EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! GOD‘S SOVEREIGNTY AND MAN’S RESPONSIBILITY IN SALVATION ▸ Q: “If God is sovereign, then why is sharing the Gospel necessary?” ▸ A: Because God is THE GOD of both the ends and the EVANGELISM means. BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! GENESIS 1:28 LUKE 17:26-27 ▸ “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue ▸ Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over days of the Son of Man. They were eating and the birds of the heavens and over every living thing drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, that moves on the earth.” until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! NOAH WAS A HERALD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS! GENESIS 22:17-18 ▸ At the time of the flood we see both God‘s love and ▸ I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is justice being put on display. on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY ABRAHAM HAD FOUR TYPES OF OFFSPRING GALATIANS 3:7-8 1. Physical offspring NOT according to the promise: ▸ Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Ishmael and Esau among others. Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the 2. Physical offspring according to the promise: Isaac, gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall Jacob and the nation of Israel. all the nations be blessed.” 3. The promised Offspring [singular]: Christ 4. Spiritual offspring: All those who are in Christ GALATIANS 3:8 EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! THE GOSPEL PAUL PREACHED IS THE SAME GOSPEL ABRAHAM BELIEVED ▸ Justification by faith alone WHAT WAS THE GOSPEL THAT WAS ▸ Abraham’s hope was in the promised Son, in the Offspring or Seed (singular) through whom all the nations would be blessed. PREACHED TO ABRAHAM? ▸ He trusted in the God who would provide the lamb for the sacrifice (Gen. 22:8) ▸ He trusted the God who was able even to raise the dead (Heb. 11:19) ▸ He was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose Question designer and builder is God (Heb. 11:10) CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! “GOD’S LOVE HAS BEEN POURED INTO “THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONTROLS US” OUR HEARTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT” Romans 5:5 2 Corinthians 5:14
MATTHEW 28:18–19 EVANGELISM:BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! THE GREAT COMMISSION ▸ “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given “YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!” to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” JESUS ROMANS 1:16 “I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL!“ WHY WOULD WE BE ASHAMED OF HIM? Paul the Apostle EVANGELISM: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! “DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE, THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE, IS REALLY REAL?” Del Tackett
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