What Evangelism is and Why Evangelism

Messages for November 2016: Our Month of Evangelism

Message for Sunday the 6th of November 2016

Theme: understanding the Publication of the Gospel

Topic: what Evangelism is and Why?

Matthew 28:18-20; Mk.16:15-20; Lk.10:1-5 and Mt.10:1

Introduction: Evangelism in the word of God is known popularly as the great commission. It is a great commission because it is actually the master’s last will and Testament to his Church for all generation until His eventual return. This is what the first century Church of Jesus Christ lived and died for and God ensured that the shedding of their blood was not in vain as the gospel has persisted until now. 

In this series, we shall attempt by God’s grace to bring light in this most important great commission to enable us see it’s full import the best we can and to show us how to effectively communicate the gospel God’s way so as to be able to bring in the great harvest that has been assigned to us for this end time. 

What evangelism is: For our purpose, evangelism could be defined as – 

1. To instruct in the gospel. To preach to convert to Christianity. Note here that it is inspired by God and not human motivation. See Matthew 28:19-20; Mk.16:15-20.

2. To preach and attempt to convert people to one’s firmly held belief. Note here that the belief we are talking about here is as spelt out by Apostle Paul in 1Cor.15:1-5 and Jn.3:1-7 and 16-18. This excludes human motivation and embraces divine inspiration. If not, the best people would get here is another religion.

3. It is God’s method for triggering the recolonization of His earth. God originally made man to rule over the earth on His behalf as a colony of heaven. Heaven is a place and eternal life is the way of life of the people from there. It is a relationship with God God’s way. Everyone who gets born again receives eternal life as a gift from God. See John 5:24; 17:3 and John 6:47. Our business on God’s behalf is to recolonize the world by using what the bible has taught us through the help of the Holy Spirit to renew the minds of the converts until they can become established in the faith and repeat the cycle until the earth is filled with the knowledge of God in the hearts of men. This is done effectively through Church planting. See Acts 19:1-20; Rm.16:4 and 1Cor.16:4.

Why Evangelism?

1. It is God’s commandment which we must obey. See Mark 16:15-20; Acts 1:8; 1Cor.9:16-20.

2. Through evangelism, we can help many find their places in destiny and also escape the consequence of eternal destruction which is the destiny of the lost. See John 3:16-20; 17:3-4; Acts 8.

3. Through evangelism, we can plant Churches and with these Churches, we can raise people for God whose minds would be renewed to walk in the ways of God and further the colonization drive of God. Rm.12:2; 1Tim.4:13-16 and 1Titus 1:5. 

4. This is the fastest means to receive all that God has planned for us. see Mt.6:33 and Lk.22:35

5. It is the means by which we reap God’s harvest and gather fruits unto eternal life and become qualified for divine wages. See Jon.4:34-38and Rev.14:13.

6. We enjoy divine favour thereby. Jn.12:24-26; Lk.22:30 and Mt.19:28.

More could be said on this but for now, we shall draw the curtains. Meanwhile, if you are reading this and are yet to make a decision for Christ, you are yet to qualify to evangelize because it is only disciples who evangelize because it is to them that the Lord committed the great commission assignment. You must therefore be born again first before you can begin to grow to become a disciple. Should you wish to change your present status now, you can say the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be admitted into God’s family and then you can start your journey of growth until you become discipled enough to start taking advantage of this great privilege of participating in the great commission:

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen. 

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