If you're like me, sharing Christ with another person can be the most exciting, and most terrifying, aspect of our faith. And, if you're anything like me, all too often it feels like a duty, not a privilege. Believe you me, I relate.
All too often, I've treated evangelism as a duty of the faith. This is one of those "have to" tasks. Too often I have not viewed this as the true priveledge and opportunity that it is.
I will be sharing a series of posts that I pray will spur us both on to share our faith with others.
Topics I will be sharing on will be:
What is the Gospel?
Before I get into other aspects of evangelism, I feel it worthwhile to pause and make sure we understand the Gospel. I would highly recommend committing this to memory (at least some variation of this), as this is the core message we share.
Here is the Gospel in one paragraph: The Triune God (Father/Son/Holy Spirit) created the world to reflect His glory. Sin - disobeying God - entered the world through the actions of His creation (Satan, in the form of a serpent, convinced Adam and Eve to disobey God). Since then, every person to have ever lived (except for one Person), has disobeyed God, and the penalty for disobeying God's commands is death, which results in eternal separation from the good and holy God. Jesus, the son of God, was sent to earth as a baby, born to a virgin mother, lived a sinless life, and was killed to make restitution for the sins of men. Three days after his execution, a crucifixion, He rose from the dead as a testament to His redeeming work. By asking Him, He transfers our sentence for sin onto Himself, and we can again be right with God, allowing us to worship Him and be with Him forever.
Next time, I'll begin to share why we share our faith. In the meantime, please pray with me that the Holy Spirit would open our awareness to the lost all around us. Ask, with me, that He would grant us His compassion for them and that He would begin to give us a longing to see them redeemed for Christ.
One last comment - if you have never repented of the wrongs you have committed and trusted in Jesus' redemptive work to make us right before God, I would challenge you to do so. Pray and ask God to forgive you and replace your sin with His righteousness. If you do this, let another follower of Jesus know; you can comment here, send a message to one of the pastors at their contact on the Glory of Christ Fellowship website or email me at reallyasa@gmail.com and we can help encourage you in growing in your new faith.
All too often, I've treated evangelism as a duty of the faith. This is one of those "have to" tasks. Too often I have not viewed this as the true priveledge and opportunity that it is.
I will be sharing a series of posts that I pray will spur us both on to share our faith with others.
Topics I will be sharing on will be:
- What is the Gospel? I will share this one today.
- Why should we share our faith and what is my responsibility in sharing?
- How can I share?
- What about particularly cold people and how do I handle common objections?
What is the Gospel?
Before I get into other aspects of evangelism, I feel it worthwhile to pause and make sure we understand the Gospel. I would highly recommend committing this to memory (at least some variation of this), as this is the core message we share.
Here is the Gospel in one paragraph: The Triune God (Father/Son/Holy Spirit) created the world to reflect His glory. Sin - disobeying God - entered the world through the actions of His creation (Satan, in the form of a serpent, convinced Adam and Eve to disobey God). Since then, every person to have ever lived (except for one Person), has disobeyed God, and the penalty for disobeying God's commands is death, which results in eternal separation from the good and holy God. Jesus, the son of God, was sent to earth as a baby, born to a virgin mother, lived a sinless life, and was killed to make restitution for the sins of men. Three days after his execution, a crucifixion, He rose from the dead as a testament to His redeeming work. By asking Him, He transfers our sentence for sin onto Himself, and we can again be right with God, allowing us to worship Him and be with Him forever.
Next time, I'll begin to share why we share our faith. In the meantime, please pray with me that the Holy Spirit would open our awareness to the lost all around us. Ask, with me, that He would grant us His compassion for them and that He would begin to give us a longing to see them redeemed for Christ.
One last comment - if you have never repented of the wrongs you have committed and trusted in Jesus' redemptive work to make us right before God, I would challenge you to do so. Pray and ask God to forgive you and replace your sin with His righteousness. If you do this, let another follower of Jesus know; you can comment here, send a message to one of the pastors at their contact on the Glory of Christ Fellowship website or email me at reallyasa@gmail.com and we can help encourage you in growing in your new faith.
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