Untitled Sermon
1 Peter 3.8-17:
“TESTIFYING TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.…”
Sunday Morning 08/07/18 - RHBC
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Prayer
➢ Heavenly Father we thank for this moment you’ve granted us to be able to gather here to hear you speaking to us.
➢ Your word is a lamp unto our feet
➢ Your Word is the only mean by which we are capable of knowing your will in our life
➢ So, Speak Oh Lord, for your servants are listening
➢ And May the words of my mouth and the meditation of our heart be pleasing in your sight,
➢ Amen
B. Introduce the Topic:
1. The Youth DAY CAMP: Evangelization
➢ I had the opportunity, this last week, to witness the tremendous work that lies behind Nathan’s job, as a youth pastor.
➢ The Gospel has been boldly preached to this generation…
➢ May God bless you in your ministry among these teenagers…
2. Our Topic:
➢ Now, one must admit that to evangelize in a postmodernist world isn’t that so easy. In fact, it has never been, but we face in our days more difficulty and adversity which are the consequences of the system of thinking that lays behind postmodernism.
➢ What is Postmodernism?
1. Now, Postmodernism can simply be described as a period of time where no one knows anymore what is good and evil:
➢ It is a period of time where any one is given the authority to define what is good and evil in their own sight.
➢ In fact, we are constantly told that what is good for me may not be you.
➢ Anyone has to define his own system of value. It’s a matter of relativity. Have you noticed that?
➢ Any moral values or standards has collapsed in our days.
2. Well one scholar said that it is the result of how the society has dealt with the issue of hypocrisy and it has been a complete disaster rather than a success. And must confess he is totally right!!! In a classical world view, when we talk about hypocrisy the world means:
➢ There is a standard up here and your life is just down here. You need to measure your life with the standards. But we simply can’t
➢ But, there is another way to deal with the issue of hypocrisy; that is, you take the standard that is up here and you drop it down to your level. And the problem of hypocrisy seem to have been resolved.
➢ The problem with that way of thinking, which ours today, We have so far dropped down the standard that we are now struggling.
• Illustration: of Marijuana (for the safety of Canadian children and home)
➢ That is our context today so (the question is), how do you/we evangelize in such a framework?
3. Outline of the Sermon
➢ Now, What I would to do today is:
1. To give a general context of the book
2. And then focus on verse to 16, which reads:
15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord.
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
But do this with gentleness and respect,
16 keeping a clear conscience,
so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
1 Pe 3:15–17 - NIV
II. THE CONTEXT OF THE LETTER
1. The book of 1 Peter is addressed to the persecuted church:
➢ When we read 1 Peter 1 v.1 and 2, we see who it is addressing to: It is addressed to those who have been scattered
1 Pe 1:1–2:
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
➢ The early church grew and has established in Jerusalem and they were persecuted. And as persecution went, they were forced to scatter to the entirely region.
➢ What type of sufferings?
• Finally, in 4:12–19, Peter labels the suffering his readers are undergoing a “fiery ordeal” (v. 12), speaks of their sharing in the sufferings of Christ (v. 13), and suggests that they are suffering because they bear the name “Christian” (vv. 14 and 16).
• These references strongly suggest that the suffering these believers were experiencing was not the trials of ordinary life (illness, poverty, death) but some kind of persecution.
➢ In fact, this book is addressed to a group of people who could lose their life for sharing their faith
• I can remember listening to a sermon and the preacher says, “We may think that we are in a tough spot if we try to share our faith at work…”
• If that is our main excuse for not sharing our faith in our workplace, to our neighborhood, we are going to have some interesting explaining to do with some people when we'll get to heaven who lost their lives because they opened their mouth in their work place. So this letter is addressed to the persecuted church.
2. Secondly the book of 1 Peter is addressed therefore to the church
➢ The book of Peter is not addressed to a group of specialists…
➢ It is addressed to the church and the command To always be prepared to give an answer and that word "answer" in the text is the word that give the English word apologetics, It comes from the Greek word apologia (to make a defence)
➢ That command which is to be prepared to give an apologetics, is a command that is given to the church… Apologetics lives and dies in the life of the church….
• Apologetics or (the defense of your faith) is not about introducing a dose of confusion into the gospel in order to make it sounds more profound; It is about communicating the profundity of the gospel so it's to remove the confusion that surrounds it.
➢ And it should be something that is in the life of every believer.
