Boldness

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• Boldness Clarity How We Should do Evangelism
  A Study from Jesus, Paul, Mark, Ephesians,
  Colossians

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Principle 1

• Telling others the Gospel is
• a Necessity, not an Option.
• Even from the very first day.
• 2 Corinthians 517-20
• Lacking the gift does not give an excuse.
• Philippians 15 participation from the very
  first day
• How do you avoid legalism?

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Jesus Teaching on Evangelism

• Mark 4 Parable of the Sower
• Lets focus not on the soils but on the sower

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• Mark 43-9 v.3 "Listen to this! Behold, the
  sower went out to sow
• 4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the
  road, and the birds came and ate it up.
• 5 "Other seed fell on the rocky
  ground where it did not have much
  soil
• and immediately it sprang
  up because it had no depth of
  soil.
• 6 "And after the sun had risen,
• it was scorched and because it
  had no root, it withered away.
• 7 "Other seed fell among the
  thorns, and the thorns came up and choked
  it, it yielded no crop.
• 8 "Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as
  they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop
  and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
• 9 And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear,
  let him hear."

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Principle 2

• Telling others the Gospel must be something
  purposefully done.
• The Sower went out to sow... v. 3
• The very first verb Jesus uses in this parable is
  that the sower WENT OUT.

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Principle 3

• Telling others the Gospel must be Pervasive
  Everywhere.
• . . . the road . . . the rocky soil . . . the
  soil with thorns . . . v. 4-7
• What seems stupid in a human sense becomes a
  necessity in a spiritual sense.

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Principle 4

• Telling others the Gospel can be Discouraging,
  Not Always Joyous
• After the emotion of fear, comes the emotion of
  frustration.
• Psalm 1265 those who sow with tears . . .

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Principle 5

• Telling others the Gospel IS Fruitful, it is Not
  a Waste
• Verse 8 other seed fell in good soil and
  yielded a crop 30, 60, 100 times
• Therefore the final emotion of evangelism is joy.
• Psalm 1265 . . . will reap with great joy.

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Principle 6

• Telling others the Gospel must contain all of the
  Gospel BECAUSE the Gospel is not puny but
  POWERFUL
• v. 32 The Parable of the Mustard Seed

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Principle 7

• Telling others the Gospel must contain all of the
  Gospel . . .
• BECAUSE it is the only thing that will have an
  eternal impact in the heart of the non-believer.

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• The Seed is Made for the Soil.
• The Soil is Made for the Seed.
• Just as surely as . . .
• The Gospel is Made for the Human Heart.
• The Human Heart is Made for the Gospel.
• Next, we will check out what Paul says.

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• Lets look at what Paul has to say about sharing
  our faith.

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Ephesians 618-20

• 19 and pray on my behalf,
• that utterance may be given to me in the
• opening of my mouth,
• to make known
• . . . with BOLDNESS
• the mystery of the gospel,
• for which I am an ambassador in chains that in
  proclaiming it, I may speak
• BOLDLY,
• . . . AS I SHOULD SPEAK.

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Principle 8

• Telling others the Gospel must be done BOLDLY
  because
• we are told by the Bible that this is how it
  should be done.

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Colossians 43-4

• praying at the same time for us as well, that God
  will open up to us a door for the word, so that
  we may
• speak forth
• the mystery of Christ, for which I have also
  been imprisoned
• that I may make it
• CLEAR
• in the way I SHOULD SPEAK.

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Principle 9

• Telling others the Gospel must be done CLEARLY
  because . . .
• we are told by the Bible that this is how it
  should be done.

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• Paul is basically saying here
• IAN APOSTLE NEED PRAYER
• Relating to evangelism
• And the thing I need to concern myself with. The
  thing for which I need prayer. Is . . . That I
  would be
• BOLD and CLEAR
• Because that is how it should be done.

