Evangelism
We're looking at the book 'Discipleship' by David Watson on Wed nights and we have to make a summary of each chapter...... so I thought I might as well post my summaries for the enjoyment of all!
I basically just mention stuff that makes me think but some of the things prob won't make much sense out of context..... so I'd read the book or can ask me any q's
I basically just mention stuff that makes me think but some of the things prob won't make much sense out of context..... so I'd read the book or can ask me any q's
Discipleship- chapter 9
Evangelism
-Christ’s call to discipleship is not primarily for the benefit of the disciple.- p.187
- Even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
-The greater part of our so-called evangelism takes place within or on the fringes of the church; we do not seem yet to have found the way to break out of the Christian ghetto into the world. –p. 189
- This is where we see the vital necessity of personal witness leading to effective discipleship.
- We need to develop among Gods people, not merely the professionals, the sense of vocation as to where we live and work.
- If we Christians pray that God’s kingdom may come, we must be willing to be the answer to our own prayers, with all the imaginative boldness of those first disciples. –p.190
-All are witnesses to Christ, all must be committed to the church’s task of evangelising; but only some are evangelists.
- He knows that God can break through any defences, and change any heart. This confidence will not be brash, but humble and sensitive, marked by much prayer. He knows that without God he can do nothing, but that with God all things are possible.-p.191
- Paul once wrote that ‘our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction’.-p.192
- A friend of mine once said that the most important thing about us is not what we say, not what we do; it is ‘our unconscious influence- impregnated with the fragrance of Jesus’. –p.193
- Whenever God did something new amongst them, his work was opposed and rejected. –p.195
-The image of the church is too flabby to warrant persecution. It is not worth opposing its movement since it is on the retreat anyway.
- As long as we ‘play’ at evangelism, with no risk to ourselves and no price to pay, we shall make little or no impact on our society. –p.196
- But the evangelist must listen to and take seriously the questions people are asking: only then will he be relevant. –p.198
- When people see his power to change people’s hearts, to restore broken relationships, to break oppression, to enforce justice, to heal emotional hurts and physical diseases, then with one accord they will begin to take notice. –p.199
-Believing that God’s Spirit is at work throughout the world, we need to see what the Spirit is doing in people’s lives, and then have the sensitivity and boldness to take the opportunities as they come.- p.201
- There is a time to speak and a time to keep silence.
-In principle that is exactly how Jesus approached the woman at the well. She had come to draw water, so he spoke to her of living water which would quench her every thirst. –p.202
-In evangelism, we must know our bibles.
- In many cases, those who don’t believe don’t want to believe. –p.203
- Leading a person to Christ (p.204): 1. Something to admit, 2. Something to believe, 3. Something to consider, 4. Something to do.
- Relationships do not depend on feelings, but on commitment and trust. –p.206
- There have been moments of doubt, disobedience, rebellion, and so on. But when you work through the difficulties in any relationship, so it matures and develops.
- There is no joy in all the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ. That is the privilege and responsibility of every disciple.-p. 208
Evangelism
-Christ’s call to discipleship is not primarily for the benefit of the disciple.- p.187
- Even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
-The greater part of our so-called evangelism takes place within or on the fringes of the church; we do not seem yet to have found the way to break out of the Christian ghetto into the world. –p. 189
- This is where we see the vital necessity of personal witness leading to effective discipleship.
- We need to develop among Gods people, not merely the professionals, the sense of vocation as to where we live and work.
- If we Christians pray that God’s kingdom may come, we must be willing to be the answer to our own prayers, with all the imaginative boldness of those first disciples. –p.190
-All are witnesses to Christ, all must be committed to the church’s task of evangelising; but only some are evangelists.
- He knows that God can break through any defences, and change any heart. This confidence will not be brash, but humble and sensitive, marked by much prayer. He knows that without God he can do nothing, but that with God all things are possible.-p.191
- Paul once wrote that ‘our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction’.-p.192
- A friend of mine once said that the most important thing about us is not what we say, not what we do; it is ‘our unconscious influence- impregnated with the fragrance of Jesus’. –p.193
- Whenever God did something new amongst them, his work was opposed and rejected. –p.195
-The image of the church is too flabby to warrant persecution. It is not worth opposing its movement since it is on the retreat anyway.
- As long as we ‘play’ at evangelism, with no risk to ourselves and no price to pay, we shall make little or no impact on our society. –p.196
- But the evangelist must listen to and take seriously the questions people are asking: only then will he be relevant. –p.198
- When people see his power to change people’s hearts, to restore broken relationships, to break oppression, to enforce justice, to heal emotional hurts and physical diseases, then with one accord they will begin to take notice. –p.199
-Believing that God’s Spirit is at work throughout the world, we need to see what the Spirit is doing in people’s lives, and then have the sensitivity and boldness to take the opportunities as they come.- p.201
- There is a time to speak and a time to keep silence.
-In principle that is exactly how Jesus approached the woman at the well. She had come to draw water, so he spoke to her of living water which would quench her every thirst. –p.202
-In evangelism, we must know our bibles.
- In many cases, those who don’t believe don’t want to believe. –p.203
- Leading a person to Christ (p.204): 1. Something to admit, 2. Something to believe, 3. Something to consider, 4. Something to do.
- Relationships do not depend on feelings, but on commitment and trust. –p.206
- There have been moments of doubt, disobedience, rebellion, and so on. But when you work through the difficulties in any relationship, so it matures and develops.
- There is no joy in all the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ. That is the privilege and responsibility of every disciple.-p. 208
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