Understanding Our Genetic Code

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Evangelism and Discipleship

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Evangelism

• And He said to them, "Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to all creation.
• Mark 1615

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• "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
  in the whole world for a witness to all the
  nations, and then the end shall come.
• Matthew 2414

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I. What is the Gospel?

• The word gospel comes from the Greek word
  Euaggeliun pronounced (yoo-ang-ghel-eeon)
• It means a good or joyful message
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• Websters 1828 dictionary defines it as
• The history of the birth, life, actions, death,
  doctrines, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus
  Christ a revelation of the grace of God to
  fallen man through a mediator.
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• For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
  power of God for salvation to everyone who
  believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
• Romans 116

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• The gospel or good news has miraculous power for
  salvation for everyone who believes. Salvation
  is not just going to heaven, but also means to
  rescue, deliver, make whole, heal, and restore.
• This is the heart of the whole or Full-Gospel
  message. God wants to heal you in spirit, soul
  and body! Why would anyone be ashamed or
  disappointed in something so awesome and so
  life-changing as the gospel?

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II. What does it mean to Preach the Gospel?

• Noah Webster defined it as
• To pronounce a public discourse on a religious
  subject, or from a text of scripture.
• To discourse on the gospel of salvation and
  exhort to repentance to discourse on evangelical
  truths and exhort to a belief of them and
  acceptance of the terms of salvation. This was
  the extemporaneous manner of preaching pursued by
  Christ and his disciples.

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It is translated from the Greek word-Kerusso
(Kau-roos-so)

• 1) to be a herald, to officiate as a herald
• a) to proclaim after the manner of a herald
• b) always with the suggestion of formality,
  gravity and an authority which must be listened
  to and obeyed
• 2) to publish, to proclaim openly something
  which has been done
• 3) used of the public proclamation of the gospel
  and matters pertaining to it, made by John the
  Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other
  Christian teachers

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• Preaching the gospel is the main avenue of
  evangelism taught and demonstrated by Jesus and
  his disciples, but it is the least used method in
  all of Christianity.
• We tend to trust in church services, Christian
  radio, Christian TV, Christian books, and
  Christian movies and concerts to reach the
  masses, but forget that 99 of those listening
  are Christians.
• Preaching the gospel confronts the lost in
  greater numbers and much more cheaply than any of
  these methods, and demonstrates a radical
  Christian life. We want to do all that we can to
  get the good news out, but lets not forget the
  method Jesus used-Preaching the Gospel of the
  Kingdom!

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III. Examples of Preaching in the Old Testament

• Wisdom shouts in the street, she lifts her voice
  in the square at the head of the noisy streets
  she cries out at the entrance of the gates in
  the city, she utters her sayings "How long, O
  naive ones, will you love simplicity? And
  scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, and
  fools hate knowledge? "Turn to my reproof,
  behold, I will pour out my spirit on you I will
  make my words known to you. Prov. 120-23

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• Most of the Old Testament preaching took place in
  the gates of the city. Most cities were walled
  off to protect against attack. So all travel
  would come and go through these gates. The bible
  also shows that business was done in the gates
  and court was held and decisions broadcast at the
  gates.
• Public meetings, peace negotiations, and
  executions were held at gates. The religious
  leaders as well as beggars hung out at the gates
  of the city. This was where people congregated,
  so this is where the prophets preached! Where
  are todays preachers?

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• Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up
  her voice? On top of the heights beside the way,
  where the paths meet, she takes her stand
  beside the gates, at the opening to the city, at
  the entrance of the doors, she cries out
• "To you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the
  sons of men. "O naive ones, discern prudence
  and, O fools, discern wisdom. "Listen, for I
  shall speak noble things and the opening of my
  lips will produce right things. "For my mouth
  will utter truth and wickedness is an
  abomination to my lips.
• Proverbs. 81-7

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Jotham

• And all the men of Shechem and all Beth-millo
  assembled together, and they went and made
  Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar which
  was in Shechem.
• Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on
  the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice
  and called out. Thus he said to them, "Listen to
  me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
  
• Judges 96-7

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Isaiah

• "Cry loudly, do not hold back raise your voice
  like a trumpet, and declare to My people their
  transgression, and to the house of Jacob their
  sins.
• Isaiah 581

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Jeremiah

• The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
  saying, "Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house
  and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the
  word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter by
  these gates to worship the LORD!'"
• Jeremiah 71-2

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• And the LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these
  words in the cities of Judah and in the streets
  of Jerusalem, saying, 'Hear the words of this
  covenant and do them.
• Jeremiah 116

