Expressions on Evangelism

Some things that I have learned about evangelism over the years:

Lead someone to Christ, not church.

• Christ is the focal point of the message. We're to preach and proclaim Christ. Our message is about Christ, Christ crucified and Christ risen from the dead, seated at the right hand of God the Father.
• Church is secondary to Christ. Too many are in the church without having a personal relationship with Christ. If we can lead people to Christ first, then we can get them into church (as long as we have some Christians who understand being Christ-like is part of our calling).
  

Share the good news of Jesus, not the good things about your church.

• The best we have to offer unbelievers is an invitation to have a relationship with Christ. He is the good news embodied in both body and spirit.
• It's good to have a depth of knowledge about the various programs and ministries of your church. Yet, at some point, you will need to know who Christ is and what He did in order to give the world hope for salvation.
• In evangelism, the core of our knowledge must center around Christ and His mighty works.
  

Christ is the Savior, while church is the sanctuary.

• Christ said it best. No one gets to the Father except by Him. He is the Way.
• There is no salvation without the Lamb of God. Church cannot save anyone. A person can be in church all of their life and still go to hell if he or she doesn't know Christ as Lord and Savior.

We are to make disciples of the Divine, not our denominations.

• The Lord gives the increase just as added to the church those who would be saved in the early church of Acts.
• We are called to make disciples of Christ, not disciples of our denominational creeds and charters.
• Check your Bible. Identify any denominations by name in the New Testament. We are to hold on to the Word of God, not the words of the founding fathers of our particular practicing denomination. Theology isn't relative; it's relational as it relates to Christ.

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