Dear brothers and sisters,
Loving greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Today let us see, how we can proclaim the name of our
lord Jesus Christ in a new place or how we can start new City
evangelism in a successful manner? The bible has answers for all
our present day problems. Especially for those who like to proclaim
the name of the lord and do the Evangelism in the Cities or in
big towns, there are some good points to learn from the life of
Philip.
Like our Lord Jesus Christ did during His earthly
life, Philip also had two fold ministries right from the beginning,
namely preaching the word of God to all and proving the power
of God to all with the signs and wonders. Because of this two
fold approach he had in his City ministry, the crowd came in good
number and paid close attention to what he said as in Acts 8:6,
“When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs
he did, they all paid close attention to what he said.”
He could demonstrate to the crowd the love and
power of God almighty because of the deliverance they had from
the demons and the miracles as in Acts 8:7, “With shrieks,
evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples
were healed.” The city received the word of God which came
to them with its signs and wonders very happily as in Acts 8:8,
“So there was great joy in that city.”
In his ministry he could attract even such people
who had a good control over the city people through their sorcery
as in Acts 8:9 to 11, “Now for some time a man named Simon
had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of
Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people,
both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, "This
man is the divine power known as the Great Power." They followed
him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.”
When the word of God is preached to any city
people with its power through the demonstration of the Holy Spirit
people will definitely believe the lord Jesus Christ and take
water baptism as in Acts 8:12, “But when they believed Philip
as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name
of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.”
At lost the great man who was called the “Great
Power” Simon the sorcerer also believed the lord and took
water baptism in obedience to the word of God as in Acts 8:13,
“Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed
Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles
he saw.” That is why the earl apostles also prayed to God
when they had any persecutions that God may stretch forth His
hands and perform many miracles in the name of our lord Jesus
Christ as in Acts 4:29 & 30, “Now, Lord, consider their
threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great
boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous
signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
May the lord help us today to have this type
of two fold approach to the Evangelistic outreach what we may
be doing in the cities and make a real impact our its population
for the glory of God. Amen.
Your Web-Site Pastor,
Rev.
Dr. T. Marcus Devasahayam
Web-site: www.barodabibleclub.org
e-mail: marcusbbc@yahoo.com
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