Learn to think that evangelism results in the ultimate and immediate good of the unbeliever, that evangelism itself is part social action. Paul writes, “For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved” (1 Cor. 10:33). Consider taking that good to include earthly good in experiencing the implications of eternal life, of having found Christ’s promise of abundant life in the present. You do not have to apologize for being an evangelist, as though you only bring some
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