CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

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Rom 10:16, “However, they did not all heed the glad tidings; for Isaiah says, ‘LORD, who
has believed our report?’”
(3) avkoh, with pi,stij (faith):
Gal 3:2, “This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the
works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?”
evx avkoh/j pi,stewj
Gal 3:5, “Does He then, who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do
it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?”
(4) avkoh, with avkou,w (to hear) and pi,stij (faith) [and euvaggeli,zw!]:
Heb 4:2, “For indeed we have had good news preached [euvaggeli,zw]to us, just as they also;
but the word they heard [avkoh,] did not profit them, because it was not united by faith
[pi,stij] in those who heard [avkou,w]”
e) eivsakou,w (verb; 214 LXX uses; 5 NT uses), to listen or to hear; especially to give ear or
heed:
In NT:
Of man thinking himself heard in prayer, Matt 6:7
Of God hearing prayer, Luke 1:13; Acts 10:31; Heb 5:7
Of God speaking thorugh people of strange tongue, 1 Cor 14:21
In the OT:
Of giving heed to the voice of the Lord, Deut 4:30, “When you are in distress and all these things
have come upon you, in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to
His voice”; Deut 11:13; 15:5; 27:10
Of giving heed to the false teaching of a family member, Deut 13:8, “you shall not yield to him or
listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him”
f) proakou,w (verb, hapax) to hear beforehand:
Col 1:5, “…because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the
word of truth, the gospel…”
[Byz] h]n prohkou,sate evn tw/| lo,gw| th/j avlhqei,aj tou/ euvaggeli,ou
g) u`pakou,w (verb, 21 NT uses) to listen (hence, to obey):
Rom 10:16 (KJV), “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath
believed our report?’”
[Byz] VallV ouv pa,ntej u`ph,kousan tw/| euvaggeli,w|
b. Salvation urged:
1) metanoe,w, “repent” [as verb, describing the commitment to Christ], Mark 6:12; Acts 2:38;
3:19; 8:22; 17:30:
a) Acts 26:20, “I preached that they should repent [metanoei/n] and turn to God and prove their
repentance [th/j metanoi,aj] by their deeds.”
b) Acts 11:18, “God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance [as noun] that leads to life”
2) pisteu,w– “believe” [as needful or an imperative], Matt 9:28; Mark 9:23-24; Luke 8:12-13,
50; 24:25; John 1:7, 12; 3:12, 18; 5:47; 8:24, 45-46; 10:37-38; 11:25-26; 12:36; 13:19; 14:1,
10-11, 29; 19:35; 20-30-31; Acts 19:4; Rom 10:9
a) Mark 1:15, “and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and
believe in the gospel’”
b) Mark 5:36, “But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, said to the synagogue official, ‘Do
not be afraid any longer, only believe’”
c) John 6:39, “Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him
whom He has sent’”
d) Acts 15:7, “After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you
know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would
hear the word of the gospel and believe”
e) Acts 16:31, “They said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your
household’”
f) Acts 26:27, “King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do.”