Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret - Chapter 8

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Evangelism Training

trying to get you comfortable with explaining salvation, so you will have an easy time conversing about it

Poll: Which one of these is one of the three “evangelism questions”?

all good questions, but which one have we talked about?

What are the other two questions?

Are you a sinner?

Do you believe Jesus died on the cross and rose again for your sins?

Are you willing to surrender your life to Jesus Christ?

Hopefully get an unsaved person to answer yes to these three questions.

Memory Scriptures

Romans 3:23 NASB95

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 NASB95

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Salvation in action - first evangelism event after Jesus rose from the dead

Acts 2:37–38 NASB95

37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

repent - decision to change your way of life (not just say I’m sorry, but willing to change)

repent of the life before becoming a follower of Jesus

doesn’t mean you will be perfect

repent of the single life and get married, decision to change your way of life - doesn’t mean immediately become a perfect spouse, but it does signify a commitment

repent of civilian life and join the army, decision to change your way of life - not going to be the perfect soldier overnight, but it does signifiy a commitment

this fits two our questions:

“Are you a sinner” - if you are not a sinner, you don’t need to repent

“Are you willing to surrender your life to Jesus Christ”

be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ - outward sign of the commitment

single person - wedding

civilian - swearing in ceremony

fits the question, “Are you willing to surrender your life to Christ” - this is first act of obedience to Christ

for the forgiveness of your sins and receive the Holy Spirit

fits question - “Do you believe Jesus died on the cross and rose again for your sins?”

Hudson Taylor, Chapter 8

Miracles

When I say miracles what comes to mind? (put it in the chat)

Bible - Red Sea, Walls of Jericho, 3 Hebrew boys in the fire, Daniel in the lions den, all the people that Jesus healed, feed 5,000

modern times - healing, financial miracle

but there are other types of miracles

Review

Taylor is now married, winning converts, and his hands are completely full and resources are completely used in his house on Bridge street which also serves as a dispensary (pharmacy)

Miracles in People - Mr. Ni

man just passing by and heard the preaching/teaching of Taylor

it was a miracle because

he was a Buddhist leader

accepted Christ that same night and was bold enough to declare it

remember that any Chinese person accepting Christ was also going against their cultural upbringing - this is a giant, giant step

So God did a miracle and changed the life of a very unlikely person

his soul was hungry for the truth and Holy S showed him this was the truth

In Evangelizing people

don’t forget that some of the least likely people are hungry for the truth

don’t forget that the Holy Spirit can speak to a person in a powerful way, He does the work

Action - pray for salvation of people you know, do your part to spread the gospel, you don’t have to be impressive

Miracles in Ministry - The Hospital

the wife of Dr. Parker, a missionary in charge of a hospital they set up dies, and one his kids was sick

after prayer, Taylor agreed to take over (Matthew 6:33)

staffing problem - current workers leave because money is running out

income problem - no new income

super busy already at the dispensary problem

take months for people back in London to even know that they needed more money

Miracle - God solved all problems

new staff came from his new converts

donor came into some extra money and offered to send more (just as last bag of rice ran out)

somehow they made it work

patients got better care

more people hear the gospel through workers

community got to see God coming through for the Christians

Taylor uses Matthew 6:33 to bolster his faith in taking on the hospital

most of us use this scripture for personal needs, and that’s fine because Jesus mentioned clothes,

but Taylor used it for ministry, READ quote from his letter on page 100 (56 middle in the blue book) “Are we not told to seek . . .”

Seek God’s will, not how God will make it happen

WMBC in evangelizing, building fund

Action

Ask God to do miracles for the sake of His purpose

Be more willing to step out on faith if the cause is for the gospel

what miracles in ministry do you need? (people will be impacted)

personal, role at church, church as a whole

starts off with an open door and a step of faith

Notes

full study regimen - Old Testament, New Testament, Christian Book

some walked long distances without food just to get to church on Sunday

Announcements

Marriage couples event rescheduled to Saturday March 11, 5pm

Youth Event: Capri Suns (3), Cases of water (2), paper plates, napkins, baked cookies, cupcskes. donations for pizza (can do online) Sis. Jones

Text me if you are willing to be in the play

Money for Holy Week Dinner