Teaching notes from LTCi, Siliguri. Based upon Robert E Colemans book, The Master Plan of Evangelism

1. The Master Plan of
Evangelism
Robert E
Coleman

2. The Master Plan of
Evangelism
Robert E
Coleman

3. The book claims to…!
- present an examination of the
Gospel accounts!
- reveal the nature and strategy
of Christ’s ministry!
- show the underlying
principles for Jesus to act in any
given situation!
“Every Christian who seeks to
follow and witness for Jesus Christ
should read this significant and
relevant book”

4. The Master and His
Plan
Preface
Jn 14:6 “I am the way…”

5. The Master and His Plan
Is it worth doing? And does it get the
job done?!
Questions that should be posed
continually in relation to the
evangelistic activity of the church.
Are our efforts to keep things going
fulfilling the Gt. Comm? Do we see
an ever-expanding company of
dedicated men reaching the world
with the Gospel as a result of our
ministry?

6. The Master and His Plan
Is it worth doing? And does it get the
job done?!
Questions that should be posed
continually in relation to the
Often church is the church.
busy - but
evangelistic activity of
Are our efforts to keep things going
are we accomplishing our
fulfilling the Gt. Comm? Do we see
objective?
an ever-expanding company of
dedicated men reaching the world
with the Gospel as a result of our
ministry?

7. Coleman says that in his
understanding (and therefore his
book) Form follows Function!
We need a well-thought-through
strategy of movement day by day in
terms of the long range goal. We
must know how a course of action
fits into the over-all plan of God has
for our lives of it is to thrill our souls
with a sense of destiny. Just as a
building is constructed according to
the plan for its use, so everything we
do must have a purpose. Otherwise
our activity can be lost in aimlessness
and confusion.

8. Coleman declares that the book does not seek to
interpret specific methods of Jesus in personal or mass
evangelism!
- in fact it is a study in principles underlying His
ministry - principles which determined His methods!
- a study in His strategy of evangelism around which
His life was orientated while He walked on the earth.

9. Only in the NT / Gospels do we
really see the plan of Jesus. They are
the only eye witness accounts that we
have of Jesus at work (Luke 1:2, 3;
John 20:30; 21:24; 1 John 1:1)!
- the revelation of that life in Christ
includes the way He lived and taught
others so to live!
- the witnesses who wrote the books
not only saw the truth; they were
changed by it!
- thus the Scriptural accounts of Jesus
constitute our best textbook on
evangelism

10. Only in the NT / Gospels do we
really see the plan of Jesus. They are
the only eye witness accounts that we
have of Jesus at work (Luke 1:2, 3;
John 20:30; 21:24; 1 John 1:1)!
- the revelation of that life in Christ
includes the way He lived and taught
others so to live!
- the witnesses who wrote the books
not only saw the truth; they were
changed by it!
- thus the Scriptural accounts of Jesus
constitute our best textbook on
evangelism

11. So, Coleman plans to trace the
steps of Christ as portrayed in
the Gospels!
- by looking at Jesus’ teaching
many times and from many
angles Coleman tries to
discern a motivating reason for
the way He went about His
mission!
- Jesus’ tactics have been
analyzed from the standpoint
of His ministry as a whole,
hoping thereby to see the
larger meaning of His methods

12. Christ our perfect example
Christ was clear in what he came to
earth to achieve - he was looking to
save out of the world a church full of
the Holy Spirit, a kingdom of power
and glory.!
His love was universal - he came for
all men - Jn 4:42 offers testimony,!
…we know that this man really is the
Savior of the world.”!
All men should be saved, Jesus
provided a way for all - he died once,
and died for all.

13. Christ our perfect example
Christ was clear in what he came to
earth to achieve - he was looking to
save out of the world a church full of
Jesus did not see any
the Holy Spirit, a kingdom of power
difference between
and glory.!
home mission came
His love was universal - he andfor
all men - Jn 4:42 offers testimony,!
foreign mission!
…we know that this man really is the
He of the world.”!
Savior came for all people,
All men should be humanity
for all of saved, Jesus
provided a way for all - he died once,
and died for all.

14. Jesus’ life was ordered by His objective. Everything He did
and said was a part of the whole pattern. This was the
motivating vision governing His behavior. His steps were
ordered by it. Not for one moment did Jesus lose sight of
His goal.!
Coleman says that Jesus disclosed God's strategy of world
conquest and that he had confidence in the future precisely
because He lived according to that plan in the present.

15. !
There was nothing haphazard about His life-no wasted
energy, not an idle word. He was on business for God (Luke
2:49).!
Like a general plotting His course of battle, the Son of God
calculated to win.

16. At first glance it might appear that Jesus had no plan.!
Coleman suggests the strategy of Christ is so unassuming and
silent that it is unnoticed by hurried churchmen. !
But when the plan is seen a disciple will be amazed at its
simplicity and wonder how he could have ever failed to see it
before!
“When His plan is reflected upon, the basic philosophy is so
different from that of the modern church that its implications
are nothing less than revolutionary”

17. In the following sections Coleman
will attempt to clarify eight guiding
principles of Jesus’ plan!
- These steps are not to be understood
as invariably coming in this sequence!
- The outline is intended only to give
structure to His method and to bring
out the progressive logic of the plan!
- One will observe that as the
ministry of Jesus Christ develops, the
steps become more pronounced and
the sequence more discernible