CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

432 Evangelizology
3. MOVEMENT AND/OR LOCATION of Evangelism Ministry (which impacts the conception,
description, and definition of methodology):
[i.e. not only within the church building; also assumes intentionality and precise missionary activity]
a. Movement verbs for the messenger, rather than the message (sometimes used by itself to
describe evangelism ministry):
1) eu`ri,skw (177 NT uses), find, discover, come upon:
Matt 22:9-10, “‘Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the
wedding feast.’ And those slaves went out into the streets, and gathered together all they found,
both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.”
Luke 15:4-7, “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not
leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? And
when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls
together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my
sheep which was lost!’ I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one
sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
Luke 15:8-10, “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp
and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls
together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I
had lost!’ In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one
sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:22-24, “But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him,
and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat
and be merry; for this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been
found.’ And they began to be merry” (cf. Luke 15:32)
John 1:41, “He found first his own brother Simon, and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah
(which translated means Christ).’”
John 1:43, “The next day He purposed to go forth into Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said
to him, ‘Follow Me.’”
John 1:45, “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found Him of whom Moses in the
Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’”
John 5:12, “Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, ‘Behold, you have become
well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse may befall you.’”
John 9:35, “Jesus heard that they had put him out; and finding him, He said, ‘Do you believe in the
Son of Man?’”
2) evggi,zw (43 NT uses), come near, approach; draw near, come close:
Luke 10:11, “Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you;
yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.”
b. Movement verbs for travel:
1) evxe,rcomai (222 NT uses), go out, come out; go forth:
Luke 9:6, “And departing, they began going about among the villages, preaching the gospel, and
healing everywhere”
1 John 4:1, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God;
because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
2) perih/lqon or perie,rcomai (4 NT uses; 13 OT LXX uses)†, go about; go from place to place
(hence, itinerate); wander about:
13 OT LXX uses: 8 in Joshua; 2 in Job; 1 in 2 Sam, Jer, Ezek:
Jos 6:7, 11, 15: of the people of Israel marching around Jericho
Jos 15:10; 16:6, 18:14; 19:13, 14: used to describe the turning of the perimeter of assigned
territories
2 Sam 14:20 (LXE), “In order that this form of speech might come about”
Job 1:7, of Satan: “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it”
Jer 31:22 (LXE), “men shall go about in safety”
Ezek 3:15 (LXE), “and [Ezekiel] went round to them that dwelt by the river of Chobar”
Acts 19:13, “But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place [tw/n
periercome,nwn], attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord
Jesus, saying, ‘I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches’”