📖 Uinjilisti — Sehemu ya 1: Msingi wa Kibiblia wa Uinjilisti📖 Evangelism — Unit 1: Biblical Foundation of Evangelism

UtanguliziOrientation

Uinjilisti si uvumbuzi wa kisasa, wala si mpango ulioanzishwa na kanisa ili kuongeza mahudhurio au ushawishi. Una mizizi yake katika asili yenyewe na kusudi la Mungu kama lilivyofunuliwa katika Maandiko. Kuanzia Mwanzo hadi Ufunuo, Mungu anafunuliwa kama Yeye anayetafuta, anayeita, anayekomboa, na anayerejesha. Kwa hiyo uinjilisti si shughuli tu ya kanisa—ni kushiriki katika kazi ya Mungu Mwenyewe.Evangelism is not a modern invention, nor is it a program developed by the church to increase attendance or influence. It is rooted in the very nature and purpose of God as revealed in Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation, God is revealed as One who seeks, calls, redeems, and restores. Evangelism, therefore, is not merely an activity of the church—it is participation in the work of God Himself.

Ili kuuelewa uinjilisti ipasavyo, hatuna budi kuanza si kwa mbinu au ufundi, bali kwa Maandiko. Mipango huja na kupita; mikakati ya kitamaduni hubadilika; lakini msingi wa kibiblia wa uinjilisti unabaki bila kubadilika. Uinjilisti wa kweli ni jambo ambalo huambukizwa zaidi kuliko kufundishwa. Ni shauku kuliko kuwa mpango. Na, kama George Sweazy alivyoona, kanisa daima huelekea kuteleza mbali na uinjilisti, kamwe si kuuelekea. Dawa ya kuteleza huko si mbinu bora zaidi bali nanga iliyo na kina zaidi katika Neno la Mungu. Ni pale tu uinjilisti unapojengwa juu ya Maandiko ndipo utakapobaki kuwa mwaminifu, wenye matokeo, na imara kiroho.To understand evangelism rightly, we must begin not with methods or techniques, but with Scripture. Programs come and go; cultural strategies shift; but the biblical foundation of evangelism remains unchanged. Real evangelism is something that is caught more than taught. It is a passion rather than a program. And, as George Sweazy observed, a church always tends to drift away from evangelism, never toward it. The cure for that drift is not better technique but a deeper anchor in the Word of God. Only when evangelism is grounded in Scripture will it remain faithful, effective, and spiritually sound.

I. Uinjilisti Moyoni mwa MunguI. Evangelism in the Heart of God

Chanzo cha uinjilisti kinapatikana kwa Mungu. Ni Mungu anayechukua hatua ya kwanza katika wokovu. Baada ya anguko la mwanadamu katika Mwanzo 3, si Adamu anayemtafuta Mungu, bali ni Mungu anayeita:The origin of evangelism is found in God. It is God who takes the initiative in salvation. After the fall of man in Genesis 3, it is not Adam who seeks God, but God who calls out:

"BWANA Mungu akamwita Adamu, akamwambia, Uko wapi?" (Mwanzo 3:9, SUV)"Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, 'Where are you?'" (Genesis 3:9, NKJV)

Swali la kwanza lililoandikwa katika historia ya mwanadamu ni swali la upendo unaotafuta. Kabla sauti yoyote ya mwanadamu haijalia ikiomba ukombozi, sauti ya Mungu tayari inatafuta bustanini. Mtindo huu unaendelea katika Maandiko yote. Mungu anamtafuta Ibrahimu huko Uru. Mungu anamtafuta Musa kwenye kichaka kinachowaka moto. Mungu anamtafuta Daudi kati ya kondoo. Mungu anamtafuta Isaya hekaluni. Yesu Mwenyewe alitangaza:The first recorded question in human history is a question of seeking love. Before any human voice cries out for redemption, the divine voice is already searching the garden. This pattern continues throughout Scripture. God seeks Abraham in Ur. God seeks Moses at the burning bush. God seeks David among the sheep. God seeks Isaiah in the temple. Jesus Himself declared:

"Kwa maana Mwana wa Adamu alikuja kutafuta na kukiokoa kilichopotea." (Luka 19:10, SUV)"for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." (Luke 19:10, NKJV)

