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“Evangelistic Passion”

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Pastor Martin, in a sermon titled "Evangelistic Passion," urges men of God to cultivate and maintain a fervent zeal for evangelism. He recommends specific books and biographies as tools to stir up this passion, emphasizing that a heart truly set on the conversion of sinners will experience pain when conversions are not seen, which will manifest in the tone and content of ministry. Martin highlights works by Horatius Bonar, C.H. Spurgeon, Richard Baxter, and Gardner Spring, along with biographies of figures like George Whitefield and David Brainerd, as proven means to ignite and sustain evangelistic fervor.

Outline 7 sections · 3 min

  1. The Mandate for Evangelistic Passion 0:02
  2. Horatius Bonar's 'Words to Winners of Souls' 0:47
  3. Spurgeon's Lectures on Conversion 1:31
  4. Baxter and Spring: Personal Impact 1:42
  5. Biographies of Passionate Evangelists 2:03
  6. Further Biographical Examples 2:14
  7. The Enduring Legacy of Brainerd's Passion 2:21

Key Quotes

“You, as a man of God, must continually stir yourself up in this area of evangelistic passion and vision.”
“I know a few things that are more calculated to stir the heart of any man in whom the grace of God dwells with regard to this matter of passion for evangelism than that little booklet by Bonar.”
“He establishes the principle that the heart can never relinquish the object on which it is set without pain.”
“And if your heart is truly set on the conversion of sinners, though you may not see the conversion of sinners, you will have a pained heart, and a pained heart will manifest itself in the tone, the flavor, as well as the content of your ministry.”
“I've been amazed over the years to see how many people who've been eminently useful in the Church of Christ, trace their initial infusion of passion to reading the life of Brainerd.”

Applications

All listeners

  • Continually stir yourself up in the area of evangelistic passion and vision.
  • Make 'Words to Winners of Souls' by Horatius Bonar a lifetime companion.
  • Read Spurgeon's 'The Soul Winner' to be stirred up to evangelistic passion.
  • Read the chapter on 'conversion as our aim' in Spurgeon's 'Lectures to My Students'.
  • Read and re-read sections of Baxter's 'Reformed Pastor' and Gardner Spring's 'Power in the Pulpit' for spiritual impact.
  • Read biographies of holy pleaders and passionate evangelists like Whitfield and Payson.
  • Read biographies of Spurgeon.
  • Read biographies of McShane and Brainerd.

A full transcript is available on the tab. 8 paragraphs, roughly 3 minutes.

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