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02:42:43 pm on July 28, 2008 | # |
So my friend Joel told me how depressed he used to be and how guilty he used to feel when he would do evangelism and his friends would not get saved…he felt personally responsible. It wasn’t until he came to believe the doctrines of Grace that he felt a freedom to preach (share) Jesus without feeling like it was he who was deciding the fate of his friends. This is why I love what I view as the central tenet of reformed theology (as viewed through the New England theology of Edward’s et al.) that point is that Jesus is the point. It really is all about his Glory. that is why we share him…we do not preach Jesus because people need him (though they do) or because he can change their life (though he will) We preach Jesus because he is due their worship and he deserves the glory and honor and praise. This to me brings a great deal of freedom and a better motivation (if people are the only motivation for evangelism then a whole lot of people will never hear because there are a lot of people I do not like
) But if Jesus is the point and his Glory is my central aim then I will tell everyone I meet not because they need it, but because Jesus deserves it. It is a lovely thing when the Glory of God is the point…“let worship be the fuel of missions flame…”
beckystewart 3:22 am on August 1, 2008 | #
That’s a pretty cool song.