READY FOR THE GREAT HARVEST?
Memorise: Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19
Read: Acts 13:38-39, Bible in
one year: 1st Kings 2:13-3:28, Proverbs 15:11-24
our God has so many wonderful
attributes. Some of these attributes, such as omnipotence, omnipresence and
being omniscient are unique to Him alone. There are other attributes which God
as a wonderful Father, shares with His children. These include holiness, mercy
and love. God is love. John 3:16 says:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
One of the ways God
demonstrated His loves to mankind was by making adequate provision for
salvation (1 John 1:8-9). As a child of God, you can demonstrate the love of
God to the world through evangelism and missions. The term ‘evangelism’ denotes
sharing good news from a loving God to a lost world. The Great Commission is
binding on all Christians (Matthew 28:18-20). The need to fulfil this mandate
is ever so urgent, especially with the imminent return of our Lord. Every child
of God is called to be a “reaper”. Are you ready for the great harvest? As a
child of God, you are expected to rightly divided the word of truth. There is
no geographical limitation or racial restrictions to fulfilling the Great
Commission (Mark 13:10, Acts 1:8).
To be actively involved in
evangelism, it is required that you wisely utilise the different opportunities
that present themselves to you in the course of daily business, without
appearing to be over-bearing. With the power of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom
of God, even a newly born-again Christian can win souls on a continuous basis.
Soul winning is one of the reasons God retained you on earth, and you should be
particular about it. As a Christian, you can do effective evangelism in the
vehicle you board, at social gatherings, birthday celebrations and send-off
parties. You can also engage in hospital visitations to pray for the sick, give
them provisions, befriend them – especially if they feel lonely and poor,
preach salvation through Jesus Chrsit to them and bring Bibles and good
Christian literature for them to read. You can also be involved in prison
visitation. You can visit prisoners, write letters to them, send them good
reading materials and give them gifts with the permission of the authorities.
Other ways in which you can be involved in evangelism include, placing
illustrated gospel tracts on your table after eating in a restaurant, around
school campuses, on bus stop benches and in a departmental stores as you buy or
sell. Additionally, you can be involved in house-to-house evangelism. Are you
ready?
Action Point
Make evangelism a habit,
because it is uppermost on God’s heart.
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