,

that we have none,

but need Jesus.

And about judgment,

that Christ has defeated sin,

and death,

and was raised from the dead.

That is the Spirit's work.

Right?

The biggest one

is to seal us,

to sanctify us,

to keep us

for the day of reckoning.

Right?

And not only that,

but he convicts the world

of sin,

of righteousness,

and of judgment.

Right?

The Spirit of God,

triune God,

the most powerful being

in the universe,

Paul writes in Ephesians,

God is more powerful

beyond what we can think.

Right?

Like,

think about a hundred million

burning suns.

God is more powerful

than that.

Right?

Beyond what we can think,

it's given to us

as a gift.

And he dwells

within us.

2 Timothy 1,

7,

tells us God has given us,

not a,

not a,

has given us,

not a spirit of fear,

but of one of power

and love

and sound judgment.

We have access

to God's

power.

If we are in Christ,

the,

the Spirit is already

convicting the world.

But how will they hear?

You know,

Spirit's convicting the world,

but how will they hear

if a preacher

is not sent?

How will they see

if evangelism

is not happening?

The Spirit

gives us

the power

to preach,

to share the gospel.

Right?

The Father

has sent the Son

to die

and be raised again

for sinful men.

Those who

believe in the Son's

sacrifice

become sons themselves.

Daughters

are given

the inheritance

of sons.

And he,

he's called

the helper,

the comforter.

We live in evil days

so that we would not

lose heart.

Our foe is powerful.

Right?

Satan is powerful.

He,

he's an angel.

Magnificent being

created

by the Lord

and evil,

depraved,

sinful,

tactful

enemy

who loves

to dwell

and cause

men to sin.

that's why

the helper

was sent

so that we

would fight

against them.

The Spirit

is the means

of evangelism

as the Son

and the Father

is,

that men

and women

would dwell

in the holy

dwellings

of the Spirit

of God

is something

awesome to behold.

The Spirit

hovering over

the chaotic

waters

at creation

that helped

bring order

then,

now,

bring orders

to our lives

and even

greater order

whenever we

are in heaven

with God

sealing us

for that day

of reckoning.

Great

are the

works of the Spirit

and wondrous

are the works

that we would

be brought

in

the glory

with the triune

God for the work

of the Spirit.

So,

that's the Father,

that's the Son,

and that's the Spirit.

The triune God

is the means

and the ends

of evangelism.

We cannot

have

redemption

without the

Father,

Son,

and the Holy Spirit.

They have

different roles,

they are all

saints,

that's into God.

And now,

at the end

of all this,

there's one question

that I want to

focus on a little bit,

right?

Why is God

the ends

of evangelism?

Right?

Why is God

the ends

of evangelism?

He provided

the means.

Why is He

the ends?

Why aren't

the ends

just meant

to be saved?

Isn't that enough?

Doesn't it

make God

seem a bit

needy?

If the ends

of evangelism

is just

that we have

to worship

Him in heaven?

Short answer

is,

because it

wouldn't

complete salvation.

salvation

because we're

created

as beings

that are meant

to praise,

to worship,

to glorify.

Salvation

would be

incomplete

if we didn't

have an object

to worship.

And I think

C.S. Lewis

says it best.

I think we,

C.S. Lewis

talking,

I think we delight

in praising

what we enjoy

because the praise

not merely

expresses

but completes

the enjoyment.

It is

its appointed

consummation.

It is not

out of

compliment

that lovers

keep telling

one another

how beautiful

they are.

The delight

is incomplete

till it is

expressed.

It is frustrating

to have discovered

a new

author

and not be

able to tell

anyone

how good he is

to come suddenly

at the turn

of the road

upon some

mountain valley

of unexpected

grandeur

and then

have to

keep silent

because the

people you

care for

care no more

for a tin can

in the ditch.

To hear a good

joke and find

no one to

share it with

the Scotch

catechism

says that

man's chief

end is to

glorify God

and enjoy him

forever.

But we shall

know,

but we shall

then know

that these

are the same

thing.

Fully to enjoy

is to glorify.

In commanding

us to glorify

him,

God is inviting

us to

enjoy him.

Right?

The reason

why God

is the

end is

because we

are meant

to enjoy.

We are

meant to

glorify him.

At the

beginning of

creation,

we were

created to

worship,

glorify God.

Right?

That is God's

original intent

and purpose

for us,

and that has

not changed.

So,

that's the

first part.

