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Lifestyle Evangelism



I.            Learn to see lost people as God sees them (burden)

“As He (Jesus) saw the crowds, His heart was filled with pity for them, because they were worried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd”Matthew 9:36, TEV

There are people around us daily who are searching for love.  There is a God-shaped VOID , or emptiness, inside every individual that can only be filled by Jesus Christ.

The most effective evangelism is relational.  The key is relationships!

II. Be prepared  (how to’s)

“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.  Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”   I Peter 3:15a

It’s wise to know several methods because the need in each witnessing situation is different.

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”   Colossians 4:6

A. Sharing your personal testimony.
* What your life was like without Christ.
*How you accepted Christ.
* What He has done in your life since.
* What He’s doing in your life right now.

Your testimony will not always sound exactly the same.  It’s important for it to be relevant.

“. . . whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.”   I Corinthians 9:22b, LB

B. Witnessing with a tract .
You can’t give it away if you don’t have it with you!

Advantages:
·         It gives you a GUIDE to keep you on the subject and relieves nervousness.
·         It has the Bible verses printed out, in case you forget.
·         It gives VISUAL help, as well as verbal.
·         The person being witnessed to will then have something to take with him, so he can look it over later.
Remember to trade names and addresses with the person you’re witnessing to.  (Girls, use discretion.)

C. Bridge illustration

D. Planting a seed.

Not necessarily sharing the entire Gospel, but bringing God into the conversation when possible.  This is a learned discipline.

Example:”Didn’t God give us a beautiful day?!”

“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.”   I Corinthians 3:6

You may plant a seed, and someone else may come along later and plant another seed, and before long God will use all of these things to bring a person to Christ.

We have many opportunities to plant seeds, almost daily, that we may not even recognize. 

II. Go, tell!

In the Great Commission Jesus isn’t telling the lost to come and hear.  He is telling you and me to GO and TELL! 

A. Don’t wait until it’s too late!

Jesus said, “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’?  Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest .”   John 4: 35, NAS

When Jesus speaks of these fields being white, it means that the harvest is already overripe – there is already a chance of some being LOST.

B. You don’t have to go far.

Your first responsibility in witnessing is to those CLOSEST to you.  They are the hardest to minister to, because they know you BEST. 

There are approximately 12 people around every Christian, that we know on a first-name basis, who are lost.

C. Evangelism begins before you ever leave home

Pray for opportunities to share His love at the end of your QUIET   TIME each morning.  Then make sure you LOOK  for open doors, because He will do His part!

D. Relax and be yourself.

It is a shame that the Christian and non-Christian both seem to be so UPTIGHT during witnessing situations.

View your tract as a $10 bill.


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