This is in a sense a prequel to the series entitled the Methods of Evangelism. I say prequel for the reason that our motives will either drive or hinder our right service to God in the various ways that we are seeking to work for Him. Our Methods, if based on poor or incorrect motives will make our work unfruitful or ineffective and we will not be accomplishing the work that God has called and commanded us to!
The first motive for our evangelistic efforts ought to be the love for the glorification of God. This was written about previously and is worth the time it takes to read it, you can access the webpage at the bottom of this post. As we embark on the motivations we have for the work of evangelism there will be 4 key categories, the first has been discussed, the Love for the Glory of God. The second category is that the believer loves seeing individuals devoted to faithful service to God! The third is that believers love being effective and growing, and the final one is that believers love obedience to God.
All four of these if characterized in our motives will make our methods fruitful in some way. The first is the love for the glorification of God. A brief synopsis of that is this, that we love hearing the name of God glorified on the lips of those whom God has and is working in. We love to hear his truth proclaimed by believer and unbeliever alike, which is why Paul can say whether out of pretense or truth the name of Christ is still preached. We love hearing people use God’s name in its proper context, and we love hearing the truth of the message of Christ being spoken continually.
Love for the glorification of God (Part 1)
http://sweetcommunionbaptistchurch.blogspot.com/2010/06/do-we-love-glory-of-god.html
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