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Some
Principles for Sharing our Faith
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Be clear regarding our purpose. The
only goal that we should have at the time of evangelize is to
enlarge the Kingdom of God, making
available to
every creature the good news of salvation.
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To cover with prayer the field of the shared
Faith.
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To do the mission of Christ, one should have the mind of
Christ. We are
going to reproduce Christ in those that open their heart to the
Savior, and for it we must be a copy of him.
The goal is to reproduce Christ in them, not ourselves.
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God is more interested in your availability that in your
ability. You do not
need to be a great preacher or speaker to do the work of an
evangelist. But,
yes, you do need to prepare yourself in the Word of God taking
into account the necessary weapons to attract souls at the feet
of
Jesus.
Therefore, evangelism is to proclaim the good news of
salvation to men and women looking for their conversion to
Christ, and their incorporation to the Body of Christ, becoming
citizens of the Kingdom of God and of the reign of love, justice
and mercy. The goal
of evangelism is the new Kingdom of God inaugurated and
incarnated in Jesus.
We can define EVANGELISM as:
The profit or rising of personal commitments for Christ,
through the preaching of the gospel, establishing spiritual,
physical, and social aid upon the needy and toward the poor. Evangelize means: to announce good news to those that do not
know Christ or to those that considered Him once but did not
have a personal commitment. The world is full of bad news, catastrophes,
deaths and robberies. But
the gospel is full of God’s salvation to all those who believe
in Him. It is the power of God manifested. This is the good news that in JESUS there is LIFE, and life
in abundance. He who preaches the gospel must
be conscious of the type of message that is being delivered,
believing blindly in it and having a personal conviction in the
person of our Master Jesus Christ. No one can speak of what they have not experienced.
One cannot be speak about someone unless one has a
relationship with that person.
Euangelion
- Gospel
Any of the four biblical narratives that cover the life
and death of Jesus are contained in the gospels.
These are: Mathew, Mark, Luke and John, and they are
found at the beginning of the New Testament making up almost the
half of the total text. The
word gospel itself comes from the Greek: euangelion
"good news" or "good story". 2 Timothy 4:5 says: “Do the work of the evangelist".
The evangelist is the one who carries good news and
divine truths, a herald. 1
Timothy 2:7
(Translated from Latin: evangelium. Good God +
spoken story)
1:
the message regarding Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation.
2: one of the
first four books of the New Testament that speak of the life,
death, and resurrection of Jesus; 3:
the message or the teachings of a religious teacher (in this
case JESUS) 4:
Something accepted like infallible truth or as a guider
principle.
Besides: the application of Christian principles to
social problems.
The
Gospels
The synoptic Gospels (Mathew, Mark and Luke) and almost
all the book of Acts just as t we have them today were
originally written in Greek; however, the text of which they
originally descend was translated of a Hebrew archetype.
This is to say that they are a Greek translation of the
original Hebrew history of the life of Jesus.
The key to understanding the New Testament is to know the
Hebrew and to relate it to the Jewish history, its culture and
the rabbinical Literature.
Many literalisms and language forms are found in the
gospels and the lack of knowledge of recognizing these Hebraisms
has caused a great deal of difficulty in the interpretation and
comprehension of many of the sayings of Jesus.
Also, knowing the original key Greek words and phrases
(old Greek) will open our understanding.
Regarding
to the propagation of the Gospel (basic definitions)
“…And
this gospel of the kingdom (1)
shall be preached (2)
in all the world for a witness (3)
unto all nations; and then shall the end come…”
(Matthew 24:14)
1)
Kingdom:
from the Greek root Basiléias:
royalty, government, the kingdom and the Reign.
The main base of Power of a King’s government.
2)
Preach: from the Greek root Keriusso:
To announce (an official of the town that does public
proclamations) specifically the divine truth (the Gospel).
Preach means: To proclaim and to publish. 2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.”
3)
Testimony:
from the Greek root martirion.
It comes from the word witness or martyr.
A testimony is something that is given in evidence.
It is the given evidence (proof) to be testified.
A solemn public statement generally made orally by a
witness. The
testimony is an open recognition of a religious experience.
From the Hebrew uwd
(ud) it is a primary root that means testify: to protest, to
notify in order to restore and to alleviate. It is to admonish, to
do a call.
How
can we be witnesses or how can we show some
vital
evidence of God in our life, if we do not know of whom
that
saved us and released us, about His Kingdom and His
plan
of salvation?
Subsequently we
will analyze and we will study these truths, in
order
to share them efficiently.
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