Day 23 - 40 Days of Focus: Evangelism
Are You The Lone Ranger?
A recent United States Army recruiting campaign was built around the phrase, “Army of One.” Sixty years ago children watched their favorite television show called, “The Lone Ranger.” From the pilgrims and pioneers who first settled our great nation until this very day we have held in high esteem the man or woman who is able to stand strong on their own with no help from anyone else. These are the heroes of Hollywood. In truth, isolation is close kin to desolation. Alone you are not strong but extremely vulnerable. Standing alone with success is the miraculous, but it is not the norm. Our greatest moments in history have been united moments. At the time when the constitution was being formed George Washington was credited with saying, “United we stand, Divided we fall.”
What does this have to do with Evangelism? How often do you connect with a biblical truth and then immediately apply it as if it was a solitary command? We are called as individuals, but our calling is to community. Specifically we are called to the Community of Christ which is the Church. The Church is called corporately to evangelism. It’s a together calling as much as it is an individual calling. Salvation for many will not come from contact with one person, but from many touches, often over a long period of time. Who else knows your plan for sharing? Who is encouraging you? Who is counting on you?
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
A recent United States Army recruiting campaign was built around the phrase, “Army of One.” Sixty years ago children watched their favorite television show called, “The Lone Ranger.” From the pilgrims and pioneers who first settled our great nation until this very day we have held in high esteem the man or woman who is able to stand strong on their own with no help from anyone else. These are the heroes of Hollywood. In truth, isolation is close kin to desolation. Alone you are not strong but extremely vulnerable. Standing alone with success is the miraculous, but it is not the norm. Our greatest moments in history have been united moments. At the time when the constitution was being formed George Washington was credited with saying, “United we stand, Divided we fall.”
What does this have to do with Evangelism? How often do you connect with a biblical truth and then immediately apply it as if it was a solitary command? We are called as individuals, but our calling is to community. Specifically we are called to the Community of Christ which is the Church. The Church is called corporately to evangelism. It’s a together calling as much as it is an individual calling. Salvation for many will not come from contact with one person, but from many touches, often over a long period of time. Who else knows your plan for sharing? Who is encouraging you? Who is counting on you?
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
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