EVANGELISM 1
Evangelism refers to reaching someone else with the message that you have believed and which changed your life, with the intention that it will change their life also.
We often refer to this as “Soul Winning”. However our Man of God made a powerful explanation that what many do amounts to “Soul Saving” but what is required to complete the job is “Soul Winning”!
So don’t stop at “saving” the soul, you must complete the work by “winning” the soul.
The commandment of the Lord in Matt 28:19-20 is very instructive on this,
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
We can see that the Lord doesn’t want us to just preach or witness, but to teach and raise disciples.
It is just like when a woman gives birth to a child, the work is not over. She can’t give birth and then abandon the child. It is expected she will bring the child home, to be raised.
This is the important focus of Evangelism in these last days. It is not enough to witness, we must teach and disciple those we reach with the gospel. This is the command of the Lord.
This is exactly what is happening to you now!
So when you begin your work of saving souls, focus on bringing them to your own Christ Embassy Church or send them to the Christ Embassy Church in the city or country, where they live. So that the work of soulwinning can start.
EVANGELISM 2
PURPOSE FOR EVANGELISM
Everything God does is for a purpose. And when you have clarity on the purpose of God for soul winning, all excuses, confusion, hesitation perish. Purpose brings conviction.
When God saves you, He makes you His partner in saving others. There is no honour greater than this. To be involved in bringing the message of God’s plan of salvation to others.
In 2 Cor 5:17-18 we see this amazing truth, that we must accept and live by.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;”
It is a Ministry given to us by God. No man can give you a Ministry. Men may give you a job. Only God can give you a Ministry. All the Presidents and Governments of the world cannot appoint you to this Ministry, or make you a Soulwinner. Only God can. And this is why you must be forever grateful you have received this Ministry of Reconciliation.
“You are a Minister of Reconciliation”. Say it. “I am a Minister of Reconciliation”.
EVANGELISM 3
EVANGELISM IS MY PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
For a long time, many have had the wrong impression that evangelism is for some people and not for some people. Some think maybe it is for the pastors or evangelists or some people in the church who are not very busy.
This is an error that the devil has used to rob many from living the beautiful and exciting life God prepared for them as soul winners.
As we have seen from 2Cor 5:17-18, evangelism, the ministry of reconciliation, is for every Christian. Once you are saved, God wants you to join Him in saving others.
You must not let the blessing stop with you! You have a responsibility to tell those in your world.