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S EMINAR 1 Evangelism and Follow-up as Mission Incorporation into the Body of Christ Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

What are the various meanings the following terms are used to express?

• “Being born again” • “Sharing my testimony with her” • “Ask Jesus to come into my heart” • “Give my life to the Lord” • “Make Jesus Lord of my life”

I. Evangelism: Sharing the Good News of New Life in Jesus Christ

A. Definition of terms

1. Evangelism as content – evangelion

a. Evangelion as “good message, good tidings” – “In the NT it denotes the salvation through Christ, to be received by faith on the basis of His expiatory death, His burial, resurrection, and ascension, cf. Acts 15.7; 20.24; 1 Pet. 4.17” Vine’s Expository Dictionary , p. 275

b. Alternative meanings and nuances

(1) The gospel of God, Mark 1.14; Rom. 1.1; 15.16; 1 Thess. 2.9; 1 Pet. 4.17

(2) The gospel of his Son, Rom. 19

(3) The gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Mark 1

(4) The gospel of our Lord Jesus, 2 Thess. 1.8

Context Values/Vision

(5) The gospel of the glory of Christ, 2 Cor. 4.4

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(6) The gospel of the grace of God, Acts 20.24