1. ANDREW – A FAITHFUL WITNESS FOR JESUS

2. INTRODUCTION T-NET journey into discipleship talks about 3- dimensional evangelism: Prayer An intercessor for the teller Teller An EE person does this on the OJT Bringer Responsible for introducing lost people to Jesus Are you and I playing at least one role?

3. ANDREW Andrew played the role of a bringer as we encounter him in the Gospels At least on 3 occasions, Andrew introduced various people to Jesus

4. 1) ANDREW BROUGHT HIS BROTHER SIMON PETER TO JESUS 2 issues to be discussed here : a) Andrew made the salvation of his family members a top priority See John 1:41 The Greek word ‘protos’, same word as in Matthew 6:33 The inclusion of the word ‘protos’ demonstrates this priority Do we make the salvation of our family members a top priority as well?

5. b) Andrew was instrumental in leading Peter to know Jesus Peter in turn became a great evangelist for Christ Andrew might not be famous as Peter, but he played his role faithfully See Luke 5:26-39, especially verse 39 Application : Are you and I a faithful witness for Jesus today?

6. 2. ANDREW BROUGHT A TEENAGER TO JESUS The next time we encounter Andrew is in the feeding of the 5000 incident in John 6.

7. a) Andrew’s friendship with a teenager resulted in Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes The importance of friendship evangelism Survey : 90% of the conversion began with personal friendship

8. Most people are converted during their youths or during their twilight years A crying need for more adult role models in youth ministry Do you and I see the tremendous importance of youth ministry? b) Andrew was not just interested to reach out to adults, but also to youths Application : Would you involve yourself in discipling the youths in FBC?

9. 3. ANDREW BROUGHT THE GREEKS TO JESUS We encounter Andrew again in John 12

10. Now both Philip and Andrew were homebred Jews, yet open-minded enough to reach out to people of other races and cultures Even the apostle Peter himself had great difficulty in this area. See Acts 10:28 a) Andrew involved himself in cross- cultural outreach

11. Globalization : a more interdependent world, and a world without borders Globalization : a more interdependent world, and a world without borders Missions on the doorstep Missions on the doorstep b) FBC has cross-cultural outreach ministries to international students and to Nepalis Application : Would you and I become missionaries to people of other races and cultures?

12. CONCLUSION “Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise; making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16