Evangelism & the Glory of God

1. I don’t think evangelism should ever be in competition with “glorifying God and enjoying Him forever”. It is part and parcel with it. One way that we glorify God is by being obedient. One way to obey God is by preaching the Gospel to every creature.

2. Many of the examples given in this post do not accurately represent a Biblical approach to evangelism (for instance, simply praying “the prayer”) and almost seem to be a type of straw-man. There are countless people who evangelize in a Biblical way, and do it much more than most of us ever dream of doing, and they give glory to God in every aspect of their efforts to serve Him in this way!

3. I am always nervous when evangelism seems to be brought down one rung on the ladder of importance. It is so difficult for most of us to overcome our fears and step out of our comfort zones and share the Gospel with strangers, that I am afraid any hint that there might be other more important things that we can spend our time doing (reading our Bibles, studying theology, etc…) will often be used as an excuse for NOT overcoming our own cowardice in standing up and preaching the Gospel “in season, out of season”. Why go out on the streets to “seek and save the lost” when I can lay back on my sofa at home and “glorify God” by reading a certain theology book for the 3rd or 4th time?

4. I know there has to be a balance between how much time we devote to our own personal spiritual growth and how much time we devote to leading others to Christ, however, how many of us can honestly claim to be struggling with the latter of these two extremes? Do we really struggle with spending too much time sharing our faith, putting our own spiritual health at risk? Or are we much more prone to go days and even weeks without purposefully sharing the Gospel with anyone?

5. I have always struggled with how to apply the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” to evangelism. For instance, if I am willing to spend an hour a day feeding myself spiritually, then should I not also be more than willing to spend at least that amount of time per day actively seeking to share the Gospel with others?

6. I am passionate about evangelism, not because it is fun or exciting, nor because it somehow boosts my spiritual self-esteem, but for the simple fact that God is glorified and heaven rejoices when one sinner repents!

Next to me knowing God personally and thus being able to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever, the most important thing in my life is helping my neighbor come to know God in that same way.