1. Fear. One of the greatest hindrances to evangelism is fear. People are afraid of evangelizing because they don’t want to be rejected. They don’t want to look foolish. Orin some countries, they may fear persecution by authorities or by the culture around them. Scripture teaches Christians to expect some rejection (see John 15:20; Matthew 24:9). What appears as foolishness to the natural man is wisdom to God (see 1 Cor. 2:14). So we should obey the Great Commission. As we obey, we become more comfortable in evangelizing. While in prison, the Apostle Paul asked that the Ephesian church pray for him so that he would fearlessly proclaim the Gospel (see Ephesians 6:19,20). We should pray that each of us boldly shares Christ.
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