Mark 4:14-20
&
.
Paul’s 3-step formula to a 4th soil life.
- Exercise
- Endure
- Do the
2 Timothy 1:5-10
Being an evangelist requires us to
at overcoming a
of courage and a
of clarity.
What good is courage for the gospel if we don’t have
on the gospel?
1. The
Gospel
We need saving from the idea that we need
.
“In late modernity, among its accelerating technology and global capitalist markets, guilt is back. And its teeth are sharp… What is shocking is that the source of this guilt is not God… It is the performing self. We feel guilty to our selves… We punish ourselves for not winning, for not being magnificent. “I’m my own worst critic,” people say.” —Andrew Root
2 Timothy 1:8b-9
2. The
Gospel
We need saving from eternal
.
“Can you imagine Jesus himself teaching this? “Believing that all I teach is true—that’s optional. Believing that I can run your life and allowing me to do so—that’s optional. Intending to actually obey me—that’s optional. As long as you believe that my death paid for your sins, you don’t need to worry about doing what I’ve said as far as heaven is concerned.” —John Ortberg
2 Timothy 1:10
Is there a practice from the way of Jesus that can empower us to “do the work of an evangelist”?
THE PRACTICE OF
Witnessing is a combination of
&
.
It is our job to
disciples, but it is God alone who
disciples.
