I have written some supplementary material to accompany the “Just Walk Across the Room” material that my church is using to get people to evangelize.
“Why do you go to church every week?” a friend once asked me. For some of my friends, they only visit their temples when it’s Chinese New Year or when they need blessings for one reason or the other. Another way to phrase their question is, “What is so great about church that you have to take 3 hours off your precious weekend after a long week of work, when you could be sleeping in?”
For some of Christians, we have been programmed to wake up every Sunday morning to make it to church already. Or maybe our parents drag us out of bed to go to church. Or there’s this person you’re hoping to network with to develop your career. And of course, maybe there’s an attractive girl in church you’d always wanted to chat up. What if someone asked us that question, what will our response be? Will we take that opportunity to share how great a Saviour we have in Jesus Christ? Or will we choose to maintain “religious harmony” and quickly change the subject? Scripture is very clear to us from Mark 16:15-16,
15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
This command to the disciples from Jesus is very applicable to us today. As long as someone hasn’t heard the good news would mean that the good news still can be spread. “Go… and preach” is an instruction for us to be the one who actively seeks to share.
There are 2 reasons which we should share the gospel with the lost.
1. Because we love God
8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 1 Cor 5:8-9
Christians are God’s people, and our lives should be shaped by God’s priorities. 1 Tim 2:4 tells us that God “who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” Since this pleases God we should be actively sharing the good news to everyone, especially non-Christians. And sharing the good news is also an instruction of Jesus from Mark 16:15. Hence I believe one aspect of a true disciple of Jesus is to share the gospel. We should try to seek out opportunities to do share. If all our friends are Christians, then make new friends.
2. Because we love those around us 
I remember in the movie Titanic, before the ship set out for its final voyage, there was this man with a huge sign walking around, asking the people to repent from their sins to escape hell.
Hell is a real place, and Mark 16:16 tells us that hell awaits those who do not believe in Jesus. I believe the reality of hell is not just for us to tell our non-believing friends where they’ll be going, but also to motivate us to point them the way to eternal life in Jesus Christ.
Our role is not to make sure our friends believe, for we have no control over their faith. Our role is to go and share the gospel. If they believe, then we help them to grow in their faith. If they don’t, we can keep praying that God would open their hearts and minds to the gospel.
Conclusion
God has shown us His love for us by sending His Son to take the punishment of death for our sins. We never deserved it, nor can never earn it. What is left for us is to respond in gratefulness to His loving grace and live to please Him.
Sharing the good news then should be one of our priorities as a Christian. We know the judgment that will befall on our friends if no one shares the gospel with them, a matter of eternal consequence.
BY NICOLAS WONG