3. Thirdly the specific context of 1 Peter 3 starts at verse 8
➢ Which is all about life style,
1 Peter 3:8–14:
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For,
“Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. 11 They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”
➢ In other words, the command that tells you, you'd be ready to answer when people ask is a command that comes out of the context that is saying live a holy life.
➢ As a matter of fact this theme of Holiness starts even in the beginning of the letter in chapter 1:
• As such, they are to follow the central demand of God’s people from the Old Testament to “Be holy as I [God] am holy” (1:15–16), embodying the “way of life” (ἀναστροφή [anastrophē], a key word in the letter; cf. 1:15, 18; 2:12, 3:1, 2, 16; the cognate verb occurs in 1:17) appropriate for the elect.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Peter 1:15–16).
➢ And the assumption is clear. Because you are living a holy life, people will ask you questions.
• Illus. one day a Christian says to his Pastor: the trouble is no one ever ask me any questions…
Well says the Pastor, I've got a really difficult answer to that that isn't easy to say. And it's How does your life read?
In 2 Corinth 3.2-3 we are told that our lives are living letters known and red by everyone what is your say…
2 Co 3:2–3:
2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
➢ The assumption within the scripture seems to be if you are living as God will have you live, people will ask you questions… So, be ready…
III. NOW HAVING SET UP ALL OF THAT, WHAT I WANT TO DO KNOW IS TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE KEY WORDS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR TEXT (3:15–16)
1. […] In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.
➢ The Greek word heart, when it is used in the Bible doesn't simply refers to a physical organ.
• That is what Jesus said, “why do you reasoning in your hearts…” The word heart refers to seat of our emotional/ intellectual life… It is saying here that everything you are, ought to be brought under the Lordship of Christ.
• Is Christ the Lord of all our decision, thinking, of what we do while in private, or in public… Is He!!!!
➢ Now, we must understand that if we are going to give an answer for the hope, that we have, we are engaging in the process of evangelism… It is a spiritual battle, it is a spiritual struggle… If you are going to engage in that spiritual battle, or that spiritual struggle you better make sure that Jesus Christ is Lord of your heart, otherwise you're going to be at the disadvantage even before you start Is Jesus Christ truly your Lord?
2. Now, Peter goes on to say “[…] Always be prepared to give an answer”
➢ This word here that is translated "get prepared" carries with it the idea of getting fit.
➢ Illus. Now, when I was young, I've always dreamed to be physically fit, I was once exercised for one week in order to be fit.
After one week I stood in front of the mirror and started to realize that there was no single difference between the before and the after, So I gave up…
• Ills. As a matter of fact, I don’t know if you have ever heard the story of this old really godly man (of Jesus). Up until the age of 84, he went jogging everyday…. Tremendous discipline, He has a son in law, who he is bit more roundly. So he was saying to him, You should come jogging with me every day, And the son in law said, Papa the reason I don't jog is it is not biblical to go jogging…. And this man looked at him and said what do you mean? He said, well, in Proverbs 28.1 it says "only the guilty run when no one is chasing them"
➢ There is a different type of preparation that we are called for in this particular command. What it anticipates is that, it is a continual hard work. What it is saying is, look, if you want to be physically fit, you have to train and you can't stop. Well, that’s the sad thing about it…. Ok you simply cannot say, you have done it, you’ve achieved, you sat down and job accomplished…. You do it, you get yourself in shape, and if you want to keep yourself on shape then you have to keep on going.
➢ This command is anticipating something that takes continual hard work. You’d be prepared. You put yourself on a training program. Jarvis is a blessed church – The seminary is available to anybody
• Illus. Degree
If someone ask you why are you a Christian?
Could you answer?
Have you ever noticed when many people are asked why you are a
Christian?
They respond by saying how they become a Christian
Have you already noticed that?
But that's a different question
➢ If someone ask you why, could you explain it? Could you answer? […] Always be prepared to give an answer
3. […] For the reason…
➢ The word reason is important:
➢ The gospel can be explained, but Superstition can't:
• The difficulty with superstition when you ask the question why it all begins to fall apart. The gospel is however not a superstition. There is a reason why. Could you give it?
➢ If a Muslim ask you Why Jesus Christ has to die on the cross in order for us to be forgiven? Could you answer it? Often I have seen that one thing that we miss to communicate to people is that Christians aren't saved by Philosophy
➢ An apologist was asked one day by an atheist: Can I argue you out of your Christian faith? How do you respond to that? Our first response is No…. Why is the answer is no? Because this question assumes that the Christian faith is a state of mind.
