ANDREW – A FAITHFUL ANDREW – A FAITHFUL WITNESS FOR JESUSWITNESS FOR JESUS

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONT-NET journey into discipleship talks about 3-

dimensional evangelism:

Prayer

An intercessor for the teller

Teller

An EE person does this on the OJT

Bringer

Responsible for introducing lost people to Jesus

Are you and I playing at least one role?

ANDREWANDREW

Andrew played the role of a bringer as we encounter him in the Gospels

At least on 3 occasions, Andrew introduced various people to Jesus

1) ANDREW BROUGHT HIS BROTHER SIMON PETER TO JESUS

2 issues to be discussed here:

a) Andrew made the salvation of his family members a top priority

•See John 1:41•The Greek word ‘protos’, same word as in Matthew 6:33•The inclusion of the word ‘protos’ demonstrates this priority•Do we make the salvation of our family members a top priority as well?

b) Andrew was instrumental in leading Peter to know Jesus

•Peter in turn became a great evangelist for Christ

•Andrew might not be famous as Peter, but he played his role faithfully

•See Luke 5:26-39, especially verse 39

Application : Are you and I a faithful witness for Jesus today?

2. ANDREW BROUGHT A TEENAGER TO JESUS

The next time we encounter Andrew is in the feeding of the 5000 incident in John 6.

a) Andrew’s friendship with a teenager resulted in Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes

•The importance of friendship evangelism

•Survey : 90% of the conversion began with personal friendship

• Most people are converted during their youths or during their twilight years

• A crying need for more adult role models in youth ministry

• Do you and I see the tremendous importance of youth ministry?

b) Andrew was not just interested to reach out to adults, but also to youths

Application : Would you involve yourself in discipling the youths in FBC?

3. ANDREW BROUGHT THE GREEKS TO JESUS

We encounter Andrew again in John 12

• Now both Philip and Andrew were homebred Jews, yet open-minded enough to reach out to people of other races and cultures

• Even the apostle Peter himself had great difficulty in this area. See Acts 10:28

a) Andrew involved himself in cross-cultural outreach

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b) FBC has cross-cultural outreach ministries to international students and to Nepalis

Application : Would you and I become missionaries to people of other races and cultures?

CONCLUSION

“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise; making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16