Adoption and Evangelism Welcome!
Adoption and Evangelism Who is God? What is salvation?
What are they trying to communicate? What’s the problem? Some Genuine Evangelistic Tracts
The Outgoing God Nicene Creed
Eternally begotten of the Father
Eternally spoken by the Father
Eternally shone from the Father
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Richard Sibbes Richard Sibbes: “God’s goodness is a communicative, spreading goodness.... If God had not a communicative, spreading goodness, he would never have created the world. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost were happy in themselves and enjoyed one another before the world was. But that God delights to communicate and spread his goodness, there had never been a creation nor a redemption. God useth his creatures not for defect of power, that he can do nothing without them, but for the spreading of his goodness.”
The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it... Rather than seeking its own good, the love of God flows forth and bestows good. Martin Luther, Heidelberg Disputation
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* How you think about God? * How you understand salvation? What’s the difference in...
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Who needs to hear the gospel? Me! What do I need to do with the gospel? Believe it! Do we need more evangelists? That depends!
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.” Matthew 23:15
Garbage in – Garbage out
Gospel in – Gospel out
“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34 G ospel I n G ospel O ut
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“I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has said to me: “Save all you can!” Famous Evangelist
“As the Father has sent me, so am I sending you.” With that He breathed on them saying “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:21-23
What is mission? What’s our motivation?
I look good. I mean REALLY GOOD!
“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34