WHY EVANGELISM IS SO IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE !

7/21/2019

ONCE YOU BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, YOUR LIFE CHANGES, AND IT SHOULD CHANGE IN MANY WAYS. YOUR WHOLE PARADIGM OF EXISTENCE AND PRIORITIES SHOULD BE REWIRED. WHEN JESUS FIRST BEGAN HIS MINISTRY HERE ON EARTH, HE CALLED OUT TO HIS TWELVE APOSTLES TO FOLLOW HIM. DROP WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND COME WITH HIM TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS. HE WAS GOD IN THE FLESH, AND HE HAD COME TO SHARE THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND TO TEACH AND ADMONISH ALL THAT THEY WOULD SEEK TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE KINGDOM OF GOD. HE CAME TO SACRIFICE HIS LIFE FOR EVERYONE, SO THAT WHOEVER BELIEVED IN HIM AND ACCEPTED HIM WOULD BE REBORN AND FIND FORGIVENESS FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS AND GAIN ETERNAL LIFE. JESUS WANTED THIS INCREDIBLE MESSAGE TO BE SHARED, AND HE WANTED THE GRACE AND LIGHT OF LIFE IN HIM TO GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH TO ALL MANKIND.

“ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND EARH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND BEHOLD I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE AGE.” Matthew 28:18-20

TODAY, THERE ARE MANY PASTORS AND FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WHO WEAR THE MANTLE OR GIFT OF EVANGELISM IN A FULL AND POWERFUL WAY. OUR PASTOR AT BRAVE CHURCH, JEFF SCHWARZENTRAUB, HAS A TRUE GIFT IN SHARING THE GOSPEL AND INVITING PEOPLE TO COME TO JESUS. THE REASON HE IS SO POWERFUL IS EASY FOR US TO SEE. JEFF LOVES JESUS ! MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WANTS EVERYONE HE MEETS TO KNOW JESUS AND EXPERIENCE THE ABSOLUTE JOY AND TRANSFORMATION HE CAN PROVIDE IN SOMEONE’S LIFE. MOST IMPORTANTLY HE IS REAL AND GENUINE IN HIS SHARING. HE SHARES HIS OWN IMPERFECTION AND YOU CAN SEE HIS ABSOLUTE JOY AND THANKSGIVING FOR WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR HIM, AND HELPED HIM BECOME IN ALL FACETS OF HIS LIFE HE IS PASSIONATE.. HE IS A BETTER MAN, A BETTER HUSBAND, A BETTER DAD, AND A BETTER FRIEND. HE IS A LEADER, AND GOD HAS BLESSED HIM IN AN APOSTOLIC CALLING TO PLANT CHURCHES, SHARE GOD’S INERRANT WORD, AND MOST OF ALL, SHARE THE GOSPEL ! JEFF HAS A POWERFUL IMPACT ON PEOPLE, AND HE CERTAINLY HAS ON ME. I SEE HIS FAITH AND POWER AND AUTHORITY IN JESUS, AND IT FIRES ME UP. I WANT TO SHARE JESUS AND THE GOSPEL WITH PEOPLE TOO ! I WANT TO SERVE MY GOD, AND SHARE THE MIRACLE OF WHO HE IS AND HOW HE CAN CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE, EVEN IN THE WORST OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

I HAVE TOLD YOU THESE THINGS , SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. BUT TAKE HEART ! I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. John 16:33

WHEN I READ THOSE WORDS, IT MAKES ME WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THE WORLD. “WAKE UP, YOUR TROUBLES ARE OVER ! JESUS HAS COME, DIED, AND RISEN SO YOU MAY BE MADE WHOLE. ACCEPT HIM, AND BE REBORN INTO HIS KINGDOM. BE FREE AND COMPLETE. HE LOVES YOU. NO MORE FEAR, NO MORE SHAME, NO MORE NEED TO BE LONELY, OR IMMERSED IN YOURSELF AND THE WORLD AROUND YOU. JUST BE HIS !

I LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE ME, AND THOSE WHO SEEK ME DILIGENTLY FIND ME. Proverbs 8:17

THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. MY QUESTION TODAY IS, ARE YOU SHARING IT ? DOES IT SEEM HARD FOR YOU ? ARE YOU AFRAID TO STEP OUT AND SPEAK OPENLY ? I WOULD SIMPLY SAY TO EVERYONE READING THESE WORDS THAT THE TIME TO BE AN EVANGELIST IS NOW ! PRAY DEEPLY AND ASK GOD TO FILL YOU WITH COURAGE, THE RIGHT WORDS, AND THE BOLDNESS TO GENUINELY SHARE WHO HE IS, AND WHAT HE HAS MEANT TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE. A DEAR FRIEND CHARLYNNE BODDIE PUT IT TO ME THIS WAY. WHEN YOU SHARE JESUS WITH SOMEONE, YOU ARE PLANTING A SEED. THAT SEED MAY SIT FOR A WHILE, OR IT MAY BLOSSOM RIGHT ON THE SPOT. OVER TIME, EITHER WAY, IT WILL REQUIRE WATERING. WATERING WILL KEEP IT STRONG, OR IT MAY SUDDENLY ALLOW IT TO BURST INTO BEING. NO MATTER WHAT, UNLESS A SEED IS PLANTED, NOTHING WILL EVER HAPPEN. START TAKING SOME SEEDS OUT, AND GET BUSY PLANTING. GOD IS AN INCREDIBLE GARDENER, AND HE IS COUNTING ON US TO BE SHARING AND PLANTING SO HE CAN START HARVESTING.

SOME DAY JESUS WILL RETURN, AND I PRAY HE MIGHT SAY TO ME, “NICE JOB PLANTING MY SEEDS, AND FOR THE FAITH AND LOVE TO SHARE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. I LOVE YOU JIM, AND I AM GLAD YOU ARE A ROYAL SON IN MY KINGDOM. BE BLESSED !” EVANGELISM IS INDEED A GIFT, BUT I THINK EVERYONE HAS IT IN THEM, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE EMBRACED AND STEPPED INTO WITH BOLDNESS AND TRUST. THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE ASKS ABOUT GOD, OR YOUR FAITH, OR SOMEONE JUST NEEDS HOPE AND LOVE, GO FOR IT ! YOU WILL BE BLESSED, AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THEY WILL MEET THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR….AND THEY WILL FIND THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE. DROP YOUR OWN NETS, FOLLOW HIM, START FISHING, AND PLANT SOME SEEDS! SHALOM AND PEACE IN JESUS/JA

“ COME FOLLOW ME” JESUS SAID, AND I WILL SEND YOU OUT TO FISH FOR PEOPLE.” AT ONCE THEY LEFT THEIR NETS AND FOLLOWED HIM. Matthew 4:19-20