THE IMPORTANCE
OF JEWISH EVANGELISM
I believe in the importance of the issue that has brought us
all here tonight, and the urgency of this mission should be a
sobering reality to us. I want to suggest to you that I believe
Jewish evangelism is the clearest test case for faithfulness to the
gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in this generation. It is very much
the case now that we are going to find out just what confidence
the Church has in the gospel when it comes to preaching the
gospel to the Jewish people. Controversy, we know, is inevitable
and that is true in the twenty-first century, but brothers and
sisters, as we all well know, it was true in the first century and we
should not expect it to be less so now. The gospel is explosive.
It is flammable and it explodes in the midst of a secular society
that wants nothing of it. The Apostle Paul told us already that, to
those who are perishing, the gospel is foolishness, a stumbling
block and an offense; but, to those who are being saved it is the
power of God. It is our responsibility to preach the gospel and
judgment will be upon us if we do not preach the gospel. As the
Apostle Paul says, “Woe unto me if I preach not the gospel.”
(1 Corinthians 9:16)
The theme text for this conference comes, as you well know,
from Romans 1:16; “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it
is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to
the Jew first and also to the Greek.” “I am not ashamed of the
gospel.” What an amazing thing for Paul to say. He doesn’t say,
“I am proud of the gospel.” He doesn’t say, “I am downright
excited about the gospel.” What does he say? He says, “I am not
ashamed of the gospel.” Let me ask you. In your ears tonight,
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