Friday, May 15, 2009

the reason for world evangelism

In one of my classes, I was asked to give a biblical reason for world evangelism/spreading of Christianity....Here is my post.

The Bible teaches that the Church exists for the glory of God (Ephesians 1: 4-6).  If this is our purpose for being on earth then it is clear that we are to do everything that we can to increase the glory of God on earth.  In fact, Jesus prayed that God's will would be done on earth as it is in Heaven. (Matthew 6:10).  

John Piper says that the ultimate goal of the Church is not missions, it is worship.   

The most compelling verses for world evangelism are the ones that show God's desire for everything that has breath to praise Him (Psalm 150:6).  

Realizing God's desire for His name to be praised, we must spread the Gospel of Christ to all people (Matthew 28:16-20).  

The Gospel of Christ is Good News to those who are perishing!  Us being faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ will bring others to see how GOOD He is!

1 comment:

HadleyOnFire said...

cool. but you should let me proofread your stuff, dude.