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Personal Evangelism. “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.” (Acts 8:4). Personal Evangelism. Because of the responsibility placed on me by the Great Commission Matt. 28:19; Eph. 4:14-16; Matt. 4:19. Matthew 28:19.
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Personal Evangelism “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.” (Acts 8:4)
Personal Evangelism • Because of the responsibility placed on me by the Great Commission • Matt. 28:19; Eph. 4:14-16; Matt. 4:19
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 4:14-16 That we should no longer be chil- dren, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head; Christ; 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Matthew 4:19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Personal Evangelism • Because of the responsibility placed on me by the Great Commission • Matt. 28:19; Eph. 4:14-16; Matt. 4:19 • Because we need to be like Christ • Matt. 10:25; Lk. 19:10; Rom. 1:14-16
Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!"
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Romans 1:14-16 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. {15} So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. {16} For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Personal Evangelism • Because of the responsibility placed on me by the Great Commission • Matt. 28:19; Eph. 4:14-16; Matt. 4:19 • Because we need to be like Christ • Matt. 10:25; Lk. 19:10; Rom. 1:14-16 • Because it will preserve our souls • John 15:2; Ezekiel 3:18-19
John 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Ezekiel 3:18-19 When I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. {19} Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
Personal Evangelism • Because of the responsibility placed on me by the Great Commission • Matt. 28:19; Eph. 4:14-16; Matt. 4:19 • Because we need to be like Christ • Matt. 10:25; Lk. 19:10; Rom. 1:14-16 • Because it will preserve our souls • John 15:2; Ezekiel 3:18-19 • Because God desires all men to be saved • 1 Timothy 2:1-4
1 Timothy 2:1-4 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, {2} for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. {3} For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, {4} who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
It all boils down to Love! If you love God, and your fellow man, no one would have to coach or prod you into sharing the gospel with the lost cf. Matthew 22:35-40
Matthew 22:35-40 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, {36} “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” {37} Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ {38} This is the first and great commandment. {39} And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ {40} On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”