➢ But Christianity isn't a state of mind. It's a state of existence. That's why Paul says I know whom I have believed and I am convinced. This is not just about ideas, it's more than that. It's about coming to know a person and that is Christ.
4. […] For the hope ….
➢ Why do we have Hope? The reason we have hope is because of the life death and resurrection and coming again of Jesus Christ that is why we have hope.
➢ All answer “[…] for the reason for the hope”, must flow to or from the cross of Christ. Apart from the cross we have no ground for any kind of hope… No.
➢ It's not that we (Christians) have a better philosophy, morality, but what we have is Jesus Christ. Can you explain that? Can you do it?
5. […] But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience
a) Gentleness […]
➢ We are not here to win arguments, we are here to win people…
➢ We may win few arguments, but as long as it is the case you win at the expense of people… Besides, I don't want people to accept my arguments, I want them to accept. Christ
b) Respect […]
➢ This is the very difficult part of our evangelism?
➢ Now let me ask you a question, Should Christian be tolerant people? Should we:
➢ Illus. Let's suppose you invite me to your home for dinner. The next day I am talking to one of your friend and I have my back turned towards. You are standing behind me. The person says to me I heard you went on dinner last night? Did you enjoy the people? And I reply: Yeah, I could tolerate their company. Did you enjoy the food, I said yes, it was tolerable….
➢ Do you know anyone who wants to be tolerated? I don't know anyone who wants to be tolerated. When I say I am prepared to tolerate you, what I am saying is that there is something wrong with you, but me I am good and you are not, but I have no choice, I have to tolerate you. I am claiming something to my benefit at your expense…
➢ On the contrary, when I say to you however I respect him I am now saying something very different, I am now saying that there is something about him that demands I treat him in a certain way, and that thing is God’s Image. I know people would to be treated with respect. We ARE CALLED TO RESPECT PEOPLE.
IV. CONCLUSION
➢ Now I have realized that I have taken too much time…
➢ If we have to sum up what we have seen today, Evangelism is the call of the church and every individual, but in order to do it,
1. Christ has to be the Lord of our heart.
2. We must get prepared to give answer For the reason for the hope that we have
3. And We make sure that we do it with gentleness and respect
4. Keeping a clear conscience
5. (end purpose=) so that those who speak maliciously against our good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
➢ Amen.
1 Peter 3.8-17:
“TESTIFYING TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.…”
Sunday Morning 08/07/18 - RHBC
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Prayer
➢ Heavenly Father we thank for this moment you’ve granted us to be able to gather here to hear you speaking to us.
➢ Your word is a lamp unto our feet
➢ Your Word is the only mean by which we are capable of knowing your will in our life
➢ So, Speak Oh Lord, for your servants are listening
➢ And May the words of my mouth and the meditation of our heart be pleasing in your sight,
➢ Amen
B. Introduce the Topic:
1. The Youth DAY CAMP: Evangelization
➢ I had the opportunity, this last week, to witness the tremendous work that lies behind Nathan’s job, as a youth pastor.
➢ The Gospel has been boldly preached to this generation…
➢ May God bless you in your ministry among these teenagers…
2. Our Topic:
➢ Now, one must admit that to evangelize in a postmodernist world isn’t that so easy. In fact, it has never been, but we face in our days more difficulty and adversity which are the consequences of the system of thinking that lays behind postmodernism.
➢ What is Postmodernism?
1. Now, Postmodernism can simply be described as a period of time where no one knows anymore what is good and evil:
➢ It is a period of time where any one is given the authority to define what is good and evil in their own sight.
➢ In fact, we are constantly told that what is good for me may not be you.
➢ Anyone has to define his own system of value. It’s a matter of relativity. Have you noticed that?
➢ Any moral values or standards has collapsed in our days.
2. Well one scholar said that it is the result of how the society has dealt with the issue of hypocrisy and it has been a complete disaster rather than a success. And must confess he is totally right!!! In a classical world view, when we talk about hypocrisy the world means:
➢ There is a standard up here and your life is just down here. You need to measure your life with the standards. But we simply can’t
➢ But, there is another way to deal with the issue of hypocrisy; that is, you take the standard that is up here and you drop it down to your level. And the problem of hypocrisy seem to have been resolved.
➢ The problem with that way of thinking, which ours today, We have so far dropped down the standard that we are now struggling.
• Illustration: of Marijuana (for the safety of Canadian children and home)
➢ That is our context today so (the question is), how do you/we evangelize in such a framework?
