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Discipleship Focus: Evangelist
- Evangelist: One who looks for opportunities to proclaim the truth and is excited by it. The evangelist specializes in interacting with the world and reminding Christians that there are non-Christians in the world. An evangelist is not timid about the faith and is often found have discussions with other people about the faith.
I think
one of the neatest elements of the first chapter of John is found in the second
half of the chapter. As Jesus begins his
ministry, John the Baptizer becomes an evangelist telling people about
Him. As Jesus begins to call individual people
around Him, we see Peter respond to the call and go and invite Andrew. As Jesus calls Phillip, we see Phillip go and
tell Nathaniel.
One of
the inspirational moments of this opening chapter is to see that when a person
really meets Jesus, he goes out and talks to other people about it. When a person’s life is challenged by Jesus, that
person goes out and influences and challenges others. When a person is changed by Christ, that
person goes out and seeks to do the same in other people.
The
result of Jesus is evangelism. That
doesn’t mean other people always listen, mind you. But meeting Jesus does result in spreading
the message to the people who are in our influence.
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