“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself…” (Mark 12:30-31, NIV) The Great Commandment

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you…” (Matt. 28:19-20, NIV) The Great Commission

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“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.” (Matthew 4:18-20, NIV)

2 Aspects of the Divine Call: 1. The Call to Salvation “…Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.” (Revelation 22:17, NIV)

2 Aspects of the Divine Call: 2. The Call to Service “…The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” (Luke 10:2, NKJV)

2 Aspects of the Divine Call: 2. The Call to Service “…‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote–Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’ ‘Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’ Nathanael asked. ‘Come and see,’ said Philip.” (John 1:45-46, NIV)

2 Aspects of the Divine Call: 2. The Call to Service “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” (John 4:29, NIV)

3 Keys for Following Christ: 1. Listen to His Voice

“The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” (John 10:2-5, NIV)

3 Keys for Following Christ: 2. Obey His Word ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.” (Matthew 4:19-20, NIV)

3 Keys for Following Christ: 2. Obey His Word “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17, NKJV)

3 Keys for Following Christ: 3. Imitate His Example “Then he said to them all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” (Luke 9:23 NIV)

2 Truths About Evangelism: 1. God Delights in Using Ordinary People “When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13 NIV)

2 Truths About Evangelism: 2. God Delights in Using Our Experiences

3 Keys to Evangelism: 1. Be Yourself “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10, NKJV)

3 Keys to Evangelism: 2. Be Interested in Others Important Truth: You are more likely to influence the people you know, than those you don’t.

3 Keys to Evangelism: 3. Be Intentional “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” (1 Cor. 3:6-7 NIV)