2. Love by Sharing 1.Christians have no sense of urgency to reach lost people.

3. Love by Sharing 1.Christians have no sense of urgency to reach lost people. 2.Many Christians and church members do not befriend and spend time with lost persons.

4. Love by Sharing 1.Christians have no sense of urgency to reach lost people. 2.Many Christians and church members do not befriend and spend time with lost persons. 3.Many Christians and church members are lazy and apathetic.

5. Love by Sharing 1.Christians have no sense of urgency to reach lost people. 2.Many Christians and church members do not befriend and spend time with lost persons. 3.Many Christians and church members are lazy and apathetic. 4.We are more known for what we are against than what we are for.

6. Love by Sharing 5.Our churches have an ineffective evangelistic strategy of “you come” rather than “we go.”

7. Love by Sharing 5.Our churches have an ineffective evangelistic strategy of “you come” rather than “we go.” 6.Many church members think that evangelism is the role of the pastor and paid staff only.

8. Love by Sharing 5.Our churches have an ineffective evangelistic strategy of “you come” rather than “we go.” 6.Many church members think that evangelism is the role of the pastor and paid staff only. 7.Church membership today is more about getting my needs met rather than reaching the lost.

9. Love by Sharing 5.Our churches have an ineffective evangelistic strategy of “you come” rather than “we go.” 6.Many church members think that evangelism is the role of the pastor and paid staff only. 7.Church membership today is more about getting my needs met rather than reaching the lost. 8.Church members are in a retreat mode as culture becomes more worldly and unbiblical.

10. Love by Sharing 9.Many church members don’t really believe that Christ is the only way of salvation.

11. Love by Sharing 9.Many church members don’t really believe that Christ is the only way of salvation. 10.Our churches are no longer houses of prayer equipped to reach the lost.

12. Love by Sharing 9.Many church members don’t really believe that Christ is the only way of salvation. 10.Our churches are no longer houses of prayer equipped to reach the lost. 11.Churches have lost their focus on making disciples who will thus be equipped and motivated to reach the lost.

13. Love by Sharing 9.Many church members don’t really believe that Christ is the only way of salvation. 10.Our churches are no longer houses of prayer equipped to reach the lost. 11.Churches have lost their focus on making disciples who will thus be equipped and motivated to reach the lost. 12.Christians do not want to share the truth of the gospel for fear they will offend others.

14. Love by Sharing 13.Most churches have unregenerate members who have not received Christ themselves.

15. Love by Sharing 13.Most churches have unregenerate members who have not received Christ themselves. 14. Some churches have theological systems that do not encourage evangelism.

16. Love by Sharing 13.Most churches have many unregenerate members who have not received Christ themselves. 14. Some churches have theological systems that do not encourage evangelism. 15. Our churches have too many activities; they are too busy to do the things that really matter.

17. Love by Sharing Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our “accepting” and “willing” and “repenting” are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God. A. W. Tozer

18. Love by Sharing What is Salvation or Eternal Life? Salvation is a SUPERNATURAL act of God whereby God pursues a guilty sinner by His Grace convincing that sinner to enter into an unbreakable covenantal eternal relationship with God by responding to God’s Grace through Repentance and Faith

19. Love by Sharing It is a SUPERNATURAL transformation that takes place in the mind, heart, soul and spirit by the IMPLANTATION of God’s Spirit and His Word that at first results in a change of mind and heart that eventually results in a change in inward and outward desires and obedience to God.

20. Love by Sharing What is the Gospel? The Gospel at its core is the “Good News” that God sent His son down in human flesh to die for the forgiveness of sins of humanity and to be resurrected in order that lost sinners may have eternal life. But only for those who respond appropriately.

21. Love by Sharing More importantly, the Gospel is a call to DIE (Repentance) and a call to LIVE (Resurrection). It is a call to die to Self, to Sin, to the World. It is a call to renounce our citizenship in the world. It is also a call to live for Christ, for others, for righteousness, for holiness and for heaven.