We're going

to the second

half,

which is the

joyful duty

of evangelism.

I love

evangelism.

Many have

said that I

have the

gift of

evangelism,

but evangelism

is a command.

Praise God

for the

Spirit.

Right?

Faith is a

gift, but

faith is

something that

we need.

Right?

We need

faith.

We need to

believe it.

Right?

But we

are commanded

to believe

in God,

and we

are commanded

to evangelize.

Right?

From the

intro, I've

established that

evangelism is a

command, and

something that

we must do,

like the

worship service

of the

Levites,

they're commanded

by God to

do things

within the

service,

within the

temple,

and if they

don't do

those certain

things,

then they're

breaking the

law,

breaking God's

commands.

And so

one thing

that I

want to

hit on

with positive

commands,

and especially

the command

to evangelize,

is the

sin of

commission,

and the

sin of

omission.

Right?

The sin

of commission

is really

easy to

see.

Right?

It is,

examples of

this is

lying.

Right?

It's actively

doing it.

Lying is

a sin of

commission.

Stealing.

Committing

adultery.

Right?

You can see

it.

It's tangible.

Sin of

omission can

be a little

trickier to

detect.

Right?

Because it's

admitting

something.

Matthew 25,

Matthew 25:40–46

verse 40

to 46,

says,

Jesus talking,

And the

king will

answer them,

Truly I

tell you,

whatever you

did for one

of the least

of these

brothers and

sisters of

mine,

you did

for me.

Then he

will also

say to

those on

the left,

Depart

from me,

who are

cursed into

the eternal

fire,

prepared for

the devil

and his

angels.

I was

hungry,

and you

gave me

nothing to

eat.

I was

thirsty,

and you

gave me

nothing to

drink.

I was a

stranger,

and you

didn't take

me in.

I was

naked,

and you

didn't

clothe me

sick,

and in

prison,

and you

didn't care

for me.

Then they

too will

answer,

Lord,

we did

not see

you,

hungry,

thirsty,

or a

stranger,

without

clothes,

or sick,

or in

prison,

and not

help you.

Then he

will answer,

Truly,

I tell you,

whatever you

did not

do for the

least of

these,

did not

do for

me.

Then they

will go

away into

eternal

punishment,

but the

righteous

into

eternal

life.

There's a

great example

of the

sin of

omission,

right?

Not

seeing,

not doing,

right?

Like Jesus,

we never

saw you

out there

begging,

right?

I mean,

we saw a

beggar,

but we

didn't see

you.

We chose

to ignore

him.

Another

example of

the sin

of omission

is the

parable of

the Good

Samaritan,

right?

There's a

man who's

beaten,

right?

Laying

there,

not like

so weak,

can't do

anything.

A

Levitical

priest goes

by,

right?

walks away,

and then

a Good

Samaritan

comes,

right?

Takes

care of

this man,

bandages

his wound,

takes him

to an

inn,

and have

the innkeeper

look after

him.

That

Levitical

priest is

showing a

sin of

omission,

not loving

his neighbor,

not taking

care of

him as he

shouldn't.

And then

another

example of

this is

not

forgiving

when we

should.

Right?

Talked about

earlier,

Jesus and

Peter,

like we're

commanded to

forgive,

but sometimes

we withhold

them,

right?

It's within

our hearts,

can't really

see it,

but we're

not doing

it,

we're

admitting

it,

and it's

a sin.

And yet

another

example of

this is

not

evangelizing,

sin of

omission,

because

evangelism

is a

command,

something that

we must

do,

and not

doing it

is sinning,

it's a

sin of

omission.

Now some

might think,

hey Zemir,

sounds like

you're bordering

legalism here,

talking about

Levitical

priests and

everything.

Well let's

go there.

What is

legalism,

right?

I put,

it's a

practice of

working within

a set moral

code of

commands in

order to

do good

for yourself

to get to

God,

right?

In other

words,

legalism is

focused on

the self.

The object

of one's

worship is

directed towards

how well

or how much

he can

obey a

set of

commands,

right?

It's set

on him.

He's the

object of

his worship

so that

he can

get somewhere,

right?

I totally

disagree with

legalism.

Don't

practice

legalism.

The object

of our

affection within

evangelism

must be

God.

God.

Whether we

are evangelizing

someone or

offering

forgiveness as

we're commanded,

like, we

don't forgive

someone so

that they

would see how

well we

are, right?

If we're

forgiving someone

so that they

can see how

good we are,

it's not true

forgiveness,

right?

