Course 116: The Great Commission - Lesson #4
Evangelism: Arrow Head of the Great Commission
Evangelism is simply the proclamation of the good news that God loves mankind so much that He has made complete provision for deliverance from Satan and sin and reconciliation back to Himself.
The Core Principle in Evangelism: Saved to serve!
The core principle is that we are saved to serve as instruments of saving other people! A ministry of reconciliation of the lost to God is automatically handed over to all who are truly saved!
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
It would have been more profitable for us to transit from time to eternity via death when saved. However, that would be an extremely selfish proposition as Paul the apostle postulated.
Philippians 1:22-24
22But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
For this reason, God takes the greater risk of keeping those who are saved alive so that He can effectively use them to continue and finish the main mission for which Jesus came to the earth as indicated in His Mission Statement:
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