Page 2 - True Gospel Evangelism

We live in a time when there is considerable effort throughout much of the world to
“evangelize” people to Christianity. Much of this effort is through what is known as

a missionary effort. Multitudes of churches and denominations send “missionaries”
to foreign mission work. It is my intention in the next few essays to outline the true
biblical teaching on gospel evangelism and compare it to the modern efforts of for-

eign mission work.

There are three things that are critical for a true gospel evangelistic work. First there
must be the preaching of the true gospel. Second, there must be a proper motive for
going forth. Third, there must be a proper method in going forth to the work of gospel

evangelism.

The modern mission movement grew out of a teaching and belief that John 3:16 and

John 1:11, 12 teach that people must believe the gospel and accept the Lord as their
personal savior in order to get eternal life. John 3:16 is interpreted to teach that God
loved everybody, but the individual must believe in order to get eternal life. John
1:11, 12 is interpreted to teach that the individual must receive (interpreted to mean
accept) the Lord in order to become a child of God.

The basic premise of John 3:16 is that the “world” of John 3:16 is “all of humanity.”
The second premise is that believing is a prerequisite to eternal life and not an evi-

dence of eternal life.

In this series we will first test the “premises” and “teachings” of John 3:16 and John
1:11, 12 to see if they actually are teaching what most people think they are teaching.
Second, we will compare the true gospel of Jesus Christ with what is commonly

taught to be the gospel of Jesus Christ. Third, we will compare the generally believed
purpose of sending forth missionaries to the true purposes for the gospel to go forth
to the multitudes of God’s people. Fourth, we will compare the modern missionary

methods of sending forth missionaries with the true method God uses in sending forth
the gospel of Christ.