Reengage: Culture
Pastor Rollan Fisher
Focus: We will reengage the world with the good news of Jesus when we are truly touched by God’s heart for the lost.
Jesus Loves Sinners
Jesus Heals Sinners
Jesus Calls the Healthy to Help the Sick
Jesus Loves Sinners
God loves those who the world does not, even those that do not love themselves.
Luke 5:27-32
After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
Levi’s story
Jesus Heals Sinners
God is a physician at heart who loves to heal sinners.
When we spend time with people, it should be in the hopes that they get ever closer to Jesus the Healer and their healing!
Jesus Calls the Healthy to Help the Sick
We were once lost people who can now help find others and help them find their way back home to God.
The styles of evangelism:
By Mark Mittleberg and Lee Strobel
Confrontational - Peter in Acts 2
Intellectual - Paul at Athens in Acts 17
Testimonial - Blind Man in John 9
Interpersonal - Matthew in Luke 5:29
Invitational - Samaritan Woman in John 4
Service - Dorcas in Acts 9:36
The “Chance” Conversation - Philip in Acts 8
There are strengths and weaknesses in each style.
Don’t let your brashness turn people away from the truth of the gospel. (Remember not to fear “turning people off” - they are already “turned off if they are not in Christ, and our hope is to “turn the lights on” through the gospel)
Don’t let arguments or rabbit-trails prevent you from getting to the simple message of the gospel. It is the gospel that saves - apologetics are there to support.
Don’t let your story be the end of the matter without telling Christ’s story and how the listener can respond.
Don’t let your desire to preserve friendship trump engaging others with the truth that they need.
Don’t depend on others to do all of the heavy lifting. You also need to practice sharing the gospel
Don’t replace acts of service for communicating the gospel. Service opens the door, but hearing the Word allows people to believe.
Don’t fail to be intentional with those by whom you are surrounded expecting all opportunities to fall into your lap. Remember, Jesus said “GO”.
Second City Church - Pastor Rollan Fisher.