CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

444 Evangelizology
5. RESULT of Evangelism Ministry:
a. Salvation heard:
1) avkou,w and cognates:
a) avkou,w (verb, 437 NT uses) to hear:
(1) Used in triplicate form:
Matt 13:17, “For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see
what you see, and did not see it; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it”
Byz: kai. avkou/sai a] avkou,ete( kai. ouvk h;kousan
Notice that the parallel “seeing” used two verbs: o`ra,w, ble,pw, and o`ra,w
(2) Used in duplicate form:
Matt 13:9
Matt 13:9 (NAS), “He who has ears, let him hear.”
N/A27: o` e;cwn w=ta avkoue,tw
Matt 13:9 (NKJ), “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Byz: ~O e;cwn w=ta avkou,ein avkoue,twÅ
Similarly Matt 11:15; 13:43
Matt 13:13 “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and
while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand [suni,hmi]”
(3) Used in parallel with suni,hmi (to understand):
Matt 15:10, “And after He called the multitude to Him, He said to them, “Hear, and
understand”
(4) Other uses:
Matt 18:15 “And if your brother sins, go and reprove him in private; if he listens to you, you
have won your brother”
Matt 18:16, “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the
mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed”
Matt 19:22, “But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieved; for he
was one who owned much property”
Matt 19:25, “And when the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, ‘Then
who can be saved?’”
Matt 20:30, “And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing
by, cried out, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Matt 22:22, And hearing this, they marveled, and leaving Him, they went away”
Matt 22:33, “And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching”
(5) OT uses (see “A Proclaimed or Spoken Witness in the OT”):
Deut 4:6, “In the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes”
Deut 32:1, “Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my
mouth”
b) Combinations with the verb avkou,w:
(1) avkou,w with plhrofore,w (to fill, fulfill, accomplish) the kh,rugma (preaching):
2 Tim 4:17, “But the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, in order that through me the
proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I
was delivered out of the lion's mouth.”
(2) avkou,w with pisteu,w (to believe):
Luke 8:12, “And those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and
takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved”
John 5:24, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent
Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into
life”
John 12:47 (NKJ), “And if anyone hears My words and does not believe [NA27, fula,ssw],
I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world”
Acts 4:4 (NKJ), “However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of
the men came to be about five thousand”
Acts 13:48, “And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word
of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed”