Our Evangelism: Like Jesus or the Pharisees

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Our Evangelism Like Jesus or the Pharisees?
The Pharisees
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to
win a single convert, and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much a son of hell as you
are. (Matthew 2315 NIV)
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Our Evangelism Like Jesus or the Pharisees?
The Pharisees
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in
men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor
will you let those enter who are trying to.
(Matthew 2313 NIV)
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Our Evangelism Like Jesus or the Pharisees?
The Pharisees
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have
taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves
have not entered, and you have hindered those who
were entering." (Luke 1152 NIV)
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Evangelism of Jesus - in Prophecy
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me to preach good
news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the
captives and release from darkness for the
prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's
favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to
comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who
grieve in Zion-- to bestow on them a crown of
beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness
instead of mourning, and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair. They will be
called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the
LORD for the display of his splendor. (Isaiah
611-3 NIV)
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Evangelism of Jesus - in Practice
He had to slip away just to pray
At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place
(to pray, Mark 135). The people were looking for
him and when they came to where he was, they
tried to keep him from leaving them. But he said,
"I must preach the good news of the kingdom of
God to the other towns also, because that is why
I was sent." (Luke 442-43 NIV)
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What we have in common with the Pharisees
The Pharisees
You and Me

• The Strictest Sect (Acts 265)
• Temple Goer (Lk 1810)
• Not Considered Immoral Lk 1811)
• Fast Twice a Week (Lk 1812)
• Paid Tithe (Lk 1812)
• Dedicated Sabbath Keeper (Mt 122)
• Concerned with Purity and Discipline (John 8)
• Search Land and Sea to make One Proselyte

• Conservative
• Church Goer
• Not judged as sinful by society
• Dont drink smoke or use drugs
• Give as Prospered
• Dedicated Sunday keepers
• Dedicated to congregational purity
• Interested in converting others and sending
  preachers

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Jesus was a Friend of Sinners
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named
Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth.
"Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and
followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at
Matthew's house, many tax collectors and
"sinners" came and ate with him and his
disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they
asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat
with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" On hearing
this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need
a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what
this means 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For
I have not come to call the righteous, but
sinners." (Matthew 99-13 NIV)
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Jesus was a Friend of Sinners
But go and learn what this means 'I desire
mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to
call the righteous, but sinners." (Matthew 913
NIV)
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Jesus was a Friend of Sinners
A Woman Sinner at the home of a Pharisee (Luke
736-50)
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Jesus was a Friend of Sinners
A Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery (John
81-11)
Jesus did not come to judge the world, but to
save it
The Pharisees came to judge the world, not to
save it
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Jesus reported to be a glutton and a winebibber
"To what, then, can I compare the people of this
generation? What are they like? They are like
children sitting in the marketplace and calling
out to each other "'We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance we sang a dirge, and you
did not cry.' For John the Baptist came neither
eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He
has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and
drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a
drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and
"sinners." ' But wisdom is proved right by all
her children." (Luke 731-35 NIV)
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Two Misused Passages
Do not be misled "Bad company corrupts good
character." (1 Corinthians 1533 NIV)
Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1
Thessalonians 522 KJV)
Avoid every kind of evil. (1 Thessalonians 522
NIV)
abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians
522 NASB)
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Jesus did not avoid the appearance of evil
Unlawful in the eyes of some to heal on the
Sabbath
Allowed his disciples to harvest grain on the
Sabbath
Went into the homes of sinners knowing he would
be declared guilty by association
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Paul Peter did not avoid the appearance of evil
Paul became all things to all men to win some
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make
myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as
possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win
the Jews. To those under the law I became like
one under the law (though I myself am not under
the law), so as to win those under the law. To
those not having the law I became like one not
having the law (though I am not free from God's
law but am under Christ's law), so as to win
those not having the law. To the weak I became
weak, to win the weak. I have become all things
to all men so that by all possible means I might
save some. I do all this for the sake of the
gospel, that I may share in its blessings. (1
Corinthians 919-23 NIV)
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Paul Peter did not avoid the appearance of evil
Paul became all things to all men to win some
Peter ate with Gentiles when others thought it
was sinful (Acts 10 Gal 2)
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4 Lifestyles toward the World

• Rejection
• Immersion
• Split Adaptation
• Discriminating Participation