AG STUDY GUIDE FINAL - The Forerunner

Rev. Walter Bowie – Well, first of all, we should evangelize, if for no other reason,
simply because Christ said do it, okay? If there was no logic, no rhyme or reason, if we
had nothing but the simple command, “Go, therefore, and preach,” that’s why we
should evangelize – number one. But then, secondly, a more comprehensive answer is
that evangelism is the means by which God has purposed to bring His will to pass. And
so the God of the ends is also the God of the means.
And what are the means that God has ordained?
Dr. D. James Kennedy – God is pleased to use human means to accomplish glorious,
divine and eternal ends. And we have the incredible privilege of being co-laborers with
Christ in bringing to pass the greatest, most glorious ends imaginable – the redemption
of all of God’s elect.
Rev. Walter J. Chantry – God has intended to save men through the means of mortal
human beings. It’s absolutely astounding that God would use a weak, frail, sinful
human being to testify to the Lord Jesus Christ.
This raises another question and needs to be addressed. Is God helpless without you or
me to evangelize? Are His arms so short that He cannot save without our help?
Dr. R.C. Sproul – God doesn’t need me to round up the elect. But He gives me the
unspeakable privilege of participating in this work of redemption. I think it’s a delight
for us to be able to be engaged in, and it’s the same thing with prayer.
As a result of free will theology, much of modern evangelism falsely assumes God is
helpless without us to proclaim the Gospel. Though they would never say it this way,
the impression one gets is that, without us, God can do nothing. Scripture, however,
teaches the exact opposite. Jesus put the axe to the root to such humanistic thinking
when He responded to the Pharisee’s plea that He tell the crowd to stop praising Him.
“But He answered and said to them, ‘I tell you that if these should keep silent, the
stones would immediately cry out.’” ~ Luke 19:40
In the same way, His cousin, John the Baptist, rebuked a crowd for only trusting in their
religious heritage.
“For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these
stones.” ~ Luke 3:8
Mr. William Carey - It is our duty, sir, as Christians, to attempt the
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