{"id":3026,"date":"2014-04-11T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T23:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2014-04-03T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T08:54:11","slug":"experience-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2014\/04\/11\/experience-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><i>\u2018\u2026And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age\u2019<\/i> <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.com\/116\/mat.28.20.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Matt.28:20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People usually have three reasons why they feel they cannot evangelize. The first reason is \u2018I don\u2019t know enough scripture\u2019. The answer to that is what set the early church apart. It is not about the amount of scripture that you know but rather it is about the person of Jesus that you know. The people in the early church didn\u2019t have Bibles like we do; they just had parchment of the Old <!--more-->Testament. Yet what set the early church apart was their experience of the person of Jesus. People were able to tell just by looking at Peter and the other disciples that they were not educated. But guess what, people were also able to tell that they had been with Jesus. Jesus asked, \u2018<i>who do you say that I am?<\/i>\u2019 That is the most important thing in evangelism. Who do you say that He is, who is Jesus to you? The second excuse people usually give is \u2018I think I need to have an evangelistic personality because some Christians have an evangelistic personality\u2019. That used to be a problem for me until Jesus set me free. There is nothing like an evangelistic personality. God is wise enough to make all of us different. God is wise enough not to make all of us the same. God has given you a temperament, a personality. He will use that temperament to reach people around you. He is not trying to make you into someone else. He is going to use that temperament. He is going to use you. The truth is that the only personality that must be present is Jesus. <i>\u2018\u2026And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age\u2019<\/i> <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.com\/116\/mat.28.20.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Matt.28:20<\/a>. Jesus is saying go and evangelize and don\u2019t worry I will be there. Isn\u2019t that comforting? Regardless of our personalities, Jesus will be there so we really can\u2019t go wrong with soul winning. We can\u2019t make people fall in love with Jesus but we can set up a date. We can just introduce them to Jesus and leave Him to do the rest. That is so liberating. It is not your job or mine to save souls. Our responsibility is to point to Jesus and Jesus will take it from there. The third excuse people give is \u2018it is too hard, I can\u2019t do it\u2019. True evangelism is to be tuned to and cooperate with the person of Jesus via the prompting of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Father, may I never lose the souls that You have placed around me, in Jesus Name<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018\u2026And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age\u2019 Matt.28:20. &nbsp; People usually have three reasons why they feel they cannot evangelize. The first reason is \u2018I don\u2019t know enough scripture\u2019. The answer to that is what set the early church apart. 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