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(Acts 1:1-14)
The “Great Commission” is found in several Bible verses (Acts 1:8; 13:47; Matt.
28:18- 20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:47-48)
The Bottom Line Message of the Gospel (Good News) (Rom. 10:9)
Confess Him before men and He will confess you before God and the
angels (Matt. 10:32, Luke 12:8)
'whosoever believes will not perish but have everlasting life' (John 3:16,
See also John 1:12, 5:24, Acts 8:37, Rom. 10:10)
An estimated 235 million persons in North America (7 out of 10) are lost.
There are still more than 3 billion people who are yet to hear the gospel
for the very first time. More than 8,800 ethnic groups of the world’s
18,000 people groups of the world do not have access to a gospel speaking
preacher of the gospel.
One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her
mother and said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s
message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh?
What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than
we are. He said God is so big that He could hold the world in His hand. Is
that true?" The mother replied, "Yes, that’s true, honey." "But Mommy, he
also said that God comes to live inside of us when we believe in Jesus as
our Savior. Is that true, too?" Again, the mother assured the little girl that
what the pastor had said was true. With a puzzled look on her face the
little girl then asked, "If God is bigger than us and He lives in us, wouldn’t
He show through?"
The number one reason Christians say that they don’t share the Gospel is
that they feel they lack an adequate knowledge of Scripture to defend what
they believe.
“ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all the adversaries shall
not be able to gainsay or resist. (Luke 21:15)
We receive power from His Holy Spirit to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8; 6:8;
Luke 10:19; Phil 4:13)
Another related reason that many Christians say they don’t share the
Gospel is fear of ostracism and ridicule (see John 12:42-43 & Isa. 28:16)
The Lord will strengthen, protect & sustain you in preaching the gospel
(Isa. 61:1, 2 Tim. 4:17)
God’s Word has power (Prov. 18:20-21, Isa. 55:11, Heb. 4:12)
How?
Paul's approach:
Be all things to all men (1 Cor. 9:22, Loyola & the Jesuits)