Title: The Method of Evangelism of Jesus ④
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Ⅸ. Jesus testified about food (31~34)
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“In the meantime, the disciples begged and said, “Rabbi, go eat.” 32 He said, “I have food to eat of which you do not know. 33 The disciples said to one another, “Who has brought you food?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food does the will of him who sent me, and his This is what completes the work.”
Jesus said that the food is to do the will of God. God's will is to save souls by witnessing the gospel to the world. In order to save the soul, which is the will of God, Jesus forgot about the fatigue and the desires of the flesh, and made evangelism the food. This is Jesus' passion for the salvation of souls (Job 23:12). The food for Jesus is to fully fulfill the evangelism work that God has commanded regarding salvation. It is the will of God to bring salvation, to redeem, and to apply that salvation to the heart. Jesus came to do God's will for us by His atoning death and teaching through His example.
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Ⅹ. Lessons on preparation for harvest and participation in the harvest ministry (35-38)
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Jesus compares the preaching of the gospel to farming.
① Spiritual harvest must not be delayed (35) “Do you not say that the harvest will come in four months? I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields; they are white for harvest.”
The Jewish nation takes about four months from sowing to harvest. The farmer sows the seed and expects the fruit, sows the seed and expects it, and waits until the harvest. But the soul-saving spiritual harvest must be immediate. Let's not miss the spiritual harvest.
② Those who sow the seeds of the gospel and those who reap rejoice together (36) “He who reaps is already receiving wages and is gathering the fruit to eternal life, so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.”
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XI. The appearance of the Samaritan woman after she believed in the Messiah (39-42)
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After the Samaritan woman believed in Jesus, the continuous work of salvation is taking place.
① Many people believed in Jesus as the testimony of the woman (39) “Many Samaritans in the town believed in Jesus because the woman’s words testified that he told me all that I had done.”
The reason we cannot evangelize or participate in the spiritual harvest is because we do not preach and are afraid. I worry about what to do if I am rejected while preaching the gospel. Who can be a good evangelist? Like the Sugaseong woman, the qualifications of an evangelist need to have experience of meeting Jesus.
②The request of the Samaritans (40,41)
“The Samaritans came to Jesus and asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days, 41 and many more believed because of the word of Jesus.”
Breaking the taboos and traditions of the Jews, he accepted the request of the Samaritans, stayed in the town for two more days, and made many people believe. Because the first two disciples (John 1:29) and Zacchaeus were with Jesus, they believed and were blessed.
③The woman led the villagers to Jesus (42) “He said to the woman, “Now we do not believe because of your words, because we have heard it ourselves and know that he is truly the Savior of the world.”
Faith is always self-reliant, experiential, and personal. The teachings of Jesus were different from the teachings of the scribes and had authority. Therefore, when people hear the words of Jesus, they have faith. It is no wonder that the Samaritans came to know the Savior. Many believed the woman's testimony, and also personally came and heard and believed. We are much better off than Sugaseong women. Do not be ashamed of the gospel, but have courage to preach it. Wisdom is needed to seize every opportunity to have a conversation on the vital question of the salvation of souls. Ask God for wisdom.
We have gained a lot of wisdom through the evangelism method of Jesus over the past few weeks. Jesus went to wherever there was a lost soul. The Lord has moved from general truth to spiritual truth. Let's imitate the Lord's evangelism method and go to the places where our evangelists are. Let's know what the interest of the evangelist is and approach it and preach Jesus Christ. Then the soul will be saved, and he will lead another person. (April 2005)