Evangelism

I was recently pondering in my head, "What is the most important aspect of Evangelism?" Three majors came to mind: 1) Praying for the unredeemed 2) Sharing the Gospel 3) Living a Christ-Centered Life. At first, my initial response was Prayer because it seems like the most Sovereign choice. Then I thought, no, the Great Commission is to go and make disciples of all nations, so it must be Sharing the Gospel. Then I thought, what better way is there to Share the Gospel than to model a Christ-Centered life? Ugh, back to the drawing board...

Just off the cuff, and in the context of Evangelism, it seems there is more Biblical merit for Sharing the Gospel because there would be no faith in Christ if no one had ever shared the Gospel. Nonetheless, I have come to the conclusion that not doing all three of these things will cause us to be less effective in our evangelism than we could be otherwise. Therefore, no matter which aspect we think is the most important, let's try to remember not to put all our eggs in one basket at the expense of the other two and call it "good ministry". It is important to devote significant time to all three of these things!