Random Thoughts about Evangelism

Here's some random thoughts about evangelism:

• It is not optional.
• We don't win anybody to Christ- the Holy Spirit does the winning- we get to be used by the Holy Spirit.
• Evangelism doesn't stop when someone says the sinners prayer, agrees to the four spiritual laws, walks down the Roman Road or is baptized. Evangelism is about making disciples and discipleship doesn't stop with justification but is a lifelong process.
• We don't bring Jesus anywhere. He is already there. The ten-thousand dollar theological word for this is omnipresence. God is present everywhere. We just cooperate with him so that he can be revealed, people will see him and people will respond to his invitation for abundant life in this life and in the life to come.
• Much of evangelism in the past fifty years was about getting people to be part of the club and be good club members instead of helping people be sold out radical followers of Jesus.