Way Of The Master: Lesson 1
This afternoon, we started a course called The Way Of The Master. It is an evangelism class that helps us get equipped to reach out to a lost world. The word evangelism is a word that carries a bad connotation in the church but it should be part of each of our vocabularies. It simply means love in action.
Only 2% of American Christians said they share their faith regularly. This is frightening. We know God and His awesome power but do not share the gospel. Why? I believe it is truly a lack of love.
First, it stems from a lack of love for God. God said, “If you love me, keep my commandments.” In Acts 1, the church is commanded to propagate the gospel, or tell the world about their need for Christ. We are given the command to evangelize. If you are married, what would your spouse think if they told you something repeatedly and you did not listen? Then on top of that, you make excuses why you are not showing your love. Do you really love them?
We also do not witness because we do not truly love people. We need to see people the way God sees them. They are a creation of God that is fallen from birth and on their way to Hell unless they repent and ask Christ to be their Lord and Savior. We must tell them the truth in love.
There are many who also believe that we must build relationships with people before we can witness to them. Did you know that you can get to know someone in less than three minutes? The idea that we have to spend weeks, months or even years getting to know someone is a myth that I fear has wasted a lot of time and allowed many missed opportunities to witness. People are on their way to Hell, it does not matter if they know you or not, it only matters if God knows them as His own.
What does the moon do? It reflects the sun. It is just a blob of dirt that catches the sun’s rays and sends them out. The church is like a moon. We are God’s creations and our job is to reflect His truth to this world. It also controls the tides. The church is the tool in which God chooses to bring revival into the world. What are you doing to reflect the truth and to bring revival into this world? Time is too short and Hell is too hot for us to keep quiet.