Why We Evangelize

We are like the medieval people who thought the earth was the center of the universe. They were wrong, and so are we. We think we are the center of the universe, and God and Jesus Christ and the angels all revolve around us. Heaven is for us; everything is for our benefit.

We are wrong. God is the center. We must change our center of gravity. He is the sun, and we revolve around Him.

But it is very hard to change. Even our motivation for evangelism is man-centered. I remember hearing many times in Bible school, “Oh, students, look at the lost souls. They are perishing. The poor people are going to hell. Each time the clock strikes, another 5,822.5 persons go to hell. Are you not sorry for them?” And we wept. We said, “Poor people! Let’s go and save them.” You see, we went not for Jesus’ sake, but for lost souls’ sake.

That may look nice, but it’s wrong, because everything must be Christ-motivated. We do not preach to lost souls because they are lost. We go to extend the Kingdom of God because God says so, and He is the Lord.

(Juan Carlos Ortiz)

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