Strategy is born for war... True biblical evangelism is born from love! The constant struggle with strategy is that culture will inevitably eat it for breakfast! We must first know and understand our culture in order to make an impact of any lasting results... Putting strategy above simply loving on people is the process of war. CHRISTIAN, no matter what youve been told, we are not at war with the devil, sin or the enemies of God! The devil and sin were defeated and put to death at the cross of Christ. Mankind was removed from enemy status and made RECONCILED with God! We have been commissioned, no...invited, to take this amazing truth to every single fellow human being possible. And while there are times where this is done on purpose (a strategized effort), it is most effective when born from loving on others as God in Christ has loved and is loving on us! Remember: strategy is born for war, true biblical evangelism is born from love! 2Corinthians 5:11-21 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for Him who for their sake died and was raised. 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. #Godisnotmad #hypergrace #gracewins
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:37:07 +0000
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