What is success in evangelism? Is it when the person you witness to comes to Christ? Certainly that’s what we want to happen. But if this is success, are we failures whenever we share the gospel and people refuse to believe? Was Jesus an “evangelistic failure” when people like the rich young ruler turned away from Him and His message? Obviously not. Then neither are we when we present Christ and His message and they turn away in unbelief. We need to learn that sharing the gospel is successful evangelism. We ought to have an obsession for souls, and tearfully plead with God to see more people converted, but conversions are fruit that God alone can give. In this regard we are like the postal service. Success is measured by the careful and accurate delivery of the message, not by the response of the recipient. Whenever we share the gospel (which includes the summons to repent and believe), we have succeeded. In the truest sense, all biblical evangelism is successful evangelism, regardless of the results.
Donald S. Whitney

Sermons From The Penny Pulpit

REFUGES OF LIES

This lecture was typed in by Ron Neely. REFUGES OF LIES. A sermon preached on Sunday morning, December 15, 1850 by the Rev. C. G. Finney at the Tabernacle, Moorfields…

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ACCEPTABLE PRAYER

This lecture was typed in by Ross and Ruth McElwee. ACCEPTABLE PRAYER Delivered May 12, 1850, at the Tabernacle, Moorfields, and at the Borough Road Chapel, Southwark, in November 1849.…

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FAMILY GOVERNMENT

FAMILY GOVERNMENT A sermon delivered on Monday evening, Dec. 23, 1850. By the Rev. C. G. Finney at the Tabernacle, Moorfields. I SHALL not detain you long this evening as…

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