{"id":14230,"date":"2016-08-18T00:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T05:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/evangelismresponsibility-of\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T00:58:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T05:58:46","slug":"evangelismresponsibility-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/evangelismresponsibility-of\/","title":{"rendered":"EVANGELISM,\nRESPONSIBILITY OF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>THE PRESS secretary of the White House has one job\u2014to speak on behalf of the head of state, represented in the White House by the president. What he thinks is irrelevant. Whether he agrees with the president is irrelevant. His job is to speak on behalf of the president. Period. Then, he should be ready and willing to take questions. \u201cBe prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have\u201d (1 Peter 3:15).261<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>[Sharing the Gospel; Witnessing]<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Col. 4:6; 1 Peter 3:15<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>WHAT kind of fireman would I be if I didn\u2019t warn you about fire? What kind of policeman would I be if I didn\u2019t warn you about criminals? What kind of doctor would I be if I didn\u2019t tell you about disease? What kind of pastor would I be if I didn\u2019t warn people about hell?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>I would rather love folks into heaven, but if I have to scare them there, that will work too.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>What would you say about a fireman who saw your house burning down and who simply said, \u201cIt\u2019ll burn itself out in a little while\u201d?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>What would you say about a policeman who saw juveniles vandalizing your property and simply said, \u201cWell, you know, boys will be boys\u201d?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>What would you say about a doctor who, when telling you that you had cancer, simply said, \u201cTake two aspirin and rest\u201d?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>You would probably say they are not taking their jobs seriously. And I would not be taking my job seriously if I did not tell people about the place called hell.262<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>[Hell; Judgment Day; Witnessing, Motivation for]<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Matt. 28:18\u201320; 1 Cor. 9:16<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>SUPPOSE you are a doctor and there was a disease that everybody had. Even though their symptoms were different, everybody who caught the disease died and everybody had it. Let\u2019s also say that you, as a skilled physician, came up with the cure.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>What would you say about a doctor who knew everybody else was dying without a solution, and wouldn\u2019t share the solution he had?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>This is the situation for many Christians. The Bible says that the whole world is dead in trespasses and in sin. If we have met Jesus, we\u2019ve found the cure. How dare we keep it to ourselves! How dare we be on our way to heaven and not care that people are drowning and on their way to a Christless eternity! How can we not make sharing the gospel a priority!263<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>[Evangelism; Witnessing, Motivation for]<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>John 14:6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE PRESS secretary of the White House has one job\u2014to speak on behalf of the head of state, represented in the White House by the president. What he thinks is irrelevant. Whether he agrees with the president is irrelevant. His job is to speak on behalf of the president. Period. 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