Showing posts with label Share Jesus Without Fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Share Jesus Without Fear. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

GO! "As you are going?" (Sent, Witness, Preach, Disciple)

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:19-20

Stay? No. “Go therefore”: Because Jesus in charge and is all powerful, we are therefore commanded to go. It is His authority that sends us, His authority that guides us, and His authority that empowers us.

I’m no Greek scholar but Go is a command and it’s present tense which can be implied saying ‘as you go’ “Make disciples of all the nations”. "As you are going". It’s a lifestyle of living for Jesus, and more than being just a Sunday Christian. This is as we are going, so not just crusades, events, our outreaches but daily leading people to Jesus.

The command is to make disciples, not merely converts or supporters of a cause. The idea behind the word disciple is of a scholar, a learner, a student, a follower. “Of all the nations” (ethnos=ethnic, people groups, languages): There is no place on earth where the gospel of Jesus should not be preached, and were disciples should not be made.

“Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you”: Disciples are made through teaching. This teaching is not with words only, but by the power of the God changing hearts and transforming lives. The content of the teaching must be all things that I have commanded you. The followers of Jesus are responsible to present the whole counsel of God, the whole Bible to make sound disciples.

“Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age”: Do you see that Jesus sent His disciples with a mission to fulfill, but He did not send them alone? The promise of His constant presence was more than enough to strengthen and guide the disciples as they obeyed Jesus in making disciples of all the nations.

Our response: Either you become saved or not. You must be ‘born-again’ in order to even be a disciple of Jesus. When we become born again our old life is dead and buried, our new life is raised in Jesus. Then we follow Him.

Our role: We are to make a disciples. Not of ourselves but of Jesus. To teach, and instruct the people in the ways of God. We need the Word of God to be the people of God - by simply teaching the Bible simply.

GO! Who Is Called To Evangelize?

GO! Popping The Question



GO! Share Your Story


GO! Disciple Others

4 Great Co-missions for Believer's:

1) Sending Role
John 20:21 “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you”
This is the continuity of Christ and His church, and we should support missionaries and be one.

2) Witnessing Role
Luke 24:46-49 & Acts 1:7-8 “Be my witnesses... in Jerusalem and Judea and to the ends of the earth”
This is progression and strategy, and we should testify what God has done in our life. Start at home work your way out from there.

3) Preaching Role
Mark 16:15-16 “Preach the gospel to all creation”
This is a universal scope to share the good news (1 Corth 15) with everyone. We should invite people to church and to have a relationship with Jesus.

4) Discipling Role
Matthew 28:18-20 “Go and make disciples of all nations”
Remember that this is of every ethnic group. We should invest time in others and teach them the Bible. I would encourage you to start a family Bible study and also to spend time with new believers.

Well, what has Jesus called you to do? Make disciples of Jesus. Charles Spurgeon said “Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor”. Your mission field is in-front of you at all times.
"Go!"

Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter, bondservant of Jesus

Monday, July 18, 2011

GO! A "word from God?" (God's Will for You)

"Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." - Mark 16:15

What are you doing for the Kingdom of God? Have you taken the Great Commission to heart? Have you gone into all the world to preach the Gospel to every creature? Or are you waiting for a "word from God?" Then here it is - "Go."

That's the first word of the Great Commission given to the Church (Mark 16:15). So, what are you waiting for? There's your word from God. Go somewhere; do something; say something to somebody somewhere, somehow.

Someday you will be dead, and then it will be too late. While you can ... think, speak, move your hands and feet, do something for God. Are you content to sit in the barracks while the battle rages? You are in a battle for the lost.

Form a platoon. Give out ice breakers (gospel tracts are for people not places) everywhere, leave them with someone, speak for your God. Don't be afraid of failure. Be afraid of silence.

GO! We Must Care About Lost People If We Are To Share The Gospel With Them


GO! Witnessing Is A Conversation Not A Presentation


GO! Tact Is Speaking The Truth In Love


"Go."

Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter, bondservant of Jesus

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real

There is an old saying that says, "You Have Nothing to Fear Except Fear Itself!" How true is that?

1 John 4:18 NLT Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.

Everyone has fears. What do you fear? Some people have a fear of the dark, some fear heights, some fear death, others like me public speaking - What is it that you fear?

Here is a definition of F.E.A.R.:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real

Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real! Fear will rear its ugly face and make you believe what is unbelievable. Fear can appear and make you see a false Reality, but Fear is never a Reality! That is why it spells out - False Evidence Appearing Real!

Go reach the lost today, forget your fears!

1 John 4:18 NKJV There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Share Jesus Without Fear

Well I got to go downtown to the market again with my wife, even though it was raining we still went. We got got talk to a guy named Nick and his friend Michael. You see Nick was a mormon, and Michael was an atheist, so we had a very interesting talk. We all got to talk to a guy named Leo who had just talked with an older guy the day before about spiritual and eternal things. God's got great timing, and continues to show us little ways on how he is weaving us into planting and watering those Gospel seeds.

When you go out to witness know clearly the Christian faith and the gospel. This way you can share Jesus without fear, and rely on the Scriptures. This is because there are unique mormon doctrines and they use the Christian vocabulary (gospel, atonement, god) but radically redefine their meanings. So whey you talk to mormons make sure you define clearly what you mean when you use biblical words.

The Bible teaches salvation alone through the cross of Christ (John 3:16; Rom. 10:4,10–13; Eph. 2:8–9), and that salvation is a gift to be received, not a merit to be earned. You want to keep the central doctrines of the faith as the focus of your discussion, and also take them through the "good" person test, and show them their imperfections and their need for Jesus as their Savior alone.

For more information visit: http://www.livingwaters.com/witnessingtool/howtowitnesstomormons.shtml


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