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New Covenant EvangelismToday’s Outline:

1. OCov & NCov Evangelism 2. Jesus FOR us - ‘Faith-walk’3. Jesus WITH us - ‘Power-up’ 4. Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’ 5. Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

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1. OCov & NCov Evangelism2. Jesus FOR us - ‘Faith-walk’ 3. Jesus WITH us - ‘Power-up’ 4. Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’5. Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

• The word ‘evangelise’ does not appear in most major Bible versions

• Bible uses … ‘witnessing’, ‘preaching’, ‘teaching’, ‘go make disciples’

• ‘evangelize’ = g. eu-anggelizo‘eu’ = good; eulogy.‘angelos’ = angels, messenger, preacher

Good News of Jesus Christ

…... what New Cov Evangelism IS NOT

“I would have become a Christian if I hadn’t met one” (Presbyterian Church, S.Africa.Led 750m ppl into religion)

Church members mistreat homeless man in church unaware it is their pastor in disguise.

If there is New Cov Evangelism then there must be Old Cov Evangelism …

….. what is difference?

Old Covenant evangelism – Religious based• SELF directed activity• Do it out of moral obligation – Law• Great Commission (Mt28.19) – an

imperative; ‘YOU MUST’• Investment & Insurance

- guilt, condemnation with non-compliance

New Covenant evangelism - Relationship• Rest & Hear Jesus• Jesus directed activity - Overflow

of His Love in us. NOT duty• Evangelism is His Joyful Kingdom

lifestyle in us• No condemnation

WHAT then is Evangelism?

Allowing the Jesus-walk INSIDE us to be seen and felt by the OUTSIDE world

1Jn4.12 No one has seen God at any time.

2Cor5.7 The world walks by sight NOT by faith

Gal 5.22 The world ONLY sees the Fruit of the HS NOT the Sap that powers us

Ps Peter Sze -NCov Community (Sun.3.11.13)

Rom 12:1 …. present your bodies (visible)a living sacrifice (invisible), holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service (our Jesus-walk).

2Cor3.3 you are an epistle of Christ,

What is this Jesus-walk or Faith-walk??

Jesus

1. OCov & NCov Evangelism

2. Jesus FOR us - ‘Faith-walk’ 3. Jesus WITH us - ‘Power-up’4. Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’5. Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Rom1.21 For although they knew God, they

neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinkingbecame futile and their

foolish hearts were darkened

Problem

(Jdg 3:5,6)

Fallen World

Fallen People

Fallen gods

(religion)

Answer

(Rom12.2)

Do not be

conformed to

the World

Be transfomd

by renewal of

mind to

prove good,

acceptable,

perfect will of

God (r’ship)

Jesus-walk(Faith-walk)

‘Jesus-walk’ or ‘Faith-walk’ as defined in Rom 1.21-….. although they knew God, they did not GLORIFY Him as God, nor were THANKFUL, but became futile in their THOUGHTS, and their foolish HEARTS were darkened.

Man

God

Glorify (GLORIFY)

Thankful (RECEIVE)

Hearts (CHOOSE)Thoughts (BELIEVE)

NCov Evangelism is about the Jesus-walk in our daily lives as seen by the world.

Proof: Act1.4-11 - is about Evangelism in the New Covenant, has the 4 Jesus-walk (Faith-walk) steps hidden in its rich folds.

Act1.4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;

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Act1.5 “for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”[6] Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

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Act1.5-7[7] And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

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Act1.8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

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Act1.9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight …… (till Act 1.11)

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Act 1.4 Jesus FOR us Choose

Act 1.5-7 Jesus WITH us Believe

Act 1.8 Jesus IN us Receive

Act 1.9-11 JesusTHRU us Glorify

Evangelism is about the Jesus-walk or Faith-walk in our daily lives (Act 1.4-11)

Jesus

1. OCov & NCov Evangelism 2. Jesus FOR us - ‘Faith-walk’

3. Jesus WITH us - ‘Power-up’4. Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’5. Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Deeper study of Act1.8Act1.8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Grow-upPower-up Go-out

We RECEIVE the Holy Spirit which:

em-POWERS us in our ministry GO-out with us in our ministry walkGROW us in spiritual maturity

Jesus WITH us – ‘POWER-up’

Consistent theme – 2 examplesEg1 - Comparing Mt28.18-19 (before Cross)

with Act1.8 (after Cross)Eg2 - Comparing Moses, Jesus &

Believers Today

Power-up Go-out Grow-up

Power-up Go-out Grow-up

Mt28.18 …“All

authority has been

given to Me in

heaven and on earth

Mt28.19a

“Go therefore

…

Mt28.19b

… and make

disciples of all the

nations,..

Act1.8a “But you

shall receive power

when the Holy Spirit

has come upon you;

Act1.8b and

you shall be

witnesses to

Me

Act1.8c .. in

Jerusalem, and in

all Judea and

Samaria, n to the

end of the earth.”

‘Power-up’ ‘Go-out’ ‘Grow-up’

Moses (B4 Cross)

God outside speaking;

under Law n

Condemnation

Left palace comfort

for Midian desert.

