Title: Let's Evangelize by Knowing Heavenly Father's Heart
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Let's evangelize by knowing God the Father's heart (Mal 4:1-6)
Have you shed tears for church revival?
1. Heaven and Hell
(1) Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament, proclaims two messages at the end of ‘heaven and hell, evangelism and hope’. From that point of view, everyone in the world can be divided into two. Those who will go to heaven and those who will fall into the fires of hell.
(2) What is the book of Malachi proclaiming toward us as children of God? (Malachi 4:2). In the day of judgment to come, we will rejoice like calves out of the stall! Praise God with the angels, and worship Jehovah with the sound of the trumpet!
But the problem is what we should do today for those who are not. The answer to this question is found in verses 5-6 of the text. It means, ‘Make them turn around!’
2. Parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32)
(1) There are two people in the same house. One is a father waiting for his son to leave the house. The other is an older brother who has a younger brother who has left home and is the eldest son with his father by his side.
(2) The eldest son did not know his father's heart.
⑶ Regarding the delay of the second coming of Jesus Christ, the apostles Paul and Peter equally say that God wants even one more person to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Pet 3:9).
3. If you go back to your father, you can live.
(1) God has already forgiven us through the cross of Jesus Christ. Now all we need to do is accept God's forgiveness and return to God.
(2) Oikos evangelism is to show God's love to unbelievers.
4. The Oikos evangelism strategy is to practice the principles of encounter, choice, and concentration.
(1) Evangelism consists of meeting (Acts 13:46-48).
(2) It is a choice (Psalm 33:12).
⑶ Concentrate. This is because we must focus on evangelism to have the initiative.
If you leave your family and neighbors who need to be saved, you will go to hell. However, if I embrace as a prospective believer, I become a person destined to be saved, and that person will surely be saved (Isa 46:3-4). What unbeliever am I holding now? We need a decision. Embracing prospective believers is the beginning of salvation work. Preaching the gospel is a work that pleases God (1 Thessalonians 2:4).