After thinking for a while, I've decided that there are too many passages that address the subject of World Evangelization. As I wrote them down, I decided to categorize them into three topics or categories.
First, there is a reason why we must evangelize. We must realize that God loves us greatly. He wants us to be with Him forever. That being said, he also has no tolerance for wickedness or those that turn away from Him. This is our reason for urgency and evangelization. The Bible explicitly lays this out in many passages. A few of these passages are Proverbs 11:30, Mark 16:16, John 3:3, 3:16-18, 14:6, and Romans 6:23. How can we deny the reasoning?
Second, we are commanded to evangelize. We are not to keep the Good News to ourselves. The New Testament is riddled with passages making sure we know that we are supposed to do this. Some of these passages include Matthew 9:37-38, 28:18-20, Mark 13:10, 16:15, Acts 16:31, Hebrews 10:25, 1 Peter 3:15, and 2 Timothy 4:5. We cannot ignore the commandments of God!
Third, we are told to follow Jesus' example and the example of those that followed Him. Jesus led the way by evangelizing others, teaching about evangelization, and telling stories to show that example. His disciples also taught us about evangelization and we can also follow their examples. We can see this through various passages including Psalm 71:24, Matthew 13, 24:14, Luke 9:23, John 20:21. Acts 2:38, 8:4, Isaiah 6:8, 1 Cor 1:17, and 11:1.
Basically, it's hard to narrow down the list to a few. There are so many passage, a lot of which say the same thing in different ways. How could any be more important than the others?
Take the time to look these passage up and let me know what you think?
