Title: Evangelism and Mission/Matthew 28:19-20
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1. command to deliver
If you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins and rose again for you in your place, and confess with your mouth and accept Jesus as your Savior, you will be saved (Romans 10:9-12). The Holy Spirit assures us of the gospel when we preach. Evangelism is to convey this fact. When Peter preached and preached the gospel, 3,000 people believed in Jesus on the day of Pentecost.
(Romans 10:14) How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:15) How shall they preach unless they are sent? as the feet of those who bring the tidings.
The words that God gives us today are the last words that Jesus Christ asked his disciples at the moment of his ascension into heaven.
“(19) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.
The Lord is commanding us to make disciples of all nations. It is a command to preach the gospel to all people and all nations.
2. Basis of the order
“I am indebted to both Greeks and barbarians, both wise and foolish. Therefore, whenever possible, I want to preach the gospel to you who are also in Rome. I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the God who gives salvation to everyone who believes. for the power of the Jews first, and also the Greeks."
3. Why do we need to evangelize?
"Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
Salvation can be found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” [Acts 4:12]
The importance of evangelism is here. Humans live and die in this world, but the only way to gain eternal life after death is through Jesus Christ. The way to eternal life is neither here nor there. There is no way of salvation except through Jesus Christ. Because there is only one way, the only way of salvation, the way of life is victory.
4. Because evangelism is about receiving blessings and rewards.
If you evangelize first, your faith will grow and your spirit will become strong.
2 Timothy 2:1-2 Therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (2) and entrust to faithful men what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, so that they can teach others."
You will receive abundant spiritual and physical blessings.
[John 15:16] You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may abid, that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will receive it."
[Mark 10:29-30] Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, he who has left houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children, There is no one who will not receive a hundredfold more houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecution, and eternal life in the age to come."
If you invest time / for evangelism / you will receive the blessing of longevity.
If we invest sincerity / God will give us
Paying attention gives you peace of mind.
Investing material/material blessing.
If you are persecuted and despised, you will receive eternal comfort and overflowing joy as a blessing.
Today the church is the earthly embassy of heaven and the saints are the ambassadors of Christ. Therefore, we must diligently testify of the gospel in season or out of season. We cannot neglect this. It is no coincidence that there are 10 million saints in Korea. In the last days, God allowed the gospel to bloom brilliantly in Korea so that the gospel of reconciliation can spread to the ends of the earth. The Korean church must be a missionary church. Jesus Christ is coming soon. We need to save time. Now is not the time to sleep. Now is the time to wake up to prayer and evangelism. We will enter the new heavens and new earth and live with the Lord forever. We pray that you will become a possible church that strongly testifies to the gospel of love while we are here on this earth for this glorious day.