Basi, uinjilisti kimsingi hauhusu mwanadamu kujinyoosha juu kumfikia Mungu, bali Mungu kujinyoosha chini kumfikia mwanadamu. Waamini wanapoinjilisha, wanajiunga na kazi ambayo Mungu tayari ameianzisha. Mwamini hazalishi hamu ya kiroho; Mungu huuandaa moyo. Mwamini haubuni ujumbe; Mungu aliufunua. Mwamini haiokoi nafsi; Mungu huikomboa. Mwinjilisti ni mshiriki, si mwanzilishi.Evangelism, then, is not primarily about man reaching up to God, but about God reaching down to man. When believers evangelize, they are joining in a work that God has already initiated. The believer does not generate spiritual interest; God prepares the heart. The believer does not invent the message; God revealed it. The believer does not save the soul; God redeems it. The evangelist is a participant, not the originator.

II. Uinjilisti katika Agano la KaleII. Evangelism in the Old Testament

Katika kitabu Thus It Is Written (Ndivyo Ilivyoandikwa), Henry Goerner anafuatilia kile anachokiita mpango wa Mungu wa kuiongoa familia nzima ya wanadamu. Kusudi la awali lilikuwa pana kiasi cha kushangaza: jamii yote ya wanadamu ilipaswa kumjia Mungu. Lakini jamii ya wanadamu ilizidi kuwa mbaya zaidi na zaidi. Uovu wa wanadamu ulileta Gharika, akaokolewa Nuhu peke yake. Baada ya Gharika, mtindo ule ule ulijitokeza tena; watu walimwasi Mungu na kujaribu kujenga mnara ufike mbinguni, naye Mungu akaichafua lugha yao na kuwatawanya katika uso wa dunia yote.In Thus It Is Written, Henry Goerner traces what he calls God's plan to win the entire human family. The original purpose was breathtaking in scope: the whole human race was to come to God. But the race grew worse and worse. The wickedness of mankind brought the flood, sparing only Noah. After the flood, the same pattern reasserted itself; the people disobeyed God and tried to build a tower up to heaven, and God confused their language and scattered them across the earth.

Wito kwa watu wote ulipokosa kufanikiwa, Mungu alichukua njia nyingine. Angeanza na mtu mmoja, Ibrahimu, na kupitia yeye aufikie ulimwengu:When the call of all men did not succeed, God adopted another approach. He would begin with one man, Abraham, and through him reach the world:

"...na katika wewe jamaa zote za dunia watabarikiwa." (Mwanzo 12:3, SUV)"...and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Genesis 12:3, NKJV)

Wazao wa Ibrahimu, yaani watu wa Kiebrania, walichaguliwa ili kuwaeleza wengine habari za Mungu. Waliitwa kuwaAbraham's descendants, the Hebrew people, were chosen to tell others about God. They were called to be

"ufalme wa makuhani, na taifa takatifu." (Kutoka 19:6, SUV)"a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." (Exodus 19:6, NKJV)

Msiba wa Israeli ni kwamba walidhani walichaguliwa kwa ajili ya upendeleo badala ya huduma. Kama uzi wa dhahabu unaopita katika Agano la Kale lote, kuna shauku ya Mungu ya kuleta wokovu kwa ulimwengu wote. Hilo ndilo wazo kuu kuanzia Mwanzo hadi Malaki. Baadaye Paulo angesema kwamba Waebrania walikabidhiwa maneno yenyewe ya Mungu—lakini walishindwa kutimiza kazi waliyochaguliwa kuifanya. Kitabu cha Yona kinabaki kuwa picha iliyo wazi zaidi katika Agano la Kale ya mmisionari asiyetaka kwenda, na ya Mungu ambaye rehema yake inafika nje ya mipaka ya watu wake wateule. Rahabu Mkanaani, Ruthu Mmoabu, na Naamani Mshami wote wanaingia katika simulizi la ukombozi kama ushahidi kwamba moyo wa Mungu haukuwahi kudunda kwa ajili ya taifa moja peke yake.The tragedy of Israel is that they thought they were chosen for privilege rather than for service. Like a golden thread running through the Old Testament is God's desire to bring salvation to the whole world. It is the dominant idea from Genesis to Malachi. Paul would later say that the Hebrews were entrusted with the very words of God—yet they failed to perform the function for which they were chosen. The book of Jonah remains the Old Testament's clearest portrait of a reluctant missionary, and of a God whose mercy reaches beyond the borders of His chosen people. Rahab the Canaanite, Ruth the Moabite, and Naaman the Syrian all enter the redemptive narrative as evidence that God's heart never beat for one nation alone.

