Lesson 16
Evangelism and Missions
The Presentation of the Gospel
| A. | Man must realize that he is a sinner (Romans 3:10, 23). | ||
| B. | Man must understand that God died for him while he was still a sinner, not after he cleaned up his life (Romans 5:8). | ||
| C. | Man must come to God with genuine, godly repentance . . . . . . . .(Romans 2:4, Acts 20:21; 2 Corinthians 7:10). | ||
| D. | Man must believe that he is justified by the blood of Christ (Romans 5:9; Colossians 1:14). | ||
| E. | Man must see that the payment of Christ's blood saves us from the wrath of God, which is Hell (Romans 5:9; 6:23; Revelation 20:14). | ||
| F. | Man must, above all, understand that it is his faith in the blood of Christ without any additional good works that saves him . . . . (Romans 3:28; Galatians 2:21; . . . . . . Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). | ||
| G. | Man must call upon the Lord to save him (Romans 10:9-13). |
The Message -- What is Missions?
| A. | Missions is ... the Lord burdening my heart for a young man who gat saved and got a burden for his sister. His sister got saved and got a burden for her cousin who got saved ..., and the chain continues on. | ||
| . . . Missions is nothing more than one nobody telling another nobody about Somebody who can save anybody. | |||
| . . . Missions is an unbroken chain of burdens for our lost friends, friend reaching friend for Christ. | |||
| B. | Missions is the heartbeat of God (John 3:16). | ||
| C. | Missions is a ministry of reconciliation . . . . . (2 Corinthians 5:18-20). | ||
| D. | Missions is evangelism (Acts 1:8). | ||
| E. | Missions is discipleship (2 Timothy 2:2). | ||
| F. | Missions is church planting - believers reproducing believers, churches reproducing churches. |