Every Member Evangelism by J.E. Conant

• Title Page
• Introduction
• The Divine Program
• The Divine Purpose
• The Divine Power
  • The Empowering Life of Christ
    • The Meaning of the Crucified Life
      • We are Utterly Unable to Obey
      • Christ Is Perfectly Able to Obey
    • The Method of Entering the Crucified Life
      • Following Christ to the Cross
      • Fellowshipping with Christ in His Cross
  • The Overflowing Love of Christ
    • The Love of Christ Impels the Christian
      • Christ’s Risen Life Overcomes
      • Christ’s Radiant Love Overflows
    • The Love of Christ Compels the Sinner
      • Love Compels Some to Rejection
      • Love Compels Some to Acceptance
• Every-Member Evangelism in Operation

Christ’s Risen Life Overcomes

When Christ spoke of the death of the grain of wheat, he went on immediately to speak of its resurrection and fruitage. Death was not the goal; it was simply the pathway to the goal.

This is a truth many miss. They are deterred from surrender to the cross because they do not see what is beyond it. They see only the seeming loss involved in crucifixion, and do not see the resurrection life and fruitage on the other side. The cross seems to them not the beginning but the end of all that is worth while.

But when Christ was on his way to the cross he saw through to the other side, and seeing “the joy that was set before him” on the resurrection side, he “endured the cross” willingly, looking down upon the shame as a thing not to be reckoned with, and is now “set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2). And what he saw on the resurrection side he will cause us to see, if we will let him touch our eyes into spiritual vision. Right here is the secret of getting joy out of sacrifice. We need to see the cross principle, but that is only half of it. It takes the resurrection principle to complete the truth.

Twofold Salvation

This twofoldness of Christ’s salvation is seen everywhere in Scripture. He saves us both out of, and into. By his cross he saves us out of self; by his resurrection he saves us into service. By his cross we die to fruitlessness; by his resurrection we