Every one of us has Christians has called to share the gospel.

Sometimes though, our motive for sharing the gospel might not be biblical.

Today on Trick for Life, Alistair Bed takes a closer look at what the Bible reveals

about the two primary motives that should drive us to tell others about Jesus.

I want us to begin by noticing, first of all, that if we're going to be useful in evangelism,

then it's going to be very important that our motivation is seen to be in accord with

the pattern and the principles of Scripture.

I say that because we are aware of the fact that there are a number of motives which are

often used and which we may succumb to in relationship to the whole question of evangelism,

which are spurious and therefore they are to be rejected.

First of all, a spurious motive is a desire for peer group acceptance.

And directly related to that is the motivation of due to full conformity to external constraints.

What is not to negate, nor is this addressing the question of due to the obedience to the

external constraint of Scripture?

I'm talking now about being oppressed upon by the framework in which we find ourselves

to be involved in perhaps a particular kind of evangelism and we don't have any drive

from within us at all and we're tempted to go simply being constrained from outside.

Therefore, that we might have within us a perverted desire to pronounce judgment upon people.

You say not me, well that's good, I hope not you, but it is true of some and a certain

form or style of evangelism seems to feed that need within them and it's a perverted

desire within them, it's not biblical at all.

And right along with that, another spurious motive is a desire to gain control of people.

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