my walk

First of all, I want to say this blog has not died. I’m just (currently) too focused on other things to be updating on a regular basis. But as I was preparing for my sharing on Evagelism, I saw this post sitting in my drafts bin; it is post-dated as far back as March 2008. And I think the overall desire to bring God’s vision of Evangelism back as a part of our Christian walks has been a conviction stirring deep within me for many many months now.

I’m very excited to have a chance to proclaim truth and let it be heard. And I think sometimes, the reason why it takes me so long to post something is cause I write in a mini-sermon style. But the following will be flowing from my raw thoughts, cause I’m too lazy to edit this draft.

Ahem,

Outreach, or rather evangelism is all about going out in tiny nodes. Although missionaries who fly to different countries have the right model, that is not the only form of outreach. The whole world is in need of the gospel.

Outreach is not about the churches, but about the local organic churches. It is about the body of Christ. It is about redemption, saving grace and active discipleship. In the New Testament, the Spirit was sent forth and the temple curtains ripped so that the presence of God would not be contained. It was God’s will for all to be saved. (John 3:16, cliche - but needed)

God made each and everyone of us unique. Customized and personable to a certain group of friends. God made us to be relational people. We have Christian and non-Christian friends. And our responsibility and calling is to go plant the word of truth in the relationships we come in contact with.

This is why I say Evangelism is about going out in tiny nodes. For we (believers) are nodes that can go out and link into the lives of so many non-believers. We hold the truth and the power of the Holy Spirit to bring them into an eternal relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. We should be going out there. Could you imagine every Christian bringing one non-believer to Christ. That would automatically double the amount of ppl saved.

Evangelism isn’t about bringing ppl back into the church. It isn’t about bringing people back into a fellowship. And it certainly isn’t about assimulating them into a faith and making them someone they’re not. Outreach is taking what God has given them, and making their lives centered around Christ. That is essentially what missionairies do.

They don’t go to another country - change their culture and think of innovative ways of bringing them back overseas. Thats ABSURD. When I say overseas missionaries have the right model, I’m saying that their approach is correct. Where they go into a culture - Transform them with the truth, and teach them how to live a life for God. Then they leave.

Take that model, scale it down into a personal level - and that is the way we are going to be effective for the Lord. Effective evangelism is not about bringing people to the Lord, but bringing the Lord to his people.

The goal isn’t to go out there and assimulate a group of friends, and drag them to Church. But to go into a group of friends, bring the Lord into their lives and have them plant the gospel and start a Church within their own group. Isn’t that powerful? I mean we’re perfectly fine with that happening overseas, but why not locally?

my walk church, God