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| God called us to be His witnesses |
The FishGate-Part 10
Who is responsible for evangelism?
I do remember since my 8th standard study in RBHS during 1994 I took a joyous experience in witnessing people. I carried bunch of gospel tracts and books in my schoolbag and used to distribute it to the friends and others and also explaining the gospel to my friends and discussing a lot about Jesus Christ.
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| Personal evangelism a great way to win souls |
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responsibility had continued further by assisting my parents in evangelism and
church plantation through Vishwavani movement in many unreached villages of
Rangareddy Dist and Nalgonda Dist during 1997-2004.I had to stay in the
villages and continue my college studies by witnessing to students and
friends.Among many villages being evangelized by us are Kondamadugu and
Dandumailram are the very hardcore villages where even a single believer was
not present,there was much opposition from the people but today this villages
have become big churches hundred’s of people worshipping in them and become the
centre for evangelism for nearby villages.The Witnessing is a part of Christian life whether
you are in a full-time ministry or part time.Online or offline, christian life is an experience of
witnessing to others about Lord Jesus Christ. Some people think that it is
the duty of the church pastor or evangelist or missionary to witness and win souls.
Who is responsible for declaring the Gospel to the unbelieving world? Is the
duty and privilege of proclaiming the good news of salvation through faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ reserved solely for the Pastor-Teacher, the missionary
and the evangelist? Definitely not! Presenting the Gospel to a lost and dying
world is the responsibility of every believer. The Lord commissioned all
born-again believers to carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). But
my dear brothers and sisters you are being the sheep fold in the church should
give birth to as many sheep by witnessing among your friends, relatives and at
work place. The Church growth takes place when every part of the member of the
church involves in witnessing. You are the reason for the church growth and the
ministers of God are day and night involved in sowing the seed of the gospel to
as many people.
PERSONAL WITNESSING OR MASS EVANGELISM! WHICH IS MORE EFFECTIVE?
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| Master the Personal Evangelism |
Apart from the divine appointment of
every believer to be a great
commissioner of witnessing there exists the spiritual gift of evangelism to a
few believers (Eph 4:11).This spiritual gift grants the evangelist the ability
to gain the attention of Large crowds of unbelievers.Both functions are
coexist in God’s plan.Whether you chose to do personal evangelism or Mass evangelism winning crowds for Jesus depends upon your burden and desire for the work of the extension of the Kingdom of God.God guides you,gives you wisdom and knowledge so that you can disseminate the gospel.
Witnessing as great commissioner and
mass evangelism are meant to function together to be most effective. Suppose a gifted
evangelist is invited through a 200 member church and he speaks for a couple of
days in a town and 100 unbelievers are saved how wonderful it is that 100 people
are saved through Mass evangelism.
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| Personal and Mass Evangelism both are effective |
In another case, let us assume that two
hundred members of a church begin to witness to unbelievers with whom they meet
every day. This personal witnessing might be with our schoolmates, college
mates colleagues, friends,Online friends, neighbors or relatives. If in a given week each
member leads one person to Jesus Christ, there are 200 hundred new believers in
contrast to 100 believers in mass evangelism. The cause of evangelism will move
forward rapidly if we followed the principle of mass and personal evangelism
working side –by-side. Although every believer does not have the gift of
evangelist, every believer is responsible for witnessing.
(To be continued.............)
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- http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/nehem3.htm
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