“Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.” John 4:36 ESV[1]
Read John 4:35-38 & Matthew 9:35-38
Several years ago, in a class I took, I heard an illustration equating evangelism and discipleship to the two wings of an airplane. The premise was, just as an aircraft must have two equal wings to fly, ministries must include both outreach activities and Biblical training sessions for those ministries to be balanced and effective. I related to that illustration and often referred to it as my team and we planned activities or evaluated the effectiveness of our ministry. But as time has passed, I have begun to see problems with this illustration.