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• Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and stand in the
  public gate, through which the kings of Judah
  come in and go out, as well as in all the gates
  of Jerusalem and say to them, 'Listen to the
  word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and all Judah,
  and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who come in
  through these gates Jeremiah 1719-20

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Amos

• They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they
  abhor him who speaks with integrity.
• Amos 510

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Jonah

• "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim
  to it the proclamation which I am going to tell
  you."
• So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to
  the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an
  exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. Then
  Jonah began to go through the city one day's
  walk and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days
  and Nineveh will be overthrown."
• Then the people of Nineveh believed in God and
  they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the
  greatest to the least of them.
• Jonah 32-5

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IV. Examples of Preaching in the New Testament

• Now in those days John the Baptist came,
  preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
  "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
• For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the
  prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the
  wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord, make
  His paths straight!'"
• Matthew 31-3

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Jesus Preached!

• From that time Jesus began to preach and say,
  "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
• Matthew 417

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• And Jesus was going about in all Galilee,
  teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the
  gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of
  disease and every kind of sickness among the
  people.
• Matthew 423

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• And Jesus was going about all the cities and the
  villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
  proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and
  healing every kind of disease and every kind of
  sickness.
• Matthew 935

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• And it came about that when Jesus had finished
  giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He
  departed from there to teach and preach in their
  cities.
• Matthew 111

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• And He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else to
  the towns nearby, in order that I may preach
  there also for that is what I came out for.
• And He went into their synagogues throughout all
  Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.
• Mark 138-39

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• "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He
  anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.
• He has sent me to proclaim release to the
  captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to
  set free those who are downtrodden,
• To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord."
  
• Luke 418-19

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• And it came about soon afterwards, that He
  began going about from one city and village to
  another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of
  God and the twelve were with Him,
• Luke 81

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Jesus Teaches Disciples to Preach

• "And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of
  heaven is at hand.'
• Matthew 107

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• "What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the
  light and what you hear whispered in your
  ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
• Matthew 1027

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• "The men of Nineveh shall stand up with this
  generation at the judgment, and shall condemn it
  because they repented at the preaching of Jonah
  and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
  
• Matthew 1241
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• "And He ordered us to preach to the people, and
  solemnly to testify that this is the One who has
  been appointed by God as Judge of the living and
  the dead.
• Acts 1042

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Jesus Sends Disciples Out to Preach

• Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with
  Him and that He might send them out to preach,
  and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast
  out demons
• Mark 314-15 (NKJ)

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• And He called the twelve together, and gave them
  power and authority over all the demons, and to
  heal diseases. And He sent them out to proclaim
  the kingdom of God, and to perform healing.
• Luke 91-2

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Next Week

• The Disciples Go Out and Preach
• Three Keys to Successful Evangelism
• Principles of Fruitfulness
• Types of Evangelism

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Evangelism and Discipleship-Part 2

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The Disciples Preach!

• And they went out and preached that men should
  repent.
• Mark 612 (NAS) 

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• And they went out and preached everywhere, while
  the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word
  by the signs that followed.
• And they promptly reported all these instructions
  to Peter and his companions.
• And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through
  them from east to west the sacred and
  imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
• Mark 1620

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• And departing, they began going about among the
  villages, preaching the gospel, and healing
  everywhere.
• Luke 96

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• But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven,
  raised his voice and declared to them "Men of
  Judea, and all you who live in Jerusalem, let
  this be known to you, and give heed to my words.
• Acts 214

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• And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each
  of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ
  for the forgiveness of your sins and you shall
  receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• "For the promise is for you and your children,
  and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord
  our God shall call to Himself."
• And with many other words he solemnly testified
  and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved
  from this perverse generation!
• Acts 238-40

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• Therefore, those who had been scattered went
  about preaching the word. And Philip went down
  to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming
  Christ to them.
• And the multitudes with one accord were giving
  attention to what was said by Philip, as they
  heard and saw the signs which he was performing.
  
• For in the case of many who had unclean
  spirits, they were coming out of them shouting
  with a loud voice and many who had been
  paralyzed and lame were healed.
• Acts 84-7

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• So then those who were scattered because of the
  persecution that arose in connection with Stephen
  made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and
  Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to
  Jews alone.
• But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and
  Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking
  to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 1119-20

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Paul Preaches

• Acts 920 immediately Paul began to proclaim
  Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son
  of God."  
• Acts 1535 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in
  Antioch, teaching and preaching, with many others
  also, the word of the Lord.

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• Acts 1717 So Paul was reasoning in the synagogue
  with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and
  in the market place every day with those who
  happened to be present.

