Eyes of the evangelist
Philippians 3:1~20 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish that I may gain Christ. (8)
♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #413 When Peace, Like a River, Attendeth my Way (#470 in previous version)
The most important figures for the continuation of the evangelism movement are the generations to come, that is, the Remnants. That is why the RUTC is so vital as a place where the Remnants can see the evangelism movement and as a place where organizations are formed in order for the Remnants to realistically evangelize. We must raise RUTCs all over the world so that the Remnants can have the eyes of evangelists. In order to do this, what must we prepare?
1. Those who know the reason
Because everything is found within evangelism, we must discover our meaning and purpose within it. If you are not experiencing God’s answers in your studies or work, you must meditate deeply on your life within evangelism. We must discover the solution to all things that happen within evangelism because Jesus said that He would come after the Gospel has been relayed to all the people of the earth. If we cannot discover the reason why things happen, then we will have no choice but to hold onto other things and face hardships as a result. However, if we discover the reason within evangelism, we will be able to see the past, present, and future. Not only that, we will be able to open our eyes of evangelism to see people, works and incidents differently. What is more important is that we will come to realize how precious the Bible is to the extent that we will feel embarrassed by anything other than the Gospel.
2. Eyes of an evangelist
We must pray to possess the eyes of the evangelist. First, how we start evangelism for this purpose is vital. The Early Church was started through Peter, and the Lord gave him all the answers of Christ, the kingdom of God and the filling of the Holy Spirit. This is how the Early Church began. Second, how evangelism proceeds is so important. The process of evangelism was relayed through Paul. Paul knew Christ and had the answer to the extent that he was able to consider all else to be utter rubbish. Third, how evangelism is relayed to the future generations is so important- Timothy was a person who was able to handle such worries.
3. The eyes to see the future and the entire picture
We must have the master plan with which we can see the future within evangelism and be able to relay it. Moreover, we need to understand and hold fast to the reason why we need to raise the RUTC and receive evangelism training. There is a movement we must carry out in the future for this purpose. First, we must find and raise the leaders who have their eyes completely open to evangelism. This is because we need to have teams who can continue to lead the evangelism movement. This is the only way for the coming generations to live. Second, we need to create the discipleship organization that can shoulder the responsibility for the region. Third, we need to create an organization by country. That is why we need to create a system and organization to bear the responsibility for that country.
°Forum Topic - Do you have the eyes of an evangelist? In order to have the eyes of an evangelist, what must we do? Through today’s meditation, have the eyes of an evangelist and draw a master plan.
RUTC Morning / 2009.06.11