chosen to pray and tell others about Jesus

"The greatest evangelists this world has ever known 

have been men 

who have believed in

 the sovereign free election of God.

Let us not forget that!

*(Election essentially means that God chooses us

rather than us choosing God)

Two of the greatest evangelists that England ever produced have been

 George Whitfield and Charles Haddon Spurgeon,

 and they both preached and believed in

 unconditional election.

They said that no man is saved

 unless God has chosen him and set him apart for Himself.

(The doctrine of Romans 9)

Yet,

they were indefatigable evangelists,

urging men and women

 to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The same can be said of others in other countries.....

Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland in Wales,

Jonathan Edwards in America,

Samuel Davies, the writer of many hymns,

and David Brainerd,

 who evangelized the Indians.

All these men held this high doctrine of election,

but they were untiring in their 

evangelism 

and their praying.

But here is another interesting thing.....

The founders of the great missionary enterprise,

the modern missionary movements,

were all men who held to this high doctrine of Romans 9.

William Carey believed that if someone was saved 

it was the purpose of God, 

and yet he was in so many senses 

the father 

of the modern missionary movement."

Martyn L. Jones

Romans ~ Saving Faith

The sovereignty of God

and prayer and evangelism go hand in hand.

He knows ~ I don't.

God told us to pray.

He also told us to tell others about Jesus.

All He asks of us is to obey.