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Boldness and Clarity

• There is no other place in scripture where these
  three things come together
• 1. The need for prayer at the highest level
• 2. In regards to evangelism sharing the Gospel
• 3. Where we are told how it should be done.

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• What Boldness is Not
• Brashness
• Blasting people
• Belligerence (arguing)
• Brain-washing

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• What Boldness IS
• Speaking and getting to the point ASAP.
• Not allowing fear to prevent us from seeking to
  push forward. (example of New Testament
  believers)
• Making friendships on the basis of
• who you are in Christ
• the message you carry.

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Differences between Boldness Clarity

• Boldness is a choice.
• Clarity is a process.
• Boldness has to do with that germinating Gospel
  content.
• Clarity making sure the content is understood. It
  is the Gospel packaging.

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Principle 10

• There are two parts to the Gospel
• The Contents of the Gospel
• The Packaging of the Gospel
• Which can change?
• Which cannot change?

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Principle 11

• Sharing our faith is most effective when we make
  sure we share ALL of the Gospel . . .
• Acts 520 Go your way, stand and speak to the
  people . . . the whole message of this Life.
• along with a challenge or invitation for the
  person to make choice.
• Acts 237-38 Peters sermon and the peoples
  response at the end.

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Principle 12

• Telling others the Gospel is most effective when
  we go to find Jesus sheep.
• John 1027 Jesus says - My sheep hear my
  voice, and I know then, and they follow me . . .
• To find sheep, we must find hearers. Thus, we
  stick with people who are hearers.
• We try not to shed hearers.

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BOLD as Possible
Never make it to clarity the hard filter
OUR OVERALL GOAL BOTH BOLD CLEAR as possible.
Offensiveness Line
100 No Shed 1 Thess. 28
brash bold
Bold Getting to Content
Street Preacher Model -Insensitive
Evaluation Question Are they hearers? John
1027
New Testament Model of the Apostles
100 Try 1 Peter 315
Fearfulness Line
Never make it to the Gospel-overcome by fear.
Bold Too Fearful
the Relationship Evangelism Model
CLEAR as Possible
Clarity Packaging Time Relationship
Evangelism Imperatives - THE CRITICAL PATH
Ephesians / Colossians
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APPLICATION How to Make This Real

• What we have us consider adopting as an
  evangelism mentality
• A 100 TRY ATTITUDE - We want to TRY to
  get to the whole Gospel even on the first meeting
  with an individual.
• TRYING is not always ACHIEVING. We can
  control TRYING. We cant control ACHIEVING.
  This follows the instructions that Peter gives us
  in 1 Peter 315.
• A 100 NO SHED ATTITUDE We are not willing
  to leave a relationship with one who is a
  hearer. They initiate leaving.
• This is the TIME RELATIONSHIP aspect that
  allows us to move to CLARITY. It turns the
  corner in our Model to make sure the
  non-believer hears and understands.
• John 1027

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APPLICATION

• Decide to avoid the NEEDLESS DICHOTOMY
• that has plagued believers in recent years.
• It is NOT either / or
• relational evangelism or boldness evangelism
• Rather it is BOTH / AND at the same time!

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• We chose to live out
• 1 Peter 315
• but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,
• always being ready
• to make a defense
• to everyone
• who asks you
• (or even those who dont ask!)
• to give an account
• for the hope that is in you,
• yet with gentleness and reverence

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APPLICATION

• We Refuse to Live with a
• Multiple-Personality Disorder
• We act the same way with non-believers as we do
  with believers.

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APPLICATION

• Study the Gospel know the stuff
• Make sure your testimony has the stuff
• Learn / memorize something like the 4SL
• It is a simple outline of John 316
• It is what it takes to communicate the stuff.
• It is very raw. But with some . . . Thats all
  it takes!
• Use it as a skeletal outline to move towards
  clarity.
• Become ready to move beyond the 4SL with a
  person.
• Learn many ways to share the Gospel
• Believe in divine appointments
• for our life is NOT BY CHANCE! Ephesians
  210

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