III. Uinjilisti katika Huduma ya KristoIII. Evangelism in the Ministry of Christ

Israeli ilipokataa wito wake, Mungu hakuliacha kusudi lake. Alitimiza kupitia Mwanawe kile ambacho hakingeweza kutimizwa kupitia wanadamu wasio waaminifu. Hata hivyo, hata mwanzoni mwa huduma yake, Yesu aliwahubiri Wayahudi peke yao, akiwapa nafasi moja ya mwisho ya kutimiza wito wao. Walikataa. Akawaambia:When Israel refused her calling, God did not abandon His purpose. He accomplished through His Son what He could not accomplish through unfaithful men. Yet even at the beginning of His ministry, Jesus preached to the Jews exclusively, giving them one last opportunity to fulfill their calling. They refused. To them He said:

"Kwa sababu hiyo nawaambia, Ufalme wa Mungu utaondolewa kwenu, atapewa taifa lingine linalozaa matunda yake." (Mathayo 21:43, SUV)"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it." (Matthew 21:43, NKJV)

Wanafunzi wakawa wa kwanza wa watu wateule wapya, warithi wa ahadi. Yesu akawaambia:The disciples became the first of a new chosen people, the inheritors of the promise. To them Jesus said:

"Amani iwe kwenu; kama vile Baba alivyonituma mimi, mimi nami nawatuma ninyi." (Yohana 20:21, SUV)"Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." (John 20:21, NKJV)

Katika kitabu The Master Plan of Evangelism (Mpango Mkuu wa Uinjilisti), Robert Coleman anatoa kanuni kadhaa kutoka katika njia ya Yesu. Tano kati ya hizo zinaiunda sehemu hii. Kwanza, watu ndio waliokuwa njia yake. Yesu hakuanzisha mpango; aliwaita watu wasio na elimu wawe wavuvi wa watu wengine, akitumia muda wake mwingi kwa wale kumi na wawili, na hasa wale watatu wa karibu. Pili, alikaa pamoja nao. Kadiri muda ulivyozidi kuwa mfupi, alitumia muda mwingi zaidi pamoja nao, si kidogo. Tatu, alidai utii. Makutano walifurahia kulishwa na kuponywa, lakini walirudi nyuma gharama ilipozidi kuwa wazi. Nne, alijitoa Mwenyewe—kuanzia kuwatawadha miguu hadi msalabani. Tano, aliwaonyesha jinsi ya kuishi; aliomba, alinukuu Maandiko, na alitumia nafasi za kushuhudia hadi wafuasi wake wakawa na shauku inayowaka ya kumwiga. Kristo yule yule aliyefundisha makutano pia alisimama kwa ajili ya Nikodemo usiku (Yohana 3), yule mwanamke kisimani (Yohana 4), Zakayo mtoza ushuru (Luka 19), na yule kijana tajiri (Mathayo 19).In The Master Plan of Evangelism, Robert Coleman draws several principles from Jesus' approach. Five of them frame this unit. First, men were His method. Jesus did not institute a program; He called unlearned men to be fishers of other men, concentrating most of His time on the twelve, and especially the inner three. Second, He stayed with them. As time grew short, He spent more time with them, not less. Third, He required obedience. The crowds enjoyed the feeding and healing, but fell away as the cost became clear. Fourth, He gave Himself away—from footwashing to the cross. Fifth, He showed them how to live; He prayed, He quoted Scripture, and He took witnessing opportunities until His followers had a burning desire to imitate Him. The same Christ who taught crowds also paused for Nicodemus by night (John 3), the woman at the well (John 4), Zacchaeus the tax collector (Luke 19), and the rich young ruler (Matthew 19).

