TODAY’S MESSAGE A healthy church is a worshipping community. It is also an evangelistic community which shares love in Jesus with others. We cannot do this on God’s our own. Jesus me you can do We need said, “apart from nothing” (John 15:5). to plug into the power of the Holy Spirit to enliven the church. On the day of Pentecost, the first followers of Christ and received the power of “plugged in” God to bear witness to Christ. God to send the Holy Spirit promised We for the coming of the Holy Spirt pray We with the Holy Spirit for Him to work with and through us partner We the good news of love in Christ Jesus to proclaim God’s “all nations” The proclamation of the Good News of salvation in Christ is what we refer to as evangelism is not salesmanship. It is not urging people, pressing them, “Evangelism coercing them, overwhelming them, or subduing them. Evangelism is telling a message. Evangelism is reporting good Richard C. news.” – Halverson Evangelism is the and/or of announcement, proclamation, preaching the gospel, the good news of and about Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:1-4). It is simply sharing the love of God in Christ Jesus. Think about this We need the help of the Holy Spirit to obey God from the heart and bring our and in line with thoughts, attitudes actions God’s. When we have received the power of the Holy Spirit, we become witnesses to Jesus and resurrection. We proclaim the love of God in Christ’s death Christ. When was the last time you shared the good news of love with God’s another person?
TODAY’S MESSAGE A healthy church is a worshipping community. It is also an evangelistic community which shares God’s love in Jesus with others. We cannot do this on our own. Jesus said, “apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). We need to plug into the power of the Holy Spirit to enliven the church. On the day of Pentecost, the first followers of Christ “plugged in” and received the power of God to bear witness to Christ. God promised to send the Holy Spirit We pray for the coming of the Holy Spirt We partner with the Holy Spirit for Him to work with and through us We proclaim the good news of God’s love in Christ Jesus to “all nations” The proclamation of the Good News of salvation in Christ is what we refer to as evangelism “Evangelism is not salesmanship. It is not urging people, pressing them, coercing them, overwhelming them, or subduing them. Evangelism is telling a message. Evangelism is reporting good news.” – Richard C. Halverson Evangelism is the announcement, proclamation, and/or preaching of the gospel, the good news of and about Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:1-4). It is simply sharing the love of God in Christ Jesus. Think about this We need the help of the Holy Spirit to obey God from the heart and bring our thoughts, attitudes and actions in line with God’s. When we have received the power of the Holy Spirit, we become witnesses to Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. We proclaim the love of God in Christ. When was the last time you shared the good news of God’s love with another person?