Spirit tempered by

God

40 + 40 + 40 = 120yrs

Well : River : Sea

Jesus (@ Cross)

God outside speaking;

Baptism HS

Js filled with HS left

for wilderness.

3½yrs earth ministry

Babyhood : Boyhood :

Adulthood = 33 ½ yrs

3.5+3.5 = 7

Believers (After X)

God inside speaking;

Baptism HS; God

FOR us, WITH us, IN

us, lives THRU us.

Baptised HS…

Go … and be

witnesses TO me

Act1.8

nepios, teknion, huios

Heb5.13- milk to solid

food

Act1.8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;

• Baptism of the HS empowers us in our ministry work.

Act1.5 “for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Jesus WITH us – ‘POWER-up’

Jesus shows the way Himself …

Lk3.22 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, …

Lk 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Jesus WITH us – ‘POWER-up’

Jn14.10 “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.

Jesus WITH us – ‘POWER-up’

Phil 2.13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Gal 2.20 “ … it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, …

Jesus WITH us - POWER-up

Jesus

1. OCov & NCov Evangelism 2. Jesus FOR us - ‘Faith-walk’3. Jesus WITH us - ‘Power-up’

4. Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’5. Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Act1.8 …and you shall be witnesses TO Me

• ‘TO me’ not ‘FOR me’• Evangelism - allowing the Jesus-walk

INSIDE us TO be seen and felt by the OUTSIDE world in our daily lives.

Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’

The Great Commission – Mt28.19; Mk16.15

Mt 28.19 “GO therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’

‘GO’ – Gk. participle. ‘as you are GOing...’‘GO’ - about evangelism in our daily

routine of life

‘as you are GOing’ ...to school... to the shops ... to office ... to a restaurant ... to wherever ... be a Witness TO Christ, walking in love, befitting a K’dom dignitary

Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’

Jn13.34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. [35] “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’

Heb13.1 Let brotherly love continue.

1Jn4.7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. [8] He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’

Jesus

1. OCov & NCov Evangelism 2. Jesus FOR us - ‘Faith-walk’ 3. Jesus WITH us - ‘Power-up’4. Jesus IN us - ‘Go-out’

5. Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Act1.8 … in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Hidden gemstone in the names of city states…

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Jerusalem – City of PeaceJudea – #3027 h.yawd = open hand, powerSamaria - #8104 h.shamar = watch, save, hedge, guard, attend, protect = “SOZO”

“From the City of Peace an open Hand of Power ‘Sozos’ the whole Earth”

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Progression in city states also teaches us about …

….a Maturation Process in the Believer- Converts vs Disciples

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Judea

Samaria

J’salem

Act1.8 …and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Grow-up Earth

1Tim3.6 …not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

Mk4.28 “For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Jesus Himself –babyhood, boyhood & adulthoodGk. nepios, teknion, huios

Gal 4.1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child (g.nepios), does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, [2] but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.

Grow-up

• Our Father wants us to quickly grow-up to be ‘huios’. We have much to inherit & much of His Harvest to harvest.

Heb5.13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe (g.nepios). [14] But solid food belongs to those who are of full age,

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

‘make disciples’ NOT ‘converts’

‘disciples’ – know that Salvation = Avoid Hell + Relationship with our Father

‘converts’ – erroneously believe Salvation = Avoid Hell + Self or Religious works

Grow-up

Kingdom mathematics in Discipleship Evangelism:

Make Converts

1,000 converts per year x 15 yrs = 15,000 new believers.

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Make Disciples• Lead 1 person to Christ every 6 mos• Disciple him next 6 mos so they can

reproduce themselves.• 1 year = 2 disciples• After 16 ½ yrs of multiplicity every 6

months, there is no one left on earth to evangelize!!!!

Jesus’ discipleship method clearly works producing nearly 7 billion Christians in less than 17 years.

“I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, … crying out … “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Rev 7.9

2Cor3.18 … beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Col1.27 … Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Jesus THRU us - ‘Grow-up’

Explanation of ‘Missions’

• ‘missions’ – an area of evangelism as led by the HS to minister in

• ‘nations’ – g.ethnos – ethnic/people groups, tribes, race,

Loose ends

Mt9.37 “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. [38] “Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

Jn 14.12 “… the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

Loose ends

Why evangelize?

• Tasted His Goodness we share• Our New Creation Jesus DNA, will

naturally overflow from our bellies to bless others – if we Choose to allow Jesus to GROW us in spiritual maturity

Loose ends

MORE ….. God is ‘no men’s debtor’

2Cor9.6 … he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Loose ends

Grace for Grace - our Father rewards NOW!!

Mk10.29 “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left …. (everything) …, for My sake and the gospel's, [30] “who shall not receive a 100-fold now in this time

Loose ends

ConclusionNew Covenant Evangelism is …

Allowing the Jesus-walk INSIDE us to be seen and felt by the OUTSIDE world in our daily lives.

We know Jesus is FOR us

Grow-up

Go-out in faith for Jesus is IN us

as Jesus works THRU us into His masterpiece, created for good works, that we should walk in them (Ep2.10)

So, Jesus WITH usPower-up

John 3.16

Mt28.19 “Go therefore (THRU the working of the HS) and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Amen

And Glorify our God !!