IV. Agizo KuuIV. The Great Commission

Baada ya ufufuo wake, Yesu aliwapa wafuasi wake amri iliyo wazi:After His resurrection, Jesus gave a clear command to His followers:

"Basi, enendeni, mkawafanye mataifa yote kuwa wanafunzi, mkiwabatiza kwa jina la Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu; na kuwafundisha kuyashika yote niliyowaamuru ninyi." (Mathayo 28:19–20, SUV)"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19–20, NKJV)

Na tena:And again:

"Enendeni ulimwenguni mwote, mkaihubiri Injili kwa kila kiumbe." (Marko 16:15, SUV)"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15, NKJV)

Hili si pendekezo, bali ni amri. Uinjilisti si jambo la hiari kwa mwamini. Ni sehemu ya kumtii Kristo. Agizo hili lina matendo manne: kwenda, kufanya wanafunzi, kubatiza, na kufundisha. Kwenda kunahitaji kuondoka mahali ulipo. Kufanya wanafunzi kunahitaji uvumilivu. Kubatiza kunahitaji kujitambulisha hadharani na Kristo na kanisa lake. Kufundisha kunahitaji maudhui. Lengo si maamuzi tu, bali maisha yaliyobadilishwa yanayomfuata Kristo. Paulo alitangaza kwamba sasa kanisa ndilo Israeli Mpya na watoto wa ahadi (Warumi 9:8). Lakini kanisa lolote linaloshindwa kuwaeleza wengine habari za Mungu linavunja masharti ya mkataba na halina haki ya kujiita kanisa.This is not a suggestion, but a command. Evangelism is not optional for the believer. It is part of obedience to Christ. The commission contains four actions: going, making disciples, baptizing, and teaching. Going requires movement. Making disciples requires patience. Baptizing requires public identification with Christ and His church. Teaching requires content. The goal is not merely decisions, but transformed lives that follow Christ. Paul declared that the church is now the New Israel and the children of the promise (Romans 9:8). But any church that fails to tell others about God is breaking the terms of the contract and has no right to call itself a church.

Joseph Aldrich, katika kitabu Lifestyle Evangelism (Uinjilisti kwa Mtindo wa Maisha), anasimulia upya mazungumzo ya kubuni kati ya Yesu na malaika Gabrieli baada ya kupaa kwake. Gabrieli anauliza, "Umefanya mpango gani ili kila mtu ajue habari za upendo wako?" Yesu anajibu, "Nimewaomba Petro, Yakobo, Yohana, na marafiki wachache wawaambie wengine. Wale watakaoambiwa watawaambia wengine, na habari yangu itaenea hadi miisho ya dunia." Gabrieli, akijua jinsi wanadamu walivyo dhaifu, anasisitiza, "Lakini je, wakichoka? Je, wale watakaokuja baada yao wakisahau? Je, hujafanya mipango mingine yoyote?" Naye Yesu anajibu, "Sijafanya mipango mingine yoyote. Ninawategemea wao."Joseph Aldrich, in Lifestyle Evangelism, retells a fictional conversation between Jesus and the angel Gabriel after the ascension. Gabriel asks, "What plan have You made to let everyone know about Your love?" Jesus replies, "I've asked Peter, James, John, and a few friends to tell others. Those who are told will tell others, and My story will spread to the farthest reaches of the globe." Gabriel, knowing what poor stuff men are made of, presses, "But what if they grow weary? What if those who come after them forget? Haven't You made any other plans?" And Jesus answers, "I haven't made any other plans. I'm counting on them."

V. Kazi ya Roho MtakatifuV. The Role of the Holy Spirit

Uinjilisti haufanywi kwa nguvu za kibinadamu peke yake. Yesu aliwaambia wanafunzi wake:Evangelism is not carried out in human strength alone. Jesus told His disciples:

"Lakini mtapokea nguvu, akiisha kuwajilia juu yenu Roho Mtakatifu; nanyi mtakuwa mashahidi wangu katika Yerusalemu, na katika Uyahudi wote, na Samaria, na hata mwisho wa nchi." (Matendo 1:8, SUV)"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8, NKJV)

