Tracts don't work, but this does Part 1: Jesus with skin on
Posted by Todd Lowans | Posted in Campus Life , evangelism , YFC | Posted on 11:19 PM
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There are of course many buzz words that are floating around the evangelical world when it comes to evangelism: missional, relational & intentional just to name a few. This series in not meant to be full of buzz words or concepts, but to help you practically share Christ with people you see in your everyday life.
The other day I was reading Francis Chan's book Forgotten God and came across a the number one reason why many in ministry (or everyday life) have such a hard time breaking down barriers people have when it comes to God. He said " . . . when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question out integrity, our sanity, or even worse, our God. And can you blame them?" This sounds obvious, but in order to be effective in sharing the love of Christ we have to have it together. I'm not saying your life has to be perfect (not everyone can be like me, just a little joke so calm down), but you have to be living a life that obviously advertises the gospel.
In a sense (a large one) we are responsible for God's reputation. If we call ourselves a Christian we are saying we are Christlike. We are Christ's street team, his billboard, his super bowl commercial; you get the point. We are what people who are not believers think believers should be. We are essentially Jesus with skin on.
How to do this? Easy (at least in theory) read your Bible, go to church, fellowship with other believers, fast, pray & have a accountability partner. Basically read and do (what the Bible says). I know I'm oversimplifying it here and maybe in the future I will write a series on the spiritual disciplines, but this one is about evangelism and this is hands down the most important step. If you get this one down (though none of us will ever be perfect) evangelism becomes something we do all the time. It's natural. We do it just by living our lives.
This is not to say that we don't have to take initiative, or that we can just live life without a great commission mindset. We'll be breaking down the great commission in the next few blogs.



