tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35503642.post8000598484069667993..comments2022-11-27T16:19:35.248-05:00Comments on The Biblicist Cajoneador: Calvinists don't evangelize!Gary Bisaga (aka fool4jesus)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16238954438323198854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35503642.post-4322420322167124112007-07-10T11:43:00.000-04:002007-07-10T11:43:00.000-04:00True enough. I would never mean to imply otherwise...True enough. I would never mean to imply otherwise. However, in many churches, "making disciples" seems to be an excuse for not preaching the Gospel. In <A HREF="http://sojournhuntsville.org/blogs/davidthew/2006/07/17/church_in_a_brewery" REL="nofollow">this church</A> they say:<BR/><BR/><I>There are many pre-disciples in Metro Huntsville that will come, will hear the incredible news of Christ, and WILL become new disciples.</I><BR/><BR/>What's missing from this little equation? Conversion! I agree a conversion without making a disciple is wrong: with (re)birth must come growth. But trying to make a disciple without making a convert is just making more of the some of the <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%206:64-71;&version=50;" REL="nofollow">"disciples" that Jesus had</A>.<BR/><BR/>Also, note that in the Great Commission Jesus says to make disciples, "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you." Again, you can't make true disciples without preaching the whole truth of the Gospel.Gary Bisaga (aka fool4jesus)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16238954438323198854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35503642.post-39382197239627396002007-07-10T11:34:00.000-04:002007-07-10T11:34:00.000-04:00"God's clear command" tells us to make disciples, ..."God's clear command" tells us to make disciples, not converts!<BR/><BR/>I find that many people view evangelism as the means by which people get saved, and it is true that God's used the preaching of the Word to accomplish salvation. However, I think many people extend that to assume that the better we preach, the more people will get saved. This is salvation by works, in an even weirder way than usual.<BR/><BR/>The Arminian is right in that the amount and quality of our preaching does not affect the numbers of those who will be saved, but that misses the point--it is our privilege to preach the Word of God and teach what it says!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679428233205561501noreply@blogger.com