Roho Mtakatifu hutia nguvu, huongoza, na huhakikisha moyoni (huleta hatia ya dhambi). Bila Yeye, uinjilisti unakuwa juhudi za kibinadamu tu. Pamoja naye, unakuwa kazi ya nguvu za Mungu. Roho hufanya kazi kwa njia ambazo mwinjilisti hawezi kuziona wala kuzidhibiti. Huiandaa mioyo muda mrefu kabla mwamini hajafika. Huleta hatia moyoni wakati mwamini ameishiwa maneno. Huwavuta watu binafsi kwa Kristo wakati kila sababu inayoonekana ya kuitikia imeshindwa. Wajibu wa mwamini ni kuwa mwaminifu; kazi ya Roho ni kuleta uzima. Pale tofauti hii inapopotea, uinjilisti ama unakuwa wa kulazimisha kwa hila—ukishinikiza matokeo ambayo moyo wa mwanadamu hauwezi kuyazalisha—au unakuwa wa woga, ukitilia shaka kwamba neno lolote lingeweza kuleta tofauti. Msimamo wa kibiblia si mojawapo ya hayo. Ni utegemezi wenye uhakika: mwamini anasema kwa sababu Kristo ameamuru, na anatumaini kwa sababu Roho yuko kazini.The Holy Spirit empowers, guides, and convicts. Without Him, evangelism becomes mere human effort. With Him, it becomes a work of divine power. The Spirit works in ways the evangelist cannot see or control. He prepares hearts long before the believer arrives. He brings conviction when the believer has run out of words. He draws individuals to Christ when every visible reason for response has failed. The believer's responsibility is to be faithful; the Spirit's role is to bring life. Where this distinction is lost, evangelism either becomes manipulative—pressing for results the human heart cannot produce—or it becomes timid, doubting that any word could matter. The biblical posture is neither. It is confident dependence: the believer speaks because Christ has commanded, and trusts because the Spirit is at work.

VI. Uaminifu Kuliko MatokeoVI. Faithfulness Over Results

Mojawapo ya mambo yasiyoeleweka zaidi katika uinjilisti ni dhana kwamba mafanikio hupimwa kwa matokeo yanayoonekana. Maandiko yanafundisha vinginevyo:One of the greatest misunderstandings in evangelism is that success is measured by visible results. Scripture teaches otherwise:

"Mimi nilipanda, Apolo akatia maji; bali Mungu akakuza." (1 Wakorintho 3:6, SUV)"I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase." (1 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV)

Wajibu wa mwamini si kuzalisha kuongoka kwa mtu, bali kuiwasilisha Injili kwa uaminifu. Matokeo ni ya Mungu. Mtazamo huu unaondoa shinikizo na kurejesha uwiano. Utafiti unaonyesha kwamba kwa wastani mtu husikia Injili zaidi ya mara saba kabla ya kuitikia, na kwamba sehemu kubwa sana ya watu wanaookoka huokoka si katika mikutano mikubwa bali katika mazingira ya mtu mmoja kwa mmoja. Neno la uaminifu linalosemwa mezani wakati wa kunywa kahawa linaweza kuwa mbegu ya saba, ile ambayo Mungu anaitumia kwa mavuno. Paulo angeweza kupanda. Apolo angeweza kutia maji. Hakuna hata mmoja wao aliyeweza kuamuru ukuaji. Kwa ukweli huu, mwinjilisti analindwa dhidi ya makosa mawili yaliyo sawa na yanayopingana. Kiburi husema, "Mimi ndiye niliyewaleta." Kukata tamaa husema, "Siwezi kuwafikia." Yote mawili yanajibiwa na mstari ule ule. Mkono wa kwanza hupanda; wa pili hutia maji; lakini Mungu peke yake ndiye anayekuza.The responsibility of the believer is not to produce conversion, but to faithfully communicate the gospel. Results belong to God. This perspective removes pressure and restores proportion. Research suggests the average person hears the gospel more than seven times before responding, and that the great majority of conversions take place not at events but in one-on-one settings. The faithful word spoken over coffee may be the seventh seed, the one God uses for the harvest. Paul could plant. Apollos could water. Neither could command growth. The evangelist is protected by this truth from two equal and opposite errors. Pride says, "I won them." Despair says, "I cannot reach them." Both are answered by the same verse. The first hand plants; the second waters; but only God gives the increase.

