Why Should We Evangelise?

Desire to be obedient. Jesus commands his disciples to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 28:19). 

Peter says to all Christians, “Be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Pet. 3:15, NIV). Peter says this to explain how we are to “set apart Christ as Lord,” that is, how we are to obey him. We should evangelize because God commands it.

Still Hungry? Luke 24:47- Acts 2:38- 

God's Plan for Evangelism

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is full of promises about God's plan for world evangelism. He has a global plan and He is bringing it to pass in our day as never before. In fact, more people are born into God's family in these last days

God's character makes world evangelism central in His thinking. He already has shown the beginning of His plan and He predicts the completion. His faithfulness assures us that it's going to happen.

• God's character makes world evangelism inevitable. God is love (1 John 4:8, 16). From the overflow of His loving nature, He desired a being to love Him back. The fall of Adam did not change God's character. He continues to so love the world that He gave His own Son to buy us back for that love relationship. If love was the reason for Jesus' first coming, love also is the reason He hasn't come again. Peter tells us that the delay is because He doesn't want anyone to perish (2 Peter 3:9)
• God's activity proves what His heart is like. Every major act of God since the Fall is a missionary act.
• God favored Abraham in order to bless the whole world through him (Gen. 12:1-2). He needed a people isolated from the moral pollution of the nations - so they could receive a revelation of Himself without distortion and be His messengers of God's saving truth.
• The Exodus was God's way of re-establishing His missionary task force which had been in danger of extinction in Egypt.
• As His task force became corrupt, running after other loves and other gods, God disciplined them, sending them into captivity in order to purify them. He was creating the spiritual and social context into which He could come Himself and find a foothold.
• The incarnation is when God's only Son left His homeland to become one of us in order to save us.
• God's promises assure a successful conclusion to His plan. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing...and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you (Gen. 12:2-3). It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob...I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth (Is. 49:6).
• God's command means we must think the way He thinks, act the way He acts. Jesus gave the "Great Commission" many times:
• As the Father sent Me, so I send you 
• All authority is given Me in heaven and earth; go therefore and disciple the nations (Matt. 28:18-19)..
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  Still Hungry? Luke 23:47-48; Acts 1:8; Mark 16:15

Know, Trust, Believe

1 Timothy 1:18

"Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the LORDS battle."

Remember the prophecies that were said over you life...when God spoke through His anointed servant and mentioned what He has in mind for you and your future?

...does your life now equal to the vision that God has for your life?

If not, if you down and under, struggling to have faith or believe...remember those words, remember all that God said about you and your future and where and what he has for you. Let the prophetic help you fight the good fight of faith.

David was a shepherd boy but God saw a king in him

Still Hungry?  1 Timothy 4:14- 1 Timothy 6:12

Obey Christ no Matter what the Cost

The preeminent concern of a Christian is to obey God.

"But Peter and the apostles answered, 'We must obey God rather than men.'" - Acts 5:29

We do this because we trust Him and love Him. And if we’re put in a situation where that earthly authority is pressuring us to disobey the command of God, we have a decision to make: to obey earthly law or God’s law. That’s what civil disobedience is all about. But there’s a spirit in which to do it. You know, one of the reasons that Martin Luther King, Jr. was such an amazing man is that when he was arrested for disobeying man’s immoral laws on segregation, he was willing to pay the price. He recognized if we’re going to disobey government authorities, no matter how corrupt it may be, we’ve got to be willing to pay the penalty.
If you, as a Christian, are called to obey God and disobey some earthly authority, don’t be moaning and groaning, demanding your rights and talking about how unfair it is! Accept it! Rejoice in it! We’re not to be angry with those who are unjustly treating us, we’re to love them. We’re to forgive them. Our whole demeanor and spirit is to be different, and this is what gets the attention of the world! They will begin to realize you are really serious about following Jesus! That’s what God wants us to do and that’s how He wants us to respond.

Still Hungry? Exodus 1:17- Acts 4:19

What Will You Say?

“I brought glory to You here on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do. Now, Father, bring Me into the glory We shared before the world began. ” John 17:4-5

I just recently read through the book of John. When I got to verse four above I had to stop and really reflect. You see at this point in the book Jesus had been betrayed and his accusers were on their way to arrest him. He knew that they were going to kill him. The final hours of His life had come and He knew that He was completing the work that He had come to this earth to do. Facing the end of His life He could confidently say to our Heavenly Father,

This made me think, will we be able to say the same thing when our lives’ are nearing its end? Will we be able to say that we have brought Jesus glory in this world, in our families, in our communities, in our work places, and in our schools? Will we be able to say that we have completed the work He gave us to do?

Sill Hungry? John 13:31- John19:30