Bringing News
To Evangelize is to bring news to someone. Every day people are evangelizing. News is being spread to people all the time. Anytime you bring news to someone you evangelized. God wants us to be His evangelist and bring his good news to people. Even Christian need to hear good news. To someone who is sick it’s good news to hear that Jesus can heal them. To someone who is bound it’s good news to hear that Jesus can deliver them. To the poor the good news is that God will prosper them. The good news of the kingdom of God meets the needs of people and gives them hope.
Evangelism is bringing news
The Old Testament. In family matters, one may "bring news" to a father that a male child is born ( Jer 20:15 ). In military matters, "to evangelize" is to bring news of the outcome of a military engagement, usually a victory ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; 2 Sam 18:31 ; 1 Kings 1:42 ; but cf. 1 Sam 4:17 ).
Jesus preached and demonstrated the good news of the kingdom of God
Luke 8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
The good news is preached for a witness (people need to see the evidence of what we preach)
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
We are commanded to bring good news
Mark 16:15 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
The good news can be in writing or recorded
Mark 13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
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