1. THE LORD OF THE HARVEST AND OF THE HARVESTERS (MATTHEW 4:23-25; 9:35-38)

2. HARVESTING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD: REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STREET AND AROUND THE WORLD Equipping all believers here and around the world: What can we (each one of us) do?

3. BASIC EXCUSES TO NOT SHARING OUR FAITH “I don’t know their language” “Evangelism is illegal” “Evangelism could cause problems at work” “Other things seem more urgent” “I don’t know non-Christians” “People don’t want to hear” “They won’t be interested” “They probably already know the gospel” “It probably won’t work. I doubt they’ll believe” (Mark Dever 2007, 20-23)

4. SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE DO NOT SHARE OUR FAITH
SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE DO NOT SHARE OUR FAITH. INTIMIDATION IGNORANCE INTENTIONALITY (INTENSITY) INTIMACY What can we (each one of us) do?

5. DOING THE WORK OF GOD IN THE WHERE HE HAS PLACED US: TEN BIBLICAL WAYS PURE AND SIMPLE

6. 1. PRAYER
Genesis 18:16-33
Luke 23:34
John 17:9, 20
Romans 10:1
1 Timothy 2:1-5

7. 2. Invite or encourage someone to come to church with you.
Psalm 122:1
Luke 5:17-26
John 1:40-42
John 4:29

8. Involving Every Member of Your Congregation?
“Church members are not equipped to be inviters” (Thomas Rainer)
“Only 21% of active churchgoers invite anyone to church in the course of a year. But only 2% of the church members invited an unchurched person to church.”
“96% of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if they are invited. If our research is close to accurate, the implications are staggering, over 153 million people would start attending church if they were invited.”

9. 3. Invite someone for brunch, lunch, dinner, or dessert.
Matthew 9:9-13
Cf. Luke 5:27-31

10. 4. Get to know your husband/wife/children/grandchildren friends
Joshua 24:14-15
Deuteronomy 4, 6:4-9; 31
Psalm
Jesus ministered to the disciples and to their families (see references to parents, brothers, sisters, even
mother-in-laws).

11. 5. Use the resources that God put under your care as steward: your house
Acts 10:24-33
Acts 12:12
Acts 16:15

12. Use your house for family and friends Worship

13. He did not use PowerPoints but PowefulPictures.
5. Use the resources that God put under your care as steward: your telephones
God used visual means (tabernacle, lambs, altars, cross, etc.), audio means, and even sensorial means.
He did not use PowerPoints but PowefulPictures.

14. The Lord Jesus and His disciples used boats, donkeys, etc.
5. Use the resources that God put under your care as steward: your means of transport
The Lord Jesus and His disciples used boats, donkeys, etc.
Matthew 8:23; 9:1; 13:2; 14:13; 15:39

15. 5. Use the resources that God put under your care as steward: your computer
Remember: God’s servants used the “technological” means available at their times.

16. 6. Write a letter to someone
The Bible is the inspired “letter” of God to His people. The prophets and the apostles wrote “letters.”
Luke 1:1-4. See also Paul’s collective and personal letters.

17. 7. Buy and distribute Bibles and good evangelical literature
The prophets and the apostles produced, used, and distributed godly/inspired literature.
Luke 16:29;
2 Timothy 4:13;
2 Peter 3:15-16

18. Do you remember examples reported in the Scriptures? Study them.
8. Just take the initiative to talk with someone that you already know or want to know (anywhere)
Do you remember examples reported in the Scriptures? Study them.

19. 9. Take wise and proper advantage of special occasions when you are invited.
Jesus took advantage (in the good sense of the word) of weddings, birthdays, and even funerals.
John 2:1-11

20. Jesus did not stay at hotels, but he stayed at homes
10. What do you do when you are in restaurants, medical offices, hotels, etc.?
Jesus did not go to restaurants, but he ate with those who invited Him for dinner.
Jesus did not stay at hotels, but he stayed at homes
(bed-and-breakfast).
Jesus did not visit medical offices, nor hospitals, but he received and visited many who were sick.