I think, as part of the church’s vision, we should be raising up a new generation of evangelists. I think also that the church must realize that evangelism takes place outside the church, where the lost are. Imagine how simple it would be if only God would equip people to share the Gospel with the lost, and then place those people in the midst of the lost people so they could share. I cannot think of a better strategy to reach the world for Christ than equipping people to share the Gospel, and then moving those people into circles of lost people. Oh wait…that is precisely what God has done! He has saved you, equipped you, and placed you in circles of lost people. I wonder why God did that. Probably, to win a lost world to Christ. I wonder why a lost world isn’t being won to Christ. Probably because we aren’t doing what God has already equipped us to do.
One of the greatest needs of the church today is for us to rid ourselves of the fear of man. We bow down to the demands of man, in fear that he/she will reject us, or open us up to shame. Oh that the bride of Christ would cast off the fear of man, and proudly and boldly proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
No matter how much you love a person, no matter how much you pray for a person, no matter how much you show your “good life” to a person, a person cannot be saved until the Gospel of Jesus Christ is shared with them by someone who is brave enough to share. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation…nothing else will work!
Let’s be about the business of doing the business God has called each of us to be busy doing…share with your friends how they can have their sins forgiven through Jesus Christ.