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• "But I do not consider my life of any account as
  dear to myself, in order that I may finish my
  course, and the ministry which I received from
  the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel
  of the grace of God.
• "And now, behold, I know that all of you, among
  whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will see
  my face no more. "Therefore I testify to you
  this day, that I am innocent of the blood of all
  men. "For I did not shrink from declaring to
  you the whole purpose of God.
• Acts 2024-27

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• And he stayed two full years in his own rented
  quarters, and was welcoming all who came to him,
  preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching
  concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all
  openness, unhindered.
• Acts 2830-31

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• But what does it say? "The word is near you, in
  your mouth and in your heart"-- that is, the word
  of faith which we are preaching
• Romans 108

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• For since in the wisdom of God the world through
  its wisdom did not come to know God, God was
  well-pleased through the foolishness of the
  message preached to save those who believe.
• For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search
  for wisdom but we preach Christ crucified, to
  Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles
  foolishness
• 1 Corinthians 121

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• And my message and my preaching were not in
  persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration
  of the Spirit and of power,
• 1 Corinthians 24

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• Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and
  so you believed.
• 1 Corinthians 1511

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• 2 Corinthians 45 For we do not preach ourselves
  but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your
  bond-servants for Jesus' sake.
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• Colossians 128 And we proclaim Him, admonishing
  every man and teaching every man with all wisdom,
  that we may present every man complete in Christ.
  

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• 1Thessalonians 29 For you recall, brethren, our
  labor and hardship, how working night and day
  so as not to be a burden to any of you, we
  proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

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• 2 Timothy 417 But the Lord stood with me, and
  strengthened me, in order that through me the
  proclamation might be fully accomplished, and
  that all the Gentiles might hear and I was
  delivered out of the lion's mouth.

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We Must Preach!

• Romans 1015 And how shall they preach unless
  they are sent? Just as it is written, "How
  beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad
  tidings of good things!"

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• preach the word be ready in season and out of
  season reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great
  patience and instruction.
• 2 Timothy 42

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V. Three Keys to Successful Evangelism

• For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of
  power and of love and of a sound mind.
• 2 Timothy 17

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• 1. God has given us power and the authority to
  destroy fear, sickness, and demons!
• but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
  has come upon you and you shall be My witnesses
  both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
  and even to the remotest part of the earth.
• Acts 18

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Power

• The word power is translated from the Greek word
  dunamis (doo'-nam-is)
• it means force or specifically miraculous power!
  Its the same word we get dynamite from.

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Authority

• And having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave
  them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them
  out, and to heal every kind of disease and every
  kind of sickness.
• Matthew 101  

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Authority

• The word translated authority comes from the
  Greek word exousia (ex-oo-see'-ah)
• it means more priviledge, or delegated influence.
  We have authority because of who we are in
  Christ.

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Power and Authority

• And He called the twelve together, and gave them
  power and authority over all the demons, and to
  heal diseases.
• Luke 91

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• 2. God has given us Love which defeats fear and
  prepares hearts to receive the word of God.

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• 1 Corinthians 131-8 If I speak with the tongues
  of men and of angels, but do not have love, I
  have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
• And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know
  all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have
  all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not
  have love, I am nothing.

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• And if I give all my possessions to feed the
  poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but
  do not have love, it profits me nothing.
• Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous
  love does not brag and is not arrogant, does
  not act unbecomingly it does not seek its own,
  is not provoked, does not take into account a
  wrong suffered, does not rejoice in
  unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth
  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
  things, endures all things.
• Love never fails!

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• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
  patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness, self-control against such things
  there is no law.
• Gal 522-23

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• 3. We have been given a sound mind or discipline
  and self-control.
• For, "Who can know the Lord's thoughts? Who knows
  enough to teach him?"
• But we understand these things, for we have the
  mind of Christ.
• 1 Cor 216 NLT

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• Be diligent to present yourself approved to God
  as a workman who does not need to be ashamed,
  handling accurately the word of truth.
• 2 Timothy 215

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• but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,
  always being ready to make a defense to
  everyone who asks you to give an account for the
  hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and
  reverence
• 1 Peter 315

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Matt 1623-27

• 23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind
  Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me for
  you are not setting your mind on God's interests,
  but man's."

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• 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone
  wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself,
  and take up his cross and follow Me.
• 25 "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose
  it but whoever loses his life for My sake will
  find it.
• 26 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the
  whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a
  man give in exchange for his soul?
• 27 "For the Son of Man is going to come in the
  glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL
  THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.