Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
JESUS THE EVANGELIST
John 3:15 -21
Intro: My favorite evangelist – passed away about 10 years ago – Harold Laythem * I loved the way he preached - (Show a little of it- back and forth pacing) 1. I have read after many evangelists – Vance Havner – Billy Graham – D.L. Moody – Hyman Appleman – Billy Sunday – R. A. Torrey – 2. They have always been giants to me – heroes
I. WHAT IS AN EVANGELIST? * We think of the fellow who is a revival preacher 1. A God-called preacher who doesn’t pastor A. Goes week after week around the country – world – preaching revival meetings B. If he can sing – or has a wife or daughter who can – so much the better 2. That is not what the Bible means when it speaks of an evangelist A. Only find it 3 places in the NT * Eph 4:11 - And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; * Act 21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
(NOT PHILIP - THE APOSTLE – NOT EVEN A PREACHER - DEACON) * 2Ti 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. B. The word – so little used in the English language * Not found in most dictionaries * To our present culture – seems even intrusive – bigoted * The thought that anyone would try to push their religion off on someone else * Ask the average American and they can’t stomach such a thought 3. Evangelism A. Maybe only found 3 times in NT – but concept is central to it * It’s the very first part of the Great Commission – “Go ye therefore and teach all nations…” * It is central to the work of the NT church * It is the only hope of the lost B. What is it? - It is the propagation of the gospel message to a lost man or
John 3:15 -21
Intro: My favorite evangelist – passed away about 10 years ago – Harold Laythem * I loved the way he preached - (Show a little of it- back and forth pacing) 1. I have read after many evangelists – Vance Havner – Billy Graham – D.L. Moody – Hyman Appleman – Billy Sunday – R. A. Torrey – 2. They have always been giants to me – heroes
I. WHAT IS AN EVANGELIST? * We think of the fellow who is a revival preacher 1. A God-called preacher who doesn’t pastor A. Goes week after week around the country – world – preaching revival meetings B. If he can sing – or has a wife or daughter who can – so much the better 2. That is not what the Bible means when it speaks of an evangelist A. Only find it 3 places in the NT * Eph 4:11 - And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; * Act 21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
(NOT PHILIP - THE APOSTLE – NOT EVEN A PREACHER - DEACON) * 2Ti 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. B. The word – so little used in the English language * Not found in most dictionaries * To our present culture – seems even intrusive – bigoted * The thought that anyone would try to push their religion off on someone else * Ask the average American and they can’t stomach such a thought 3. Evangelism A. Maybe only found 3 times in NT – but concept is central to it * It’s the very first part of the Great Commission – “Go ye therefore and teach all nations…” * It is central to the work of the NT church * It is the only hope of the lost B. What is it? - It is the propagation of the gospel message to a lost man or