True Evangelism
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
In St. Paul’s mighty Epistle to the Romans he declares
“the gospel [good news] of God… concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord”
(Rom. 1:1-3).
The good news which Paul proclaimed was essentially about
Christ. He was always talking about Christ. His epistles were filled with
Christ. In his message Christ was everything.
This is in striking contrast to much of modern evangelism,
which is not Christ-centered, but man-centered. Dr. A. W. Tozer, shortly before
his death, wrote:
“The flaw in current evangelism lies in its humanistic
approach… It is frankly fascinated by the great, noisy, aggressive world with
its big names, its hero worship, its wealth and pageantry… This gross
misapprehension of the truth is back of much… of our present evangelical
activity…
“This concept of Christianity is a radical error, and
because it touches the souls of men it is a dangerous, even deadly, error… It
is little more than a weak humanism allied with weak Christianity to give it
ecclesiastical respectability… Invariably it begins with man and his needs and
then looks around for God, while true Christianity reveals God as searching for
man to deliver him from his ambitions.”
Tozer was right in this. God’s good news for the world is
about Christ and His power and love in defeating Satan, overcoming death,
nailing the Law to His cross and paying for man the just penalty for sin, so
that all who believe might be justified. This is why Paul’s gospel is called in
Scripture “the gospel [good news] of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24) and “the
gospel of the glory of Christ” (II Cor. 4:4).
To enter experientially into the truth of this good news
is the greatest blessing one can possibly enjoy.
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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