If we're

fasting so

that other

people would

see, like,

our piety,

like, Jesus

says, your

reward has

already been

given to you

by men.

Our

evangelism must

be God-centered

and God-focused,

right?

Now, what I

do want to

note in

legalism and

evangelism and

the command to

evangelize is

that it doesn't

have a limit,

right?

It's not

evangelize 10

times and

you're good,

right?

Or forgive

77 people and

you don't have

to do it again.

it's

lifelong.

It's

lifelong God-centered

obedience,

just like

there isn't

an amount

to how many

people you

should forgive.

Right?

So,

some conclusions.

So,

landing the

plane,

coming to

an end,

is,

if you guys

want to turn

with me to

Ephesians 6,

Ephesians 6:10–19

verse 10 to

19.

Paul writes,

finally,

be strengthened

by the Lord

and by his

vast strength.

Put on the

full armor of

God so that

you can stand

against the

schemes of

Satan.

For our

struggle is

not against

flesh and

blood,

but against

the rulers,

against the

authorities,

against the

cosmic powers

of this

darkness,

against evil

spiritual forces

in the

heaven.

For this

reason,

take up

the full

armor of

God so

that you

may be

able to

resist in

the evil

day.

And having

prepared

everything,

take your

stand.

Stand,

therefore,

with truth

like a

belt around

your waist,

righteousness

like armor

on your

chest,

and feet

sandaled

with the

readiness

for the

gospel of

peace.

In every

situation,

take up

the shield

of faith

with which

you can

extinguish

all the

flaming arrows

of the

evil one.

Take the

helmet of

salvation

and the

sword of

the spirit,

which is

the word

of God.

Pray at

all times

in the

spirit with

every prayer

and request.

Stay alert

with perseverance

and intercessions

for all the

saints.

Pray also

for me,

that the

message may

be given

to me when

I open

my mouth

to make

known the

boldness,

the mystery,

boldness,

with boldness,

the mystery of

the gospel.

For this,

I'm an

ambassador

in chains.

Pray that

I might

also.

Pray that

I might

be bold

enough to

speak about

it.

I

shouldn't.

Right?

So,

I have

seven

application

points.

The first

is pray.

Prayer is

the first

thing.

Paul says

it three

times.

Pray at

all times.

Then in

verse 18,

then 19,

pray also

for me.

Then in

20,

pray that

I might

be bold.

Three

times in

the same

section.

If we're

not praying

towards being

bold,

toward saying,

God,

I am so

weak.

I need

your help

to go out

and preach

the gospel.

A man

like Paul

who's asking

the Ephesians

for prayer,

then we'll

always be

weak.

Right?

The beginning

of that is

we're against

our struggle

is not

against

flesh and

blood.

It's

against

the

cosmic

rulers.

Right?

Satan

wants to

suppress

that desire,

that urge

to go and

preach the

gospel.

If we're not

actively fighting

against that,

we won't do

it.

Truly,

prayer is

our greatest

weapon and

defense by

saying,

Satan,

I rebuke

you in the

name of

Jesus.

And then

the second

one is

go evangelist.

Do it.

Right?

It doesn't

matter.

It doesn't

matter like

where you

go,

what specific

thing you're

doing,

do it.

I love

going door

to door

and evangelize.

I love

taking people

with me

because they're

so squirmy.

But it

takes away

so much

fear.

Right?

People who

are like

have so much

pent up

fear within

them because

like Satan

is coming

against them

saying,

why are you

doing this?

Puts them

out of their

comfort zone.

They don't

want to do

it.

It's so

squirmy.

Right?

If you're

not equipped

with prayer,

right,

you will not

do it.

You truly

will not.

Whether you

have the gift

of evangelism

or not.

Right?

We must

depend and

rely solely

on the power

of God

to preach

the gospel

because we're

not against

flesh and

blood.

When we are

preaching the

gospel,

when we are

evangelizing to

that person,

we're also

like preaching

against all

the demons

that are

whispering lies

to them

saying,

why do you

want to

believe this?

Like you

are doing

good yourself.

Like you're

trying to

get them to

believe and

you yourself

must gird

your loins

prayer.

One of the

biggest stoppers

for people

going and

evangelizing

is fear,

guys.

It's what

people,

whether they

can think

about me,

like I

don't want

to do it.

Like it's

fear.

People are

pent up with

fear.

They don't

want to do

it.

And so you

need to pray.

