W. Davd Phillips

Martin Lloyd Jones, in his book Authentic Christianity which is from his Studies in Acts Series, makes the following statement:

I am convinced that the trouble with the world today is that it does not believe in God.  And much of our evangelism goes wrong because it starts with the Lord Jesus Christ.  But you must start with God the Father, God the Creator, one whose glory fills the heavens, who is over all.  With reverence I say that you cannot understand the Lord Jesus Christ, and indeed there is a sense in which there is no meaning to Him and to the message about Him, unless you start with God the Father.

I think it is important to note that he says we need to start with God, not Jesus in our evangelism, specifically God the Father and God the Creator.  The Gospel message isn’t initiated with Christ, but with Creation.  We need explain the fullness of the Gospel: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration.  Sadly we often only focus on the Fall and Redemption aspects but people need to know the role of the Gospel, which is a movement towards the garden, towards a re-creation of their lives.

Where do you begin in sharing the Gospel?

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Tags: Evangelism, Gospel, Theology

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