I close with five applications for your evangelism in view of what we've seen. Number one tell
unbelievers the news first foreground the news make the news prominent the world doesn't know
the news they know they think they know lots of the requirements. We heard this, but they
didn't get the news so foreground the news God planned, God prophesied, God performed a ransom
for sinners. Jesus embraced the plan became the performance suffered, rejected, murdered,
raised knowingly, intentionally. obediently. triumphantly make the objective facts of the
glorious Jesus exalting news clear. There's no other way that the next steps of the gospel can
happen if they don't know the news because it's in the news that they see him and they gotta fall in
love with him to be in so number two so first tell the news make the news clear number two urge them
to look at Jesus in the news look at Jesus look at him suffering look at him being rejected look
at him dying look at him rising look look look what do you see what do you see that's what you
do you urge you plead don't you see this it's the greatest person who ever was this is beauty this
is glory this is value this is everything you see number three warn them that to love this world to
love its possessions and to love its preys more than they love Jesus will cost them their lives
forever tell him that that's what Jesus does warn them that Jesus is coming back he's coming back
And when he comes in the glory of the creator of the universe
and with holy holy holy angels millions of them
Nothing you have ever owned no praise you have ever received will make up for any disapproval
of Jesus you've ever shown your shame of Jesus will bring down shame on your head warn them
warn them we need to warn people with tears eyeball-to-eyeball at a restaurant over the
the table number four promise them in the name of Jesus that whatever must be denied in this
life there's no comparison to the joy of being with Jesus on the calvary road and the glory
that will be with Jesus after the Calvary Road and in the new world no comparison they need to
be told that don't let them especially if they've grown up in church don't let them
fastened on the word self-denial as if it meant there's no Christian self
capable of unspeakable joy what a travesty in understanding the term self-denial right
Make it clear make it crystal clear from this text that the self that is to be denied is the
self bent on suicide that's the only self to be denied the one that's bent on eternal
suicide the one that's bent on the insane thought that owning the world is better than
belonging to the son of man that's insane tell them that denying that self is wisdom wisdom
joy everlasting hope make sure they know that the only self that's being denied is the self
of utter foolishness of craving the approval of man over a million angels and the father
and the son insane crazy folly don't get too loud in the restaurant but it is possible to
help them see they'll never forget that conversation they won't ever forget it