Jan 19 2009
Evangelism: Focus and Take That Step!
Evangelism is not one of my strongest quality of being a Christian. I struggle with it every day because I know I’m not a convincing person. I can’t sell anything. Sure, I can argue and I can present my case. But at the end of the day, no one buys it.
But God’s salvation is not for sale. It’s to be given away. All it takes is faith. I know God will give me strength to evangelize, if I do His work honestly and with due diligence. All God wants is for me to deliver the Good News. It’s up to God to change the other person’s mind. It’s up to them if they want to be saved.
I need to take that step to evangelize, while focusing on Jesus as the Lord and Savior. Christ’s love, grace, and good news have to be shared – no matter how cowardly I feel.
I read Demian Farnworth’s post on “Elevator Pitch Evangelism” with two verses that will come in handy the next time someone asked me what Christianity is about:
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