22. Love by Sharing As it is written, (Psalm 14:1-3) “T HERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE ; T HERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, T HERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR G OD ; A LL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS ; T HERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, T HERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”….. Romans 3:10-12

23. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost

24. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost a.God Chooses to Set His Love upon us.

25. Love by Sharing We love, because He (God) first loved us. 1 John 4:19

26. Love by Sharing For those whom He foreknew, Romans 8:29

27. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost a.God Chooses to Set His Love upon us. b.God writes our name in the Lamb’s Book of Life from the foundation of the world.

28. Love by Sharing All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. Revelation 13:8

29. Love by Sharing He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I (Jesus) will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. Revelation 3:5

30. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost a.God Chooses to Set His Love upon us. b.God writes our name in the Lamb’s Book of Life from the foundation of the world. c.God predestines us to be conformed into the image of His Son.

31. Love by Sharing For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Romans 8:29

32. Love by Sharing Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher (perfecter) of our faith Hebrew 12:2

33. Love by Sharing For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6

34. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost

35. Love by Sharing For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called Romans 8:29

36. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost a.The Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-8)

37. Love by Sharing And Jesus spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

38. Love by Sharing But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. Matthew 13:3-8

41. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost a.The Parable of the Sower i.The Hearer with the Hard Heart

42. Love by Sharing When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil on(Satan) comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. Matthew 13:19

43. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost a.The Parable of the Sower i.The Hearer with the Hard Heart ii.The Hearer with the Shallow Heart

44. Love by Sharing The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. Matthew 13:20-21

45. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost a.The Parable of the Sower i.The Hearer with the Hard Heart ii.The Hearer with the Shallow Heart iii.The Hearer with the Weedy Heart

46. Love by Sharing And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Matthew 13:22

47. Love by Sharing Why People are Attending Church Less Often 1.Greater Material Prosperity and travel 2.Sports and other Children’s Activities 3.Blended and single parent families 4.Cultural disappearance of Guilt 5.Failure to see a direct benefit 6.Online churches and self direct spirituality 7.Valuing “attending” over serving and giving

48. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost a.The Parable of the Sower i.The Hearer with the Hard Heart ii.The Hearer with the Shallow Heart iii.The Hearer with the Weedy Heart iv.The Hearer with the Fertile Heart

49. Love by Sharing And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.” Matthew 13:23

50. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost

51. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification

52. Love by Sharing For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; Romans 8:29-30

53. Love by Sharing What is Justification? Justification is the legal process by which a guilty sinner stands before a Holy and Righteous God on earth and pleads guilty to all crimes committed against God, throws himself on the mercy of God’s Grace and puts complete trust in Jesus Christ as his advocate and mediator, thereby allowing God to forgive his sin and declare him NOT GUILTY of all charges.

55. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel

56. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel 1.Repentance toward God (Video)

58. Love by Sharing I solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of the need for repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 20:21

60. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel 1.Repentance toward God 2.Reliance on God (Faith or belief)

61. Love by Sharing For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

62. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel ii.The Proper reward of a guilty sinner to the Gospel

63. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel ii.The Proper reward of a guilty sinner to the Gospel a.The are Adopted into the family of God

64. Love by Sharing He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, Ephesians 1:5

65. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel ii.The Proper reward of a guilty sinner to the Gospel a.The are Adopted into the family of God b.They are Baptized by the Spirit of God

66. Love by Sharing For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink 1 Corinthians 12:13

67. Love by Sharing I.God COMMENCES His Pursuit of the Lost II.God CONTINUES His Pursuit of the Lost III.God CONSUMATES His Pursuit of the Lost a.Justification i.The Proper response of a guilty sinner to the Gospel ii.The Proper reward of a guilty sinner to the Gospel a.The are Adopted into the family of God b.They are Baptized by the Spirit of God c.They are Sealed by the Spirit of God

68. Love by Sharing In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were SEALED in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:13-14

69. If sinner’s be damned at least let them leap to hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish at least let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees. If hell must filled, at least let it be filled with the teeth of our exertions, and let NO ONE go there unwarned or unprayed for.