{"id":5972,"date":"2020-01-16T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umc-eurasia.ru\/?p=5972"},"modified":"2020-01-16T13:14:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T13:14:44","slug":"about-personal-evangelism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umc-eurasia.ru\/en\/about-personal-evangelism\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT PERSONAL EVANGELISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the participants at the seminar, recently held in the Western District, Katya Tokareva, shared with us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have recently heard a speech by a priest who denounced the parishioners that once they\ncame to church they became \u201csick \u201d, although the church is a\u201c hospital \u201dwhere the Lord Himself is a\nphysician. This priest urged people to remember that before they came to church they were sociable,\ncheerful, but then turned into a “sanctuary”, convicting their relatives, friends, pals and poking at their\nsins. After this speech, I became again convinced that in any Christian community people go to similar\nextremes, when you and I, too concentrating on \u201cour\u201d holiness, burn bridges, break relations with those\nwhom we consider to be sinners, quickly forgetting where Christ took us from .It was the same in my life, then I participated in many wonderful church services, but when I heard the\ncall to go to the world and bring news about the One Who saved and changed me personally, I thought\n“this is for the chosen, for the Evangelists”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks God, one day my view of personal evangelism changed. It was one man\u2019s example and Mark\nCahill\u2019s book \u201cWhat We Won’t Do in Heaven,\u201d as well as the Great Commission of Jesus, which we all\nknow and which He leaves to His Disciples before ascending to heaven. He does not say to pray\nanymore, fast, but calls to GO to those who perish without the Truth. There is a great variety of methods\nto tell about God, and of course our life itself, our actions, and charity are not an exception, but for\nthem to work, you must be at least among those to whom they should be revealed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Wesley taught many wonderful principles that we are actively promoting today, but for some\nreason we rarely remember what he called on Christians to proclaim the \u201csimple truth\u201d: when they\nrealize the presence of God in their lives, people share this truth with others so that the whole world\ncould know the great love and power of God. (From the source “Holiness of the heart and holiness of\nlife” Marilen Savada)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a very strong principle, because indeed, when God lives in my life, He speaks to me in my heart,\nleads and directs me, and I cannot share it with other people. It is like a romantic feeling when our eyes\nare burning and it cannot be hidden, or it\u2019s like if the world were dying from a terrible pandemic, and I\nwould have medicine alone, would I really not share it with everyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I look at every new person in my life as a \u201cbook\u201d or a \u201cplanet\u201d with his or her stories, experience\nand knowledge. It really matters to me how this person lives, what he feels, only in this way I can\nunderstand with what words, deeds I can explain it or to bring my experience and the wonderful news\nof salvation with examples. Each of us once met a man who spoke a language we understood and told\nus about God, and today it is our turn, friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many pleasant moments in each ministry that we carry, but to see how a person accepted the\nGospel and began to grow as a Disciple of Jesus Christ, is the highest happiness on earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our district, senior pastor Igor Doronin has recently spent a wonderful seminar on evangelism. If we\nhave the \u201cheart of the Father\u201d in us, as in the parable of the prodigal son, then we will run gladly\ntowards the \u201clost, confused\u201d, speak with people of this world in a language that they understand, and\naccept them as they are, without imposing them formerly the culture of the church, but showing the\nculture of the kingdom of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The seminar had practical examples, tips, and tools that could, and not just listeners (James 1:22). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Prayer for a person of the world, which is one, whose heart is preaching grace prepared for\nrepentance and discipleship. There is such a person in our environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These people really long for the Word from God, they want changes, they are looking for meetings and\nfellowship with you.\nPray to find those who are prepared to receive the Word of God and preach the grace of Jesus and\nhis discipleship. These people are eager for the Word of God and they want changings, they have the\ndesire of meeting different people like. These people really long for the Word from God, they want changes, they are looking for meetings and\nfellowship with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Friendly gestures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to find a way to make friends, find topics for conversation invite guests or\ngo to cafes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Telling the gospel to such a person to tell him to share it with someone whom God will show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. It is very important: do not drag a person to the church, but talk and convey the Good News in simple\nwords without religious terms and unnecessary theology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this way, the principle of multiplying discipleship is fulfilled: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Timothy 2: 2: “and what many\nwitnesses have heard from me, then pass them on to faithful people who would be able to teach others\nas well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you are embarrassed today, timid, or do not know how to convey the Good News, then let us learn\nfrom each other and the Lord will help us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katerina Tokareva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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