God’s People Have Responsibility Teach The Gospel To The Lost

God’s People Have ResponsibilityTeach The Gospel To The Lost

• Great Commission

Matt 28:18-2018 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark 16:15-16

15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.


• Great Commission• Church is Pillar & Ground of Truth

1 Tim 3:15

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


• Great Commission• Church is Pillar & Ground of Truth• Early Disciples Spread the Word

Acts 5:28

28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us

Acts 8:4

4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

Acts 11:19-20

19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.


• Great Commission

• Church is Pillar & Ground of Truth

• Early Disciples Spread the Word

We Ought To Be Working ToConvert The World!

Ways We Can Reach The World

Gospel Meeting Radio Program Home Bible Studies Tracts Special Series on “Why?” Bring Others to Regular Services

Why We Are NotConverting The

World

Preaching The Gospel

Why We Are NotConverting The World

I. World Is Not Interested In The GospelI. World Is Not Interested In The Gospel

Why such little interest?

• Cares of the world (Luke 8:14; Phil. 2:21)

• Gospel demands changes – love darkness (John 3:19)

• False sense of security (Jer. 6:14; 8:11)

• Not popular (Matt. 7:13-14; John 1:11-12; 6:66)


Why such little interest? Our job – not to convert, but teach

• Command is to teach (Mark 16:15)

• Even if don’t listen – done our job (Ezek. 3:16-21)

• Jesus taught many turned away (John 1:11-12)

• Crowds rejected the apostles (Acts 13:45; 17:32)


Why such little interest? Our job – not to convert, but teach The “unlikely” just may listen & obey

• Religious – Cornelius (Acts 10)

• Non-Religious – Simon (Acts 8:9-13)

• Worldly – Corinthians ( Acts 18:8; 1 Cor. 6:9-11)

• Ignorant – Jews (Acts 2:23; 3:17)

• Mean & Hateful – Saul (Acts 8:3; 9:1-2; 1 Tim. 1:15)

• Political – Jailor (Acts 16:31-33)




II. Don’t View The World As LostII. Don’t View The World As Lost

World is lost in sin

• All men are sinners (Rom. 3:9, 23; 1 Jn. 5:14)

• Sin separates from God (Isa. 59:1-2; Jas. 1:15)

• If die in sin – hell fire (Rom. 6:23; 2 Thess. 1:7-9)

• Reason Jesus came to earth (Matt. 18:11; Lk 19:10)


Any One Who Has NotObeyed The Gospel

Is Lost& Needs The Gospel

World is lost in sin How we view people of the world

• Good people

• Believe different than we do

• Focus on friendship, likeable, good moral qualities

• Little or no attention to the fact – they are LOST!


May be because our focus is on the here and now!

World is lost in sin How we view people of the world Motivated to greater evangelism

• If viewed the people from - spiritual condition

• If view them without hope (Eph. 2:12)

• If view them on road to hell (Rev. 21:8)





III. Message Preached Is Not RedemptionIII. Message Preached Is Not Redemption

Gospel Message – Redemption / Salvation

• Power unto salvation (Rom. 1:16-17)

• How we are saved (1 Cor. 15:1-4)

• 1st Gospel sermon – salvation from sin (Acts 2)

• Sermon on Mars Hill – salvation (Acts 17:22-31)

• 1st Sermon to Gentiles (Acts 10:34-48)

• Sermon in Antioch on 1st Journey (Acts 13:16-41)

• Books like Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, etc. have themes about salvation.


Gospel Message – Redemption / Salvation Gospel Demands Change of Life

• Repentance (Acts 2:38; 17:30-31)

• Stop & cease sin (Rom. 6)

• Give up old religion (1 Thess. 1:9)

• Start doing things to serve God (Acts 26:17-20)


Gospel Message – Redemption / Salvation Gospel Demands Change of Life Message Has Shifted - Social

• More on relationships

• How to be a better person

• “Feel Good” preaching

• Topics: Depression, Coping, Aging, etc.






IV. Content To “Keep House”IV. Content To “Keep House”

What mean by “keeping house”?

• Assemble, worship – do little more

• Maintain “status quo”

• Thinking: We have a church – place to worship – so we meet Sunday & Wednesday do nothing more.

• No effort to reach the lost

• Have Gospel Meetings – little advertising – expect world to come – if brethren from other places come -

success


What mean by “keeping house”? Why are we content?

• Don’t want to grow – don’t like “big” churches

• Think our mission to mere show up at worship

• Don’t worry about growth if numbers stay about same

• View church as a religious club


What mean by “keeping house”? Why are we content? A Church that didn’t keep house


Church at AntiochActs 13






V. Fear Of Offending & Alienating OthersV. Fear Of Offending & Alienating Others

Fear of offending

• Gospel will offend (Luke 12:53; Acts 13:45-48)

• Gospel is distinctive & narrow (1 John 4:1, 6)

• Gospel convicts world of sin (John 16:8; Acts 2:37)

• Fear of making folks mad – upsetting them• Uncomfortable when bring a friend and sermon deals with….

• Afraid “turn them off” or they will dislike us

• Many have been converted – first got mad!


Fear of offending Fear of Alienating a friend

• Gospel will alienate people (Luke 12:53)

• If try to convert friend or family – could cause a strain

• So, deem it not worth the risk (cf. Lk 16:28)








What Can We Do?

Become more of an evangelist church Try to reach family, friends with gospel Tell others about radio program Set up Home Bible Studies Bring someone to a Gospel Meeting Bring someone to a special service Talk to others about Bible questions

Date post:	03-Jan-2016
Category:	Documents
Upload:	cassidy-shelton
View:	32 times
Download:	1 times

God’s People Have Responsibility Teach The Gospel To The Lost

Documents