The document discusses motivation to talk about Jesus and salvation. It examines passages from the Bible that provide four motivations that Jesus had for speaking to others: 1) Compassion for those who were harassed and helpless; 2) His purpose was to preach the good news of the kingdom of God; 3) His love for the Father; 4) The joy that was set before him in enduring the cross. These four motivations - compassion, purpose, love of the Father, and joy - should also drive Christians to tell others about Jesus.

1. Motivation to Talk
传讲的动力
Acts 5:42
使徒行传 5:42, 新约圣经 p. 217

3. “Repent, for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:2
“悔改吧，因为天国临近了！”
⻢马太福音 3:2, 新约圣经 p. 4

4. “Repent, for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:17
“悔改吧，因为天国临近了！”
⻢马太福音 4:17, 新约圣经 p. 6

5. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens,
his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that
the city was full of idols.
Acts 17:16
保罗在雅典等候他们的时候，看⻅见满城都是
偶像，心里非常着急。
使徒行传 17:16, 新约圣经 p. 240

6. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews
and the devout persons, and in the marketplace
every day with those who happened to be there.
Acts 17:17
于是他在会堂跟犹太人和 诚的外族人辩
论，每天在广场上跟遇⻅见的人辩论。
使徒行传 17:17, 新约圣经 p. 240

7. “for we cannot but speak of what
we have seen and heard.”
Acts 4:20
“我们耳闻目睹的，不能不说！”
使徒行传 4:20, 新约圣经 p. 214

8. And every day, in the
temple and from
house to house, they
did not cease
teaching and
preaching that the
Christ is Jesus.
Acts 5:42
他们每天在圣殿里和各家各户教导人，传扬
耶稣是基督。
使徒行传 5:42, 新约圣经 p. 217

10. Motivation is essential to
succeeding in any endeavor
you try.
Denis Waitley, “The Joy of Working”

11. Motivation is an inner drive,
an idea captured in the
imagination.
Denis Waitley, “The Joy of Working”

12. Motivation can be harnessed
to an intense drive toward a
goal.
Denis Waitley, “The Joy of Working”

13. Men and women who are
motivated push themselves
forward, plow through the
inevitable setbacks, heading
ever onward to their dreams.
Denis Waitley, “The Joy of Working”

15. Compassion
怜悯

16. Compassion
怜悯
“I have compassion on the crowd
because they have been with me
now three days and have nothing
to eat. And I am unwilling to
send them away hungry, lest they
faint on the way.” Matthew 15:32
“我 怜悯这众人，因为他们同我在
这里已经三天，也没有吃的了。
我不愿意叫他们饿着回去，恐怕
在路上困乏。”
⻢马太福音 15:32

17. Compassion
怜悯
When he went ashore he
saw a great crowd, and he
had compassion on them
and healed their sick.
Matthew 14:14
耶稣出来，⻅见有许多的人，
就怜悯他们，治好了他们的病人。
⻢马太福音 14:14

18. Compassion
怜悯
When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion for them, because
they were harassed and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:36
他看⻅见许多的人，就怜悯他们，
因为他们困苦流离，如同羊没有
牧人一般。
⻢马太福音 9:36

19. Compassion
怜悯
or
Condemnation?

20. Purpose
目的

21. Purpose
目的
“My food is to do the will
of him who sent me and
to accomplish his work.”
John 4:34
“我的食物就是遵行差我来者的旨
意，做成他的工。”
约 福音 4:34

22. Purpose
目的
“I must preach the good news
of the kingdom of God to the
other towns as well; for I was
sent for this purpose.”
Luke 4:43
“我也必须在 城传神国的福音，
因我奉差原是为此。”
路加福音 4:43

23. Purpose
目的
For the Son of Man came to
seek and to save the lost.
Luke 19:10
人子来，为要寻找、拯救失丧的人。
路加福音 19:10

24. Purpose
目的

25. Purpose
目的
or Distraction?

26. Love of the
Father
对父亲的爱

27. Love of the
Father
对父亲的爱
As the Father has loved
me, so have I loved you.
Abide in my love.
John 15:9
我爱你们，正如父爱我一样，
你们要常在我的爱里。
约 福音 15:9

28. Love of the
Father
对父亲的爱
I made known to them
your name, and I will
continue to make it
known, that the love with
which you have loved me
may be in them, and I in
them.
John 17:26
我已将你的名指示他们，还要
指示他们，使你所爱我的爱在
他们里面，我也在他们里面。
约 福音 17:26

29. Love of the
Father
对父亲的爱

30. Love of the
Father
对父亲的爱
or
Love of the
World?

31. Joy
喜乐

32. Joy
喜乐
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who
for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the
throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2
仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣。他因那
摆在前面的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十
字架的苦难，便坐在神宝座的右边。
希伯来书 12:2

33. Joy
喜乐
or Duty?

34. Motivation
to Talk
Compassion
Purpose
Love of the Father
Joy

35. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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37. Everyday Evangelism
#06
Motivation to Talk
Acts 5:42
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
25 May, 2014
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: Why should I teach others the good news of salvation in Jesus? What moves me to tell them?
Motivation is vital to understand, and by looking at Jesus we see four reasons he talked to others about
Jesus: compassion, purpose, love of the Father, and joy. These should be my motives also.
Ideas borrowed from a lesson by Mark Copeland, Executable Outlines
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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