3. Outline of the Sermon
➢ Now, What I would to do today is:
1. To give a general context of the book
2. And then focus on verse to 16, which reads:
15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord.
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
But do this with gentleness and respect,
16 keeping a clear conscience,
so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
1 Pe 3:15–17 - NIV
II. THE CONTEXT OF THE LETTER
1. The book of 1 Peter is addressed to the persecuted church:
➢ When we read 1 Peter 1 v.1 and 2, we see who it is addressing to: It is addressed to those who have been scattered
1 Pe 1:1–2:
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
➢ The early church grew and has established in Jerusalem and they were persecuted. And as persecution went, they were forced to scatter to the entirely region.
➢ What type of sufferings?
• Finally, in 4:12–19, Peter labels the suffering his readers are undergoing a “fiery ordeal” (v. 12), speaks of their sharing in the sufferings of Christ (v. 13), and suggests that they are suffering because they bear the name “Christian” (vv. 14 and 16).
• These references strongly suggest that the suffering these believers were experiencing was not the trials of ordinary life (illness, poverty, death) but some kind of persecution.
➢ In fact, this book is addressed to a group of people who could lose their life for sharing their faith
• I can remember listening to a sermon and the preacher says, “We may think that we are in a tough spot if we try to share our faith at work…”
• If that is our main excuse for not sharing our faith in our workplace, to our neighborhood, we are going to have some interesting explaining to do with some people when we'll get to heaven who lost their lives because they opened their mouth in their work place. So this letter is addressed to the persecuted church.
2. Secondly the book of 1 Peter is addressed therefore to the church
➢ The book of Peter is not addressed to a group of specialists…
➢ It is addressed to the church and the command To always be prepared to give an answer and that word "answer" in the text is the word that give the English word apologetics, It comes from the Greek word apologia (to make a defence)
➢ That command which is to be prepared to give an apologetics, is a command that is given to the church… Apologetics lives and dies in the life of the church….
• Apologetics or (the defense of your faith) is not about introducing a dose of confusion into the gospel in order to make it sounds more profound; It is about communicating the profundity of the gospel so it's to remove the confusion that surrounds it.
➢ And it should be something that is in the life of every believer.
3. Thirdly the specific context of 1 Peter 3 starts at verse 8
➢ Which is all about life style,
1 Peter 3:8–14:
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For,
“Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. 11 They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”
➢ In other words, the command that tells you, you'd be ready to answer when people ask is a command that comes out of the context that is saying live a holy life.
➢ As a matter of fact this theme of Holiness starts even in the beginning of the letter in chapter 1:
• As such, they are to follow the central demand of God’s people from the Old Testament to “Be holy as I [God] am holy” (1:15–16), embodying the “way of life” (ἀναστροφή [anastrophē], a key word in the letter; cf. 1:15, 18; 2:12, 3:1, 2, 16; the cognate verb occurs in 1:17) appropriate for the elect.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Peter 1:15–16).
➢ And the assumption is clear. Because you are living a holy life, people will ask you questions.
• Illus. one day a Christian says to his Pastor: the trouble is no one ever ask me any questions…
Well says the Pastor, I've got a really difficult answer to that that isn't easy to say. And it's How does your life read?
In 2 Corinth 3.2-3 we are told that our lives are living letters known and red by everyone what is your say…
2 Co 3:2–3:
2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
➢ The assumption within the scripture seems to be if you are living as God will have you live, people will ask you questions… So, be ready…
III. NOW HAVING SET UP ALL OF THAT, WHAT I WANT TO DO KNOW IS TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE KEY WORDS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR TEXT (3:15–16)
1. […] In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.
➢ The Greek word heart, when it is used in the Bible doesn't simply refers to a physical organ.
• That is what Jesus said, “why do you reasoning in your hearts…” The word heart refers to seat of our emotional/ intellectual life… It is saying here that everything you are, ought to be brought under the Lordship of Christ.
• Is Christ the Lord of all our decision, thinking, of what we do while in private, or in public… Is He!!!!
➢ Now, we must understand that if we are going to give an answer for the hope, that we have, we are engaging in the process of evangelism… It is a spiritual battle, it is a spiritual struggle… If you are going to engage in that spiritual battle, or that spiritual struggle you better make sure that Jesus Christ is Lord of your heart, otherwise you're going to be at the disadvantage even before you start Is Jesus Christ truly your Lord?
2. Now, Peter goes on to say “[…] Always be prepared to give an answer”
➢ This word here that is translated "get prepared" carries with it the idea of getting fit.
