WHAT KIND OF CHURCH DOES THE LORD WANT?
2. God Wants an Evangelistic Church
The Lord desires His church to share His truth with the world. His plan for the church has always included making the gospel known to all people. Paul writes that God’s purpose is for His church to make His wisdom and truth known.
Ephesians 3:9-11
“... and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Paul also calls the church “the pillar and ground of the truth.”
1 Timothy 3:15
“But if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”
The early church didn’t keep this truth to themselves. They actively spread the gospel everywhere they went.
Acts 5:42
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.”
Acts 8:4
“Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.”
Acts 14:1
“Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.”
In summary, God calls His church to be a beacon of truth, sharing the gospel with urgency and compassion. Like the early believers, we are to go out boldly, taking the good news of Jesus Christ to every corner of the world. Evangelism isn’t just an activity; it’s a reflection of our love for God and others, fulfilling His desire that none should perish.
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