The Biggest Reason We Don't Talk About Jesus - Andrew Mook

``We don't first need followers of Jesus pretending to be evangelists. We need disciples so permeated with the love of Jesus that witness, sharing your faith with people is just like the most normal thing imaginable. There'll still be fear. There's good techniques and things to think about and questions you should, like, have a good be prepared to give a reason for the hope you have within you. There'll still be awkward conversations over Cleveland. Right? But when it's coming from a real place, it changes everything. Evangelism without communion with God is just performance. [00:38:34] (38 seconds)  #DisciplesNotPerformers

The reason I think evangelism can feel so strange is that we've turned news like into homework. We've made it less about news. Those of you who've been around know that I love to emphasize that the gospel is good news. Tim Keller said something I keep coming back to. He said, the gospel is not advice to be followed, it is news. Advice is something you need to do. News is something that has already been done. If the gospel is advice, evangelism feels like handing out homework. [00:35:26] (34 seconds)  #GospelIsGoodNews

When you realize that you've been reconciled to God, Paul's like, yeah, he's gonna make his appeal through you. So again, the question underneath evangelism isn't first, do you know what to say? The question is, has the love of Christ taken hold of you? Has his mercy become real in you? Again, maybe you could say it like this, when evangelism is detached from love, it becomes law, And when it's rooted in love, it becomes witness. [00:17:03] (25 seconds)  #LoveNotLaw

She runs in with a story of encounter, forgets the whole reason she's even there. She just runs with like something different on her lips. Right? Mercy and grace on her lips. I think a lot of us think witness begins when we become impressive, and John four says, witness begins when mercy becomes personal, when it gets in there. She says, come and see the one who knows me and didn't turn away. That's witness. Anyone trying to speak of living water while living dehydrated. [00:24:50] (30 seconds)  #MercyBecomesPersonal

Luke 15 isn't only about lostness, it's about the joy of foundness. The angels are like, God freaks out with joy when just like one person, like, comes back home. Oh, man, when you discover the beauty and goodness of this, when somebody who was so far off and did everything to offend all that is good, true, and beautiful comes back. Rejoice. Rejoice. Rejoice. Celebrate. Celebrate. Not, I told you so. Oh, barely escaped hell on that one. Close, buddy. Like, [00:19:16] (32 seconds)  #CelebrateFoundness

Renewal, if you're renewing something, you're not blowing up the earth and torching the earth. You're bringing it back. If you're restoring the earth, you're not torching the earth. If you're reconciling the earth, right, it's all right there, clear as day. And Jesus uses this term renewal. The renewal of all things. So we talk about how we join God in this renewal work he's doing because we're told Jesus is on the throne making all things new [00:03:01] (26 seconds)  #MakingAllThingsNew

People who say they love Jesus enough to call themselves followers of him, people who go to church and believe the gospel have concluded that sharing it is something they should not do. How did we get there? Now, here's what makes this even harder to explain. A separate study asked the other side of the equation, not followers of Jesus, but just people in The United States Of America in general. Two thirds, this is a huge study, two thirds said that they were open or very open to having a conversation about the Christian faith with a friend. [00:05:50] (29 seconds)  #DoorsAreOpen

When Jesus is like a correct answer but not the live wire, when he's the inherited answer but not the burning one, you will overflow with a gospel that no longer feels like good news to you. We have to talk about the value of Jesus. Before we talk about the open doors out there, we have to talk about what's happening in here. The church doesn't first need more evangelism techniques, I think. I think the church needs a fresh evaluation of the person and work of Jesus. Would you turn with me to second Corinthians five? [00:12:10] (35 seconds)  #TreasureJesusFirst