➢ Illus. Now, when I was young, I've always dreamed to be physically fit, I was once exercised for one week in order to be fit.
After one week I stood in front of the mirror and started to realize that there was no single difference between the before and the after, So I gave up…
• Ills. As a matter of fact, I don’t know if you have ever heard the story of this old really godly man (of Jesus). Up until the age of 84, he went jogging everyday…. Tremendous discipline, He has a son in law, who he is bit more roundly. So he was saying to him, You should come jogging with me every day, And the son in law said, Papa the reason I don't jog is it is not biblical to go jogging…. And this man looked at him and said what do you mean? He said, well, in Proverbs 28.1 it says "only the guilty run when no one is chasing them"
➢ There is a different type of preparation that we are called for in this particular command. What it anticipates is that, it is a continual hard work. What it is saying is, look, if you want to be physically fit, you have to train and you can't stop. Well, that’s the sad thing about it…. Ok you simply cannot say, you have done it, you’ve achieved, you sat down and job accomplished…. You do it, you get yourself in shape, and if you want to keep yourself on shape then you have to keep on going.
➢ This command is anticipating something that takes continual hard work. You’d be prepared. You put yourself on a training program. Jarvis is a blessed church – The seminary is available to anybody
• Illus. Degree
If someone ask you why are you a Christian?
Could you answer?
Have you ever noticed when many people are asked why you are a
Christian?
They respond by saying how they become a Christian
Have you already noticed that?
But that's a different question
➢ If someone ask you why, could you explain it? Could you answer? […] Always be prepared to give an answer
3. […] For the reason…
➢ The word reason is important:
➢ The gospel can be explained, but Superstition can't:
• The difficulty with superstition when you ask the question why it all begins to fall apart. The gospel is however not a superstition. There is a reason why. Could you give it?
➢ If a Muslim ask you Why Jesus Christ has to die on the cross in order for us to be forgiven? Could you answer it? Often I have seen that one thing that we miss to communicate to people is that Christians aren't saved by Philosophy
➢ An apologist was asked one day by an atheist: Can I argue you out of your Christian faith? How do you respond to that? Our first response is No…. Why is the answer is no? Because this question assumes that the Christian faith is a state of mind.
➢ But Christianity isn't a state of mind. It's a state of existence. That's why Paul says I know whom I have believed and I am convinced. This is not just about ideas, it's more than that. It's about coming to know a person and that is Christ.
4. […] For the hope ….
➢ Why do we have Hope? The reason we have hope is because of the life death and resurrection and coming again of Jesus Christ that is why we have hope.
➢ All answer “[…] for the reason for the hope”, must flow to or from the cross of Christ. Apart from the cross we have no ground for any kind of hope… No.
➢ It's not that we (Christians) have a better philosophy, morality, but what we have is Jesus Christ. Can you explain that? Can you do it?
5. […] But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience
a) Gentleness […]
➢ We are not here to win arguments, we are here to win people…
➢ We may win few arguments, but as long as it is the case you win at the expense of people… Besides, I don't want people to accept my arguments, I want them to accept. Christ
b) Respect […]
➢ This is the very difficult part of our evangelism?
➢ Now let me ask you a question, Should Christian be tolerant people? Should we:
➢ Illus. Let's suppose you invite me to your home for dinner. The next day I am talking to one of your friend and I have my back turned towards. You are standing behind me. The person says to me I heard you went on dinner last night? Did you enjoy the people? And I reply: Yeah, I could tolerate their company. Did you enjoy the food, I said yes, it was tolerable….
➢ Do you know anyone who wants to be tolerated? I don't know anyone who wants to be tolerated. When I say I am prepared to tolerate you, what I am saying is that there is something wrong with you, but me I am good and you are not, but I have no choice, I have to tolerate you. I am claiming something to my benefit at your expense…
➢ On the contrary, when I say to you however I respect him I am now saying something very different, I am now saying that there is something about him that demands I treat him in a certain way, and that thing is God’s Image. I know people would to be treated with respect. We ARE CALLED TO RESPECT PEOPLE.
IV. CONCLUSION
➢ Now I have realized that I have taken too much time…
➢ If we have to sum up what we have seen today, Evangelism is the call of the church and every individual, but in order to do it,
1. Christ has to be the Lord of our heart.
2. We must get prepared to give answer For the reason for the hope that we have
3. And We make sure that we do it with gentleness and respect
4. Keeping a clear conscience
5. (end purpose=) so that those who speak maliciously against our good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
➢ Amen.