COMPASSION DRIVEN

EVANGELISM

WHAT IS COMPASSION?

INDIFFERENCE1) SIGHT !!2) APATHY !!3) INACTION !!

FOCUS: SELF

COMPASSION1) SIGHT !!2) SORROW / PITY !!3) ACTION !!

FOCUS: OTHERS

JONAH’S RELUCTANCE

1) JONAH 1:1-3 !!2) JONAH 3:10-4:4 !!3) JONAH 4:5-11 !!JONAH’S FOCUS:

SELF

PAUL’S EAGERNESS

1) ACTS 14:19-22 !!2) ACTS 20:24 !!3) ROMANS 9:1-3 !!

PAUL’S FOCUS: OTHERS

JESUS DIDN’T JUST WISH HE COULD BE ACCURSED & CUT OFF LIKE PAUL (& MOSES),

HE WAS ACCURSED FOR US!! (GAL. 3:13; 1 PET. 2:24)

PREMIER EXAMPLE OF COMPASSION

THE COMPASSION OF JESUS

“This is said of Christ Jesus several times in the New Testament.

The original word is a very remarkable one. It is not found in

classic Greek. It is not found in the Septuagint. The fact is, it was

a word coined by the evangelists themselves. They did not find

one in the whole Greek language that suited their purpose, and

therefore they had to make one. It is expressive of the deepest

emotion; a striving of the bowels—a yearning of the innermost

nature with pity. “ CHARLES SPURGEON

“I suppose that when our Savior looked upon certain sights,

those who watched him closely perceived that his internal

agitation was very great, his emotions were very deep, and

then his face portrayed it, his eyes gushed like founts with

tears, and you saw that his big heart was ready to burst with

pity for the sorrow upon which his eyes were gazing. He

was moved with compassion. His whole nature was

agitated with commiseration for the sufferers before him.”

THE COMPASSION OF JESUS

“Now, although this word is not used many times even

by the evangelists, yet it may be taken as a clue to the

Savior's whole life, and I intend thus to apply it to him.

If you would sum up the whole character of Christ in

reference to ourselves, it might be gathered into this

one sentence, "He was moved with compassion.”

CHARLES SPURGEON

THE COMPASSION OF JESUS

36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

MATTHEW 9:36-38

THE COMPASSION OF JESUS

TRUE COMPASSION ALWAYS LEADS TO

ACTION. (PRAYING & SENDING OUT)

CHARLES SPURGEONFrom, “The Wailing of Risca” Oh, my brothers and sisters in Christ, if

sinners will be damned, at least let them

leap to hell over our bodies.

And if they will perish, let them perish with

our arms about their knees, imploring them

to stop, and not madly to destroy

themselves.

If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in

the teeth of our exertions, and let not one

go there unwarned and unprayed for.

THE HEART OF A LIFESTYLE OF

EVANGELISM IS COMPASSION.

(NO OTHER MOTIVE WILL LAST)

COMPASSION SHOULD DRIVE US TO

TENACIOUS INTERCESSION.

COMPASSION SHOULD DRIVE US TO TENACIOUS PURSUIT.

WHAT IS EVANGELISM?

DEFINITION: SHARING THE TRUTH OF

THE GOSPEL WITH A NON-BELIEVER.

(ROM. 1:16)

MOTIVES: GOSPEL SHARING

SHOULD BE GOSPEL MOTIVATED. (2 COR. 5:14-21)

ROLES: WHILE WE FAITHFULLY

PRESENT THE GOSPEL, WE TRUST GOD TO DO THE

WORK OF CONVERSION. (WE LEAVE THE RESULTS UP TO GOD)

WHO: AS PART OF OUR NEW

IDENTITY AS AMBASSADORS, ALL CHRISTIANS HAVE THE

PRIVILEGE OF EVANGELISM. (2 COR. 5:20)

BEST TOOL: THE BEST WAY TO REACH

YOUR FRIENDS IS BY LEADING TARGET SPECIFIC,

RELATIONAL EBS’S.

APPLICATION: GROW IN COMPASSION.

!

1. REHEARSE THE GOSPEL

2. REHEARSE YOUR TESTIMONY

3. SPEND TIME WITH THE LOST

4. MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES

A HEART FOR THE LOST“The more I rehearse & exult in gospel

truths, the more there develops within

me a corresponding burden for non-

Christians to enter into such blessing.”

“Hence, if I wish to have a ‘Romans 9’

kind of burden for non-Christians, I

should become practiced at celebrating

the gospel as Paul does in Romans 1-8.

Over time, my joy in the gospel will

become increasingly tinged with grief,

and this grief stained joy will lend a God-

inspired passion to my ministry of

evangelizing the lost.”

APPLICATION: TENACIOUSLY INTERCEDE

FOR THE LOST. !

1. GET A SPECIFIC PRAYER PLAN

2. BEG GOD TO MOVE!

3. PRAY OFTEN & WITH OTHERS

APPLICATION: TENACIOUSLY PURSUE

THE LOST. !

1. DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO LOVE & SPEND TIME WITH THEM

2. THE BEST TRAINING IS SHARING ALONGSIDE AN OLDER CHRISTIAN

3. GO GET TRAINING THIS SUMMER