VII. Kielelezo na MatumiziVII. Illustration and Application

Brad Johnson, katika kitabu The Unchurched Today: What Will It Take to Reach Them? (Wasiohudhuria Kanisa Leo: Itahitaji Nini Kuwafikia?), anasimulia habari ya bingwa wa uvuvi wa jimbo aliyeulizwa jinsi alivyoshinda mara kwa mara. Bingwa huyo alijibu: "Ninakwenda ziwani wiki kadhaa kabla ya mashindano. Ninakwenda asubuhi, adhuhuri, na usiku. Ninapima kasi ya upepo, joto la maji na la hewa, na mienendo ya ulaji wa samaki. Kisha, siku ya mashindano inapofika, ninaangalia tu kumbukumbu zangu na kwenda kuvua pale samaki walipo."Brad Johnson, in The Unchurched Today: What Will It Take to Reach Them?, tells of a state fishing champion who was asked how he won so consistently. The champion answered: "I go to the lake weeks before a tournament. I go in the morning, at noon, and at night. I check wind speed, water and air temperatures, and the feeding patterns of the fish. Then, when the day of the tournament arrives, I simply check my notes and go fishing where the fish are."

Kristo aliwaita wanafunzi wake kuwa wavuvi wa watu. Kielelezo hiki si cha bahati mbaya. Mvuvi wa watu aliye makini, kama yule bingwa, huchunguza, hujiandaa, na hujifunza hali kabla ya kutupa wavu. Wasiohudhuria kanisa wako wapi katika mji huu? Wanabeba mizigo gani? Wanauliza maswali gani? Ni vipindi gani vya maisha vinavyowafanya wawe tayari zaidi kupokea? Agano Jipya linaonyesha angalau mitindo mitatu: uinjilisti wa mtu binafsi, yaani "nenda ukaeleze" wa ushuhuda wa kwanza wa nyumba kwa nyumba; uinjilisti wa umati, yaani "njoo uone" wa Pentekoste, wa Wesley, Whitefield, na Finney; na uinjilisti wa mtindo wa maisha, yaani "nenda ukaishi" anaoueleza Aldrich—maisha yaliyobadilishwa yanayozua swali, "Nawezaje kupata kile ulicho nacho?"Christ called His disciples to be fishers of men. The illustration is not accidental. The serious fisher of men, like the champion, observes, prepares, and studies the conditions before he casts the net. Where are the unchurched in this city? What burdens are they carrying? What questions are they asking? What seasons of life make them most receptive? The New Testament shows at least three patterns: personal evangelism, the "go and tell" of the early house-to-house witness; mass evangelism, the "come and see" of Pentecost, of Wesley, Whitefield, and Finney; and lifestyle evangelism, the "go and live" that Aldrich describes—a transformed life that provokes the question, "How can I get what you have?"

Kwa matumizi, maazimio matatu yanatokana na sehemu hii. Kwanza, uwekee uinjilisti nanga katika Maandiko, si katika mbinu. Pili, mtegemee Roho Mtakatifu, si haiba yako. Tatu, pima utii, si matokeo. Uinjilisti wa kweli huambukizwa zaidi kuliko kufundishwa—na huambukizwa kutoka kwa waamini ambao kwanza wameshikwa na Mungu anayewatafuta waliopotea.For application, three commitments follow from this unit. First, anchor evangelism in Scripture, not technique. Second, depend on the Holy Spirit, not personality. Third, measure obedience, not outcomes. Real evangelism is caught more than taught—and it is caught from believers who have been gripped first by the God who seeks the lost.

HitimishoConclusion

Uinjilisti huanza na Mungu, umefunuliwa katika Maandiko, umeonyeshwa kwa mfano na Kristo, umeamriwa kwa waamini, na umetiwa nguvu na Roho Mtakatifu. Si uvumbuzi wa kibinadamu, wala hautegemei mbinu. Ni kushiriki katika kazi ya ukombozi ya Mungu. Kujihusisha na uinjilisti ni kuingia katika kile ambacho Mungu tayari anakifanya—kutangaza kweli kwa uaminifu, tukimtumaini Yeye kuleta matokeo. Wanafunzi walikuwa wa kwanza kusikia maneno haya, "Ninawategemea ninyi." Maneno hayo hayo yanavuma kwa kila mwamini leo.Evangelism begins with God, is revealed in Scripture, modeled by Christ, commanded to believers, and empowered by the Holy Spirit. It is not a human invention, nor is it dependent upon technique. It is participation in the redemptive work of God. To engage in evangelism is to step into what God is already doing—to faithfully proclaim truth, trusting Him to bring the result. The disciples were the first to hear the words, "I'm counting on you." The same words echo to every believer today.

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