“As Christian ‘evangelists’, we can no more persuade someone to receive/accept/believe in Christ, than we can coax a dead man to dance.”

That’s a paraphrase of something Mark Dever said in an evangelism conference. Evangelism is not our personal testimony, social action, Christian apologetics, or the results/fruit of evangelistic efforts.

Evangelism is to spread the good news of the gospel that Christ died for our sins, was resurrected according to the scriptures, and because of Christ’s death and resurrection, forgiveness and salvation are offered to the sinner.

That means that when share that gospel to those around us, wherever we happen to be at any given moment of our lives, we must include, before we share the earthly benefits of trusting in and following Jesus, we share the true condition of anyone living apart from Christ (dead in sin and facing judgment), offer God’s answer to that terrible and eternal predicament, and pray , trusting God with the results.

What are the requirements to be an evangelist? Simply three:

• A deep love for obedience,
• a deep love for the lost, and
• a deep love for God.

Who should to be an evangelist? Every one of us who would name the Name above all names, Jesus Christ – our Savior and Lord!

Test Question: Are you an evangelist? If not, why not? Want to talk about it?