I've been thinking about evangelism, and the need to be BOLD in it.

I began thinking about this one day at re:cre8 (street drop in) when I was talking to friend of mine. He's one of the originals so-to-speak from the early re:cre8 days. I've been friends with him for five or so years, and have known a few details of his life, such as living in Hawaii, however as we were talking a couple weeks back I realised I've never asked him why he lived in the states, what brought him to Canada, or the DTES. Now, my friend here is saved, got saved the the famous Wright-Dolby wedding, but I began to think about how many people I know who stroll in and out of re:cre8 and I don't know their stories. I call them friends, but I don't know where they grew up, how many brothers they have or anything. And I began to think what the fruit would be if we were bold and asked people their stores. Seems even trivial really. But really, what you learn about someones life is now a springboard for prayer. It also now exposes an area once unknown, that now gives us the opportunity to share the good news.

I once knew someone who was preached at before, many times, and never repented until one day someone shared with him that Salvation offers eternal life. When he was told that he exclaimed "No one told me that before! Sign me up". A truth so simple, and we even think that everyone knows it so why say it, was the seller for this guy. I wonder if we knew about his life prior, if we took time to know about his childhood or growing up then I wonder if we would also know what truth he needed as a seal for salvation.

So really - be bold. Be blunt. Ask someone directly about their life - how they ended up where ever it is they ended up. Not only will your friendship group, but the evangelism ops will too.

Also, more then that, i think we need to be bold in other ways. Be direct. Ask someone directly if they know Christ. Ya we might get shot down. Jesus even says we will in his parable of the seeds. We might even get shot down 3 out of 4 times. But I think we should still be hold in it. That 25% is worth the getting shot down I say.

Some quick math here. My blogs here are automatically fed onto facebook. If the Jesus quota is right (which, after all he is Jesus, so it's probably somewhat accurate) then 153.5 people will get saved....(well that will get cut down too, cuz 75% or so of my FB friends are saved - but you get my point.)

Jesus is coming soon. We don't have time to sit and wait around and hope people get saved. We need to be bold in it and proclaim the good news loudly.

It's time to be bold
Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.