plain wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:53 pm
Ken wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:36 pmIf evangelism is just living by example then every Anabaptist church is "good at evangelism"
You also need to talk about it.
Indeed- the very definition of evangelize indicates sharing the Gospel. The first Anabaptist I met, an Amish man I would say had the gift of evangelizing every where he went. He passed out tracts and wrote his name and number on the back.
I love this chapter 1 Corinthians 3:
3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
My A.ish friend called it "scattering seeds"
Principal here is trusting God is at work- one may plant the seed, another waters, God brings the increase. We can all play a part It is obvious the Scriptures teach to do so verbally and by our example live what we preach.
Our church strongly encouraged sharing the Gospel- we have to keep in mind that God cares about these souls more than we do- He is involved in the process!