Here's a note I received in response to last week's "Sunday Preaching." This is New Covenant evangelism . . .
From Rob:
"I was called to the home of a dying elderly man to sing and pray with him. A few folks from church came with me. At the house the man had lots of family around, inside and outside the house. Many were smoking outside and wouldn’t come inside with us, so I asked everyone to come outside for a moment. I told them all “I want to share great, great news. The gospel is not understood by most but the message of the gospel is our sins are already forgiven and I can tell each one here, your sins are forgiven. You don’t need to be forgiven, you already are. The gospel is not to make us ashamed and guilty but to take those things away. All you have to do is acknowledge that, believe it because it is true.” I used the thief on the cross as the example. Many of them wept and it was so easy and exciting to share the gospel this way. We had a great time with the old man and we shared it all with him as well. It felt as natural as when Jesus looked at people and told them their sins were forgiven."
Here's my version of New Covenant EvangeliWinning With Christ In A Soul Salvation!
ReplyDeleteHi friend! How Would You Like To Be A Personal Individual Friend Of God?! It's in an Abundant Life In Christ.
"It is the most attractive life of an intimate daily, constant, conscious feedback encounter with the Living God in Spirit and in truth and undiluted friendship with our fellow man!" - Francois Du Toit
Do you know that God loves you? Do you know the Bible tells of our Living Savior, Jesus Christ Risen as the Resurrected Exalted only Prophet, Priest, and King for men to get to God and we raised with Him to newness of life by His Atonement for sin, the God-man Expression of His Love for us, a great good right standing?! The Gospel is Good News. It's great good good news. Do you think of getting right with God? Do you know it's forgiveness of sins and the experience of knowing God? God loves you! Do you know God is love? Do you know God promises a newness of life? This happens through the Holy Spirit. It's not where you've been but where are you now. Do you have guts to follow Christ of God? (End part one.)
(Part two:) What do you want from God? Tell Him. He wants our availability and our attention. He has blessed the little children and He has built His Church. He wants us in a relationship with Him and attending Church and have fellowship with others.
ReplyDeleteNow here's why I believe and hold true about *true personal relationship with the one and only true Living Creator: God gives us evangelical faith (which is a gift) to believe what He's done, what He's doing, and what He's going to do in the future! Do you recognize He loves you? Joyfully hilariously? That's love spelled l-o-v-e with much tender generosity, & lovingkindnesses. He has surely met your many needs and wants, food, clothing, and shelter by His hand. Do you have a certain object of faith? Is it holding you to something or SomeOne? It matters because this is the Incarnate God, He has revealed Himself: Christ the Son. For there's no formula to get to heaven but Christ He is the way! We are sinners and if you can fathom that you need God you need to know, the way is God in peace between you and He and that God loves you and wants you in His Will & in a personal way known by Him. For in God's Son, yes in His Fullness Resurrected Presence there is peace, joy and pleasures at His right hand evermore and this is all in knowing Him personally through Jesus Christ which starts with forgiveness of your sins. The Holy Spirit welcomes you to God's Family. God is buying you through your accepting Christ as Savior: Eternal life starts at the Cross! Salvation is an offense to the world because they can't understand it. Scripture says, "but if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him." It begins outside, you hearing the words of scripture and plan of redemption, then by belief in His finished work, from Christ's words drawing you near, hearing the still small voice of God to repent and responding to the Living Gospel. Living the Christian life isn't in self-righteousness but in Him depending on Him. Living as a Christian isn't silver or gold in having but having such things what God wants, contentment. Christ is our righteousness and we boast in Him alone. We're in His Presence constantly for in Him we live and move and have our being. Jesus Christ is the beginning and the end and fulfillment of righteousness to all who believe, for those who believe/receive His grace don't exert effort on their part for righteousness because they that do works alone to get to God aren't cutting the mustard. But as you have received Jesus Christ Savior and Lord as a child of God you will. Without help from the Holy Spirit its impossible. Walk in Him in dependence on Him. Receive Him like you would a familiar trusted friend. He is able to save and keep you personally found like in our Lord's parable in Luke 15 says. There God writes, "He rejoices and invites others to rejoice even over one sinner who repents." David Candel (written for seed God to use for His glory.) (End part two)
I ONLY HAVE ONE WORD FOR THIS, "BEAUTIFUL!"
ReplyDeleteRob, i really like the simplicity and short message you gave to those people. I am sure that if i never heard any message at all of God's love for me, this would be the one i would listen to you because of the simple and short message you gave that day. I would want to know more of Jesus' forgiveness of all our sins over 2000 years ago. At the cross.
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