Sermon Tone Analysis

! I.              Personal Evangelism.

*Introduction: *Why should evangelism be the concern of the church?

The answere is simple:

!!! 1.             *God commands it:* /Our Lord Jesus told us to evangelize/.

We are under obligation to fulfill the Great Commission to make disciples of all the nations, beginning with our own.

!!! 2.             *Evangelism Starts in Heaven:* /It was planned in eternity past/

!!! 3.             *God Loves People:* /God desires all men to be saved/

*The Lord’s purpose, aim, and ambition is the salvation of mankind:* “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).

*Winning the lost was for Christ the highest desire and was the express purpose for which He came into the world, *"Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest ’?  Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest."

(John 4:34-35, NASB95)

*Christ called the disciples to follow Him and learn from Him to become *“fishers of men” (Matt.

4:19).

He ultimately commissioned them to evangelize the world, which they began doing as soon as they received power from the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; 2:1–4).

!!! 4.             God was the first evangelist, since He “preached the gospel beforehand”:

*Paul writing to the church in Galatia said* "The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you."

(Galatians 3:8)

!!! 5.

Even the angel evangelized in announcing the birth of Christ:

*In Luke’s Gospel*  "The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; " (Luke 2:10, NASB95)

!!! 6.             Jesus Himself evangelized in “preaching the gospel”:

"On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him, " (Luke 20:1, NASB95)

 

 

!! A.           The Experience of Andrew.

!!! 1.            Andrew found Simon Peter (John 1:35–42).

!!!! a)            Andrew Appreciated the Value of a Single Soul.

!!!!! (1)           He was known for brining /individuals/, not crowds, to Jesus.

Almost every time we see him in the Gospel accounts, he is brining someone to Jesus.

!!!!!! (a)           He brought to Jesus the boy who had five loaves & two small fish (John 6:8-9)

!!!!!! (b)           He brought the Greeks to Jesus (John 12:20-22)

!!!!!! (c)           He brought first of all his own brother.

!!!!! (2)           Andrew was the first of all the disciples to be called by Jesus, & he was responsible for leading his brother, Peter, to Jesus Christ.

!!!!! (3)           All true witnessing should begin at home.

!!!! b)            Andrew Appropriated His Witnessing At Home.

!!!!! (1)           All True Witnessing Should Begin Right Where You Live (2 Timothy 1:5).

!!!!! (2)           It often happens that God uses one of a household to draw the rest to himself.

!!!!! (3)           God calls an individual, & uses him or her as sort of a spiritual decoy to bring the rest of the family to God.

!!!!!! (a)           Has God used you in that way? 

!!!!!! (b)           Do you have a brother or sister who still does not know the Lord?

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!!!!! (4)           God Desires The Whole Family To Be Saved.

*The Lord said to Noah,* “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.”

(Genesis 7:1, NKJV)

*The write of Hebrews says that* "By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.”

(Hebrews 11:7, NKJV)

*When Jesus healed the nobleman’s sick son *"So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.”

And he himself believed, and his whole household.”

(John 4:53, NKJV)

"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes.

And immediately he and all his family were baptized.

Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household."

(Acts 16:30-34; cf.

18:8)

!!!!! (5)           I believe the most effective and important aspects of evangelism usually take place on an individual, personal level.

!!!!! (6)           Most people do not come to Christ as an immediate response to a sermon they hear in a crowd setting.

They come to Christ because of the influence of an individual.

!!!!! (7)           There Are Few Who Understand The Value Of Brining Just One Person To Christ:

!!!!!! (a)           Both Andrew and his brother Peter had evangelistic hearts, but their methods were dramatically different.

!!!!!! (b)           Peter preached at Pentecost and 3,000 got saved!

Nothing in Scripture indicates that Andrew ever preached to a crowd or stirred masses of people.

!!!!!! (c)           But, remember that *Andrew was the one who led Peter to Christ*.

!!!!!! (d)           Andrews’s act of faithfulness in brining his own brother to Christ was the individual act that led to the conversion of the man who would preach a message leading 3,000 to Christ!

!!!!!! (e)           All the fruit of Peter’s ministry is ultimately also the fruit of Andrew’s faithful, individual witness.

!!!!!! (f)            This happened in my own life */Kenny Ashmore/*

!!!!!! (g)           What About the Result of Ananias’ Witness to Saul?

(i)             Saul witnessed to many

(ii)            Saul wrote ¾ of the New Testament

 

!! B.           The Experience of Philip.

!!! 1.            Jesus found Philip (John 1:43).

!!!! a)            Jesus traveled a long distance to find Philip.

!!!!! (1)           Galilee was a long distance away & shows how far Christ will go to reach a soul (Phil.2:5-8)

!!!!! (2)           Every believer should go any distance to reach a person who does not know Christ, no matter how depraved that person is.

!!!!! (3)           There are too many people in this world that seem to be unreachable: /alcoholic, poor, prisoner, lowly/ etc.

For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; `I /was/ naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' (Matthew 25:35-36)

!!!!! (4)           Jesus is seen is fulfilling His mission in seeking and saving Philip.

He came into the world for the very purpose of seeking and saving the lost

 

*Jesus said,* "for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

(Luke 19:10, NKJV)

*Our Lord came to give us life, In John 10 He said,* "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

(John 10:10, NKJV)

*When Jesus was standing before Pilate, Pilate said to Him,* “Are You a king then?”

Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king.

For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.

Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

(John 18:37)

*Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners, Paul wrote,* "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.”

(1 Timothy 1:15)

 

!!! 2.            Philip found Nathaniel (John 1:45).

!!!! a)            Philips first response upon meeting Jesus.

!!!!!! (a)           The first thing he was set out to do was to tell his friend Nathanael.

!!!!!! (b)           Jesus had challenged Philip to “follow” Him, to become just like Him, and Philip did.

!!!!!! (c)           He went out and did exactly what Jesus had done to him.

Jesus had sought and found Him.

Now, following the example of his Lord, He went out and found his friend Nathanael.

Philip became a personal soul-winner just like his Lord.

!!!!!! (d)           When the reality of Christ is introduced into a relationship that has already been established the effect is powerful!

*It is like the apostles who, when they were told not to speak the name of Jesus said,* "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."

(Acts 4:20, NKJV)

*They were like Paul who exclaimed, *“Woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel (1Cor.9:16).

!! C.           The Experience of the Disciples.