That fear

is not

from yourself.

That fear

really is

from cosmic

powers.

That's

ungodly

fear.

Right?

As I've

said earlier,

the spirit,

the most

powerful being

in the

universe is

given to

us.

Right?

And it's

given to

us with

power,

not a

fear.

Right?

If we're

fearful of

doing something

spiritual,

it means that

that is not

from God,

not even

from us.

either from

our flesh

or from

Satan.

Right?

Pray against

that.

A word

for men,

single and

married.

Right?

How is

your evangelism?

Right?

How is

your evangelism?

How are

you leading

your family

in evangelizing?

How are

your practices

now to

teach your

sons and

daughter that

evangelism is

important?

Single men

who have

more time

on their

hand than

married men?

What does

your time

look like?

Right?

Is this a

priority for

you?

Truly.

Word of

God,

our life is

but a

breath,

but a

vapor.

Like,

what are

you doing?

That's not

to condemn,

that's truly

for you to

reevaluate.

Like,

what is

most important

to you?

a word for

women,

single and

married.

I know

that women

mainly take

care of

kids,

right?

And my

wife does

as well.

But let

that not be

an excuse.

Take

opportunities

to go and

preach the

gospel.

Like,

everyone here

goes to the

grocery store.

I love

talking to

clerks or

just random

people who

are grabbing

the same

can as

me.

Oh,

you get

that also?

Then strike

up a

conversation.

You can.

You,

women,

you do not

have to go

door to

door and

preach the

gospel.

That's not

for everyone.

But you

can,

in your

day-to-day

routine,

be intentionally

trying to

preach the

gospel,

going to

the same

store,

trying to

preach to

the same

grocery

store

clerk,

trying to

bring someone

from your

ballet class

to hang out

with them,

or your

soccer team,

trying to

get to

know those

parents and

family.

At

Bellico's,

there was

a family

who was

saved because

of soccer

practice.

Right?

Women,

you can do

this.

Single

women,

especially,

more time

on your

hands.

Again,

don't be

foolish,

don't go

door-to-door

knocking,

maybe do

if the

Lord's

leading you

that way,

but you

have more

time on

your hands.

Word for

kids,

you kids

who are

saved,

who believe

that Christ

is the

only way,

preach the

gospel to

your friends

who are

not saved.

Let them

repent and

believe,

to your

siblings as

well,

because it's

life and

death.

Though your

kids,

our life is

but a

vapor,

right?

We're

here for

a second.

Do you

guys remember

when you

were three

years old?

Now you're

like 10?

Like,

life goes

by super

fast.

Preach the

gospel to

your friends.

Second thing,

put it on

your calendar.

If you do

not plan a

time to

go and

actually go

out and

evangelize,

you will

never do

it.

I say

that from

experience

because if

there is

fear,

that fear

will suppress

what you're

doing,

right?

What you

want to

do.

Do it

with someone.

Put it

on your

calendar.

Put it

on your

calendars

together.

Don't

just say,

I really

want to

evangelize.

Be a

man of

your

word,

a woman

of your

word,

and go

out.

Set it

on your

calendar.

If you

don't do

that,

it won't

happen,

right?

It'll be

spontaneous,

and if you're

not already

spontaneous preaching

the gospel,

you're not

praying for

that,

actively

seeking

that,

then it'll

be hard

if it's

not on

your

calendar.

It's

my

encouraging,

put it

on your

calendars.

And then

number

seven is

have your

feet ready

to preach

the gospel,

gospel of

peace.

Always be

aware of

who you can

preach the

gospel to,

especially

around Christmas

season,

around family

members who

are caught

in sins,

who don't

believe the

gospel,

amongst,

like,

it's time

where you

don't talk

to family

members that

you can't

talk to,

because it's

not weird to

call them

out of the

blue,

right?

Merry Christmas,

how are you

doing?

How's your

life going?

Can I pray

for you?

It's not

weird.

And so,

I want to

end really

quickly by

I think a

song that

sums up

evangelism,

gospel,

and

praising God

at the

end of

our days.

Well,

this is

Amazing Grace.

Amazing Grace,

how sweet the

sound,

has saved a

wretch like

me.

I once was

lost,

but now I'm

found,

was blind,

but now I

see.

So it's

grace that

taught my

heart to

fear,

and grace

my fears

relieved.

How precious

did that grace

appear,

the hour I

first believed.

The Lord

has promised

good to

me.

His words

my hope

secures.

He will

my shield