Evangelism

Evangelism

~ “When believers pray faithfully and fervently (James 5:16) for those outside the kingdom, wonderful things happen… Evangelistic pray-ers are often among the first to hear and respond obediently to God’s call for action. In other words, they do not simply look for God to intervene in response to their prayers. They report for action!”

~ “At the center of the act of evangelism is the message announced a verbal, out-loud assertion of something decisive not known until this moment of utterance. There is no way that anyone, including an embarrassed liberal, can avoid this lean, decisive assertion which as at the core of evangelism.” - Walter Brueggemann,

Thoughts:

~ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see, the reward for this faith is to see what you believe…Augustine

~ In the diary of an elderly woman who lived alone, she often penned:  "No one called today."…Unknown

~ Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world…Blaise Pascal

Teachings of Christ

Anger

Matthew 5:22  

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Heaven

Luke 16:17  

It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

John 3:13  

No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.