The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

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d. evangelizo – to preach (1 Cor. 15.1; 2 Cor. 11.7; Gal. 1.11)

e. pleroo – to preach fully (Rom. 15.19)

3. Evangelism as demonstration (terms used in association with the presentation of the gospel)

a. Sunathleo en – to labor with in (Phil. 4.3)

b. Sunkakopatheo – to suffer hardship with (2 Tim. 1.8)

c. To show forth the reality of the Kingdom message in word, life and deed

(1) God’s reign (Christ’s ultimate authority)

(2) God’s righteousness (God’s character and covenant)

(3) God’s realm (restoration/reconciliation of all things)

B. Jesus, Paul, and the Church (representative samples)

1. Jesus and the Evangel of the Kingdom: Mark 1.14-15 (the declaration of the Already/Not Yet Kingdom)

2. Paul and the Evangel: Rom. 1.16-17 (the apostolic testimony of God’s offer of salvation to the nations, cf. Rom. 16.25-27; Col. 1.28-29; Eph. 3.3-10) 3. The Church, the Evangel, and the Kingdom: (the guardian of the Good News), 1 Tim. 3.14-16 – I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, [15] if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the house- hold of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. [16] Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

C. Gospel priority: we must keep the main thing the main thing

1. Servants of the Evangel: We unconditionally lay down our lives for Christ and the gospel . Mark 10.29-31 – Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake