Evangelism Tip Tuesday ~ Equip yourself for Biblical Evangelism

It's been said, if you arm any soldier with a feather duster he's not going to feel very courageous. However, give him state of the art weapons and those weapons will give him courage. Equipping yourself for Biblical evangelism is key!

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Answers to 100 common questions
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The Way of the Master Minute
Biblical School of Evangelism

Self-Esteem vs. God-Esteem

It is bleeding from our culture into pulpits and "Christian literature" everywhere. Somehow slipping under the radar of discernment for many believers. On the surface it may seem harmless, helpful even - but is it Biblical? When you hear the term "Self-Esteem" what definition comes to your mind? I'll share the Merriam-Webster dictionary's definition and then challenge you to think on it for a moment.

self-esteem
1 : a confidence and satisfaction in oneself : self-respect
2 : SELF-CONCEIT

Is this something we should be focusing on building up within ourselves and our children? Self satification ... self-conceit? Don't get me wrong, I do praise my children for a job well done and encourage them to strive to do their best. Yet, I believe trying to build up a prideful sense of self-worth is doing them a complete disservice and will be taking a step in the wrong direction in shaping a Biblical understanding of who they are and who Christ is. At any age, apart from Christ we are completely depraved and in desperate need of a Savior. As a born again Christian our focus should be drawn away from sinful pride and self-seeking desires. Jesus said, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:24-26)

Our esteem, confidence, faith and hope should never be in placed in ourselves, rather it should remain steadfast in Christ alone! "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)

Fantastic Flick Friday ~ Gospel of John

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You Will Leave Everything Behind

The most important day of your life will the day of your death. Think about that. On that day, nothing else will matter except what you have done for God and where you are going. Your house, your car, your money, your sports will mean nothing on that day. You will be leaving time and entering into eternity. Meditate on that breath-taking moment. In the exhale of one breath, you will leave everything you love. Your wedding ring. Your spouse. Your loved ones. Your vehicle. Your money. Everything. Tonight, God could say to you, "This night your soul is required of you." Let such sobering thoughts consume you. Let them drive you to use your life for what matters, to reach out to the unsaved and make a big dent in this sinful world. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
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Unforgettable Cries

What do you and I think about? What is it that we meditate on most? It is "desire" that determines most of our thought patterns. It should be that the human predicament narrows down what we think about. Imagine a Titanic survivor. He is sitting with a few other survivors in a large, mostly empty lifeboat as the great ocean liner heaves and sinks silently beneath the freezing waters of the ocean. The only sounds that break that eerie silence are the unforgettable cries of perishing human beings pleading to be saved from an icy grave. There's plenty of room in the lifeboat. What is it then that should consume the survivor's thoughts? He should be utterly focused on saving those that are around him. Nothing else should matter, compared to the task that is before him. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
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Evangelism Tip Tuesday ~ Don't Wait!

Have you ever resisted giving out a Gospel tract or presenting the Gospel to someone simply because you didn't "feel like it"? I have. There have been many times when I have simply not reached into my purse for a tract (even at a spot as convenient to do so as a check out line), because I was tired, had a rough day, was in a hurry, or simply insert any other lame excuse here - I have been guilty of most at some point! It requires daily forsaking of my own fleshly desire for comfort and prayer for compassion for the others to continue on in reaching out to the lost with the Beautiful Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I encourage you, my brothers and sisters in Christ, do not wait on the perfect situation. If you do you may never do anything! Instead, put Christ and His glorious Gospel first and crucify that selfish fleshy desire to remain comfortably complacent!

We have no idea how much longer God will bless us with on this Earth. Today could be my last, or yours. We do not know how many opportunities we have left to proclaim the incredible kindness of our precious Savior, dying a substitutionary death for such wretched sinners as ourselves with the power to do the same for others, many who may have yet to hear! Let us cease squandering our opportunities.

Do not remain asleep in the light!

Whose Job is it, Anyway?

Imagine if a man let a neighbor's child drown in his swimming pool while he polished his car. His defense in court was that he didn't want to leave his car to save the child because he didn't want to ruin the vehicle's shine.

If we allow another human being to die when we have the ability to save them, we are not only morally responsible, but we are guilty of what civil law calls "depraved indifference." The crime of "depraved indifference" is very descriptive. Depraved means it's about as low as a human being can go, and indifference means that someone couldn't care less. That's what you and I are like if we profess to be Christians, and yet have no concern for the eternal salvation of those that are around us. We are saying "Evangelism is not my job," and we are therefore guilty of depraved indifference. It's about as low as we can go when we don't care about the fate of the unsaved. Love could never be so cold-hearted as to shine a car while a child drowns, and love cannot profess to know the love of God in Christ, and be unconcerned about the fact that those who die in their sins will end up in Hell.

If you aren't horrified at that thought, how can the love of God dwell within you? Charles Spurgeon said, "Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself. Be sure of that." So if that describes you, please, go somewhere quiet and ask God to forgive you for such a crime. Then plead with Him to give you a love that will swallow your fears, and a gratitude for the Cross that will forever banish indifference and help you to "seek and save that which is lost" as Jesus did.

Then may I suggest something that will help you overcome your fears and reach those you love with the gospel? It's a teaching called "Hell's Best Kept Secret." Perhaps you are afraid to share your faith because you don't feel equipped. That's understandable. Arm any soldier with a feather duster and push him into the heat of modern warfare, and he's not going to be very courageous. However, if you give him state-of-theart weapons and teach him how to use them, those weapons will give him courage. "Hell's Best Kept Secret" will put a state-of-the-art weapon into your hands. It will give you courage. Simply go to www.livingwaters.com/learn -- there you can listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret" or watch the video if you prefer. As you will see, the teaching has been commended by many Christian leaders -- and it's free. It won't cost you a thing. You will never regret it. Go there now. If you don't have audio capability with your internet access, call (562) 920-8431 and request it, and we will mail a CD of the teaching to you free of charge. Thank you for taking the time to read this. May God bless you, Ray Comfort.