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What is the Gospel?
The good news that Jesus died in my place, completely satisfying the wrath of God, so that I could freely come to God and enjoy Him, both now and forever.
Last week, we identified two things:
1.
The Church is Not Participating in Evangelism (Evangelism is at a 70-year low within the SBC)
2. We identified the ONE person that we can help come to salvation in Jesus.
That is, we looked at the problem and, then, we engaged the problem.
Today, I want to look at our positive motivation for engaging in evangelism.
· Rather than focusing on the problem of the lack of evangelism…
· Rather than focusing on our rebellious tendency to disregard the commands of Jesus…
· Rather than focusing on a guilt-trip type of message…
· I WANT US TO SEE THAT…
Main Point
OUR PARTICIPATION IN EVANGELISM LEADS TO OUR JOY AND SATISFACTION, AND TO REJOICING IN HEAVEN!
Our Fears and Objections Serve to DEMOTIVATE us!
1.
I don’t want to participate—I don’t have time or see why I should!
2. I don’t know how to participate in evangelism
3. I don’t know what to say when I talk to others
Think about it like this, when we tell ourselves that:
1. I’m too busy
2. I’m too unskilled
3. I’m too unsure…
4. We deny what Jesus has said to us, of us, and for us!
That is, usually very subtly, we forget or suppress things like this:
1.
We are commanded by Christ to Evangelize (Matt.
28:18-20)
2. We are the assigned work from Christ (Eph.
2:10)
3. We are instructed to seek the Lord for fellow workers (Matt.
9:37-38)
4. We are ambassadors for Christ (2nd Cor.
5:20)
5. We are empowered by the Spirit of Christ to testify of Christ (John 14:26)
6.
We are not the power of Salvation—the Gospel is (Rom.
1:16)
You see, all that is required for us to refuse to engage in evangelism is to listen to our thoughts instead of God’s Word.
All I have to say is, “I can’t, I won’t, and I’m unfit” and I will never obey Christ and NEVER experience the blessings of obedience.
What blessings are associated with following Christ?
1.
The Fruit of the Spirit (Gal.
5:22-23)
a. Love
b.
Joy
c. Peace
d.
Patience
e. Kindness
f.
Goodness
g.
Faithfulness
h.
Gentleness
i. Self-Control
2. Repayment for Service (Mark 10:29-31)
a.
A hundred times more than we sacrificed to obey
b.
Eternal life in the age to come
Before you think these are not ABSOLUTELY AMAZING BLESSINGS, hear it like this:
1.
Why do you work so hard?
Is it not to secure the necessities of life AND to enjoy life?
2. Why do you (or did you) desire to marry?
Was it not to find joy and deep satisfaction?
3. Why do we want children?
Is it not to have someone to love, nurture, develop, and see blossom for their good and our joy?
All the striving and effort we exert in this life is to find what Jesus literally promises to us for following Him!
Bearing the tremendous blessing associated with obeying Christ, we should ask…
WHAT DOES JESUS EXPECT FROM US?
FIRST… JESUS EXPECTS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIS PRIMARY FOCUS WAS GLORIFYING THE FATHER BY EXPRESSING GOD’S SALVIFIC LOVE!
SECOND… JESUS EXPECTS US TO IMITATE HIM—BECAUSE HE IS THE LORD!
John 14:15
Question: “Since God commands that we imitate Him, is it not appropriate to think that He will bless us for obeying and discipline us for disobeying?”
WHAT DOES JESUS’ LOVE OF THE LOST LOOK LIKE?
Luke 15:11-32
Two Huge Points:
1. Jesus ABSOLUTELY values the “ONE”
2. Jesus—along with all of heaven—rejoices every time ONE person comes to salvation
Let’s take a deeper look at this passage…
We see that our Lord is motivated and actively reaching the lost…
1.
He loves us—he considers us His children (wayward and lost)
2.
He arranges our situations to get our attentions (it was no accident the prodigal was unable to survive)
3.
He actively awaits our return (the Father looked for his son)
4.
He meets us in our repentance (the Father did not wait for the son to go the whole distance—nor did he force a “object—lesson upon the son)
5.
He restores us to where we belonged BEFORE our sin (the robe and ring)
6.
He rejoices over us with us (the meal)
7.
He encourages others to view our return properly (the older son)
The point of this passage is this:
GOD HAS A HEART FOR ALL OF HIS CHILDREN AND DESIRES THAT ALL COME TO SALVATION—AND HE REJOICES WHEN WE DO!
On the other hand, we need to hear a strong rebuke from Jesus for hindering ONE person from coming to salvation…
We have essentially two choices in this life in our interaction with people:
Lead them to Christ and to enjoy Christ more
Lead them to Sin against Christ
When it comes to causing others to sin, we either...
Preach a counter-gospel
Demonstrate a counter-gospel
Fail to communicate the gospel
Jesus, in the parables of Luke 15 and other teachings, motivates us to see that His passion is for the lost, and He does not accept our inactivity.
Frankly neither should we.
Our inactivity in sharing the gospel costs us great joy
Our inactivity in sharing the gospel costs others eternity
Our inactivity in sharing the gospel keeps us from glorifying God
Think about it like this…
1.
The basis for evangelism is the LOVE of God
2. The command of evangelism is the AUTHORITY of God
3. The means for evangelism is the POWER of God
4. The three-fold result of evangelism:
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