Someone asked me not too long ago why Christians are so obsessed with proselytizing others. I think this in excellent question deserving of both consideration, and an answer.
According to the dictionary the word proselytize means, “Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.” And this is exactly what Christians are called to do.
Matthew 28:18-20 contains the words of Jesus giving his disciples what is referred to as The Great Commission, or to be more correct, The Great COMMANDMENT.
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
(Emphasis added by Mr. Steve).
Although we may prefer to use less inflammatory terms to describe this process like “sharing your faith”, “making disciples” or even “evangelism” the concept is still the same. Bible believers are obsessed with converting people from their belief systems to Christianity. If they’re not they should be!
Here are 3 reasons why:
1. Jesus told us to.
2. It's GOOD news!
3. It saves people from hell.
Join us this week as we seek to put the concepts of evangelism and proselytizing into proper Biblical perspective.
See you at The Refuge!
Special thanks to Greg Stier and his awesome blog site (www.gregstier.org) for material used in this week's lesson.
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