Evangelism Skills for Today

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Evangelism Skillsfor Todays World

• Classic Models
• Principles from the Past

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Classic Models ofPersonal Evangelism

• Value of Historic Plans
• Successful methods of past can always teach us
  something
• They should be considered for at least two
  reasons
• 1. Valuable part of history of evangelism in the
  church
• Anyone literate in the subject should be familiar
  with these
• 2. Elements can be tailored to contemporary
  applications
• Each adds a unique Tool to our war chest
  against Enemy of souls

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Evangelism ExplosionDr. James KennedyEvangelism
Explosion, 1996

• The point of reference / wellspring of modern
  personal evangelism methods
• Origins of the title E.E.
• Response to population explosion
• Basic addition could not compete with explosion
• Requires multiplication through lay evangelism

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Key Prefatory PrinciplesTo the EE Program

• Evangelism is one component within the larger
  discipleship ministry of the Church
• Trainer and trainees
• Prayer Partner Ministry
• Spiritual Parenting
• Personal evangelism does not supplant other modes
  of viable evangelism
• Laymen are the strategic key to effective
  evangelism
• More important to train a soul-winner than to
  win a soul

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Training Approach of EE

• Positive approach
• Written presentation
• Basic Training focusing on Essentials
• How to get into the gospel and find out spiritual
  status of seeker
• How to present the gospel itself
• How to bring a person to commitment to Christ
• How to relate new convert to the family of God

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Training Approach of EE

• Three Gospel Components
• Learn outline of Gospel first (skeleton)
• Learn scriptures (muscle to the skeleton)
• Learn illustrations (flesh out / clarify gospel
  outline)
• Build on Outline
• Not a canned approach
• Intermediary method between memorization and
  spontaneous witness

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The Four-Step Outline Approachto E.E. Personal
Evangelism
SeekerAnswers
TheIntro
TheQuestions
SavedAnswers

• Question 1
• Have you come to a place in your spiritual life
  where you know for certain that if you were to
  die today you would go to heaven?
• Question 2
• Suppose that you were to die tonight and stand
  before God and he were to say to you, Why should
  I let you into my heaven? What would you say?

• Their secular life
• Their spiritual background
• Your spiritual background
• Your personal testimony
• Two Diagnostic Questions

No Trust other than Christ Diagnose
Non-Christian Yes Trust other than
Christ Diagnose Presumption
No Trust in Christ Diagnose Lack
Assurance Yes Trust in Christ Diagnose
Christian
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The Four-Step Outline Approachto E.E. Personal
Evangelism
TheCommitment
TheIntro
GospelMessage
FollowUp

• Their secular life
• Their spiritual background
• Your spiritual background
• Your personal testimony
• Two Diagnostic Questions

• Grace
• Rom 623
• Man
• Rom. 323 Eph. 28-9
• God
• 1 Jn 48 Hab 113 Ezek 184
• Christ
• Jn 11,14 Isa 536, 5310, 4 Jn 142 Rom.
  623
• Faith
• Eph. 28

• Qualifying question
• Commitment question
• Clarification of commitment
• Prayer of commitment
• Assurance of salvation

• Bible Reading
• 2 Tim. 215
• Prayer
• 1 Thess. 517
• Worship
• Rom 121
• Fellowship
• Heb 1025
• Witness
• Matt 1032

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Flexible Christ-Centered FormatsFive-Fold Facts
of the GospelPaul LittleHow to Give Away Your
Faith, 1988

• Importance of the ambassadors message
• Not overcomplicating, nor over-simplifying it
• Message is essentially about a PERSON

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Dispelling Common MisconceptionsAbout the Gospel
Message

• Christianity is NOT
• A heritage
• Going to Church
• Participating in ritual
• Following teachings of Jesus Christ
• Refraining from evils
• Believing facts

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Dispelling Common MisconceptionsAbout the Gospel
Message

• Christianity IS
• The message of Jesus Christ himself
• Who he is
• What he has done
• How he can be known in personal experience
• Entering into living relationship with a living
  Christ
• No rigid route to present the invitation to
  relationship

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The Basic FactsSpringboards for Gospel
Presentation

• Who is Jesus Christ
• Fully God (Jn 518 1010-30 149)
• Fully Man (Jn 46 Jn 1135)
• Jesus diagnosis of human nature (Mark 71-23)
• The God-man declares we all have a basic disease
  Sin that separates us from God
• So now, as sinners, we are cut off from God

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The Basic FactsSpringboards for Gospel
Presentation

• Christs exclusive solution the Cross(Matt
  2628 2028 1 Pet 318)
• Sacrificial death (in our place) paid price of
  our willful rebellion against God
• Now freely offered forgiveness/reconciliation by
  believing in His finished work
• His Resurrection (Lk 2436-45 I Cor 15)
• Validation of Christs divinity and our new
  eternal life in/through his Holy Spirit alive in
  us

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The Basic FactsSpringboards for Gospel
Presentation

• Becoming a Christian(beyond mental assent, to
  willful reception)
• Facts of Christ demand response involving change
  of mind and will
• Mind must grasp truth and believe
• Will must turn to God (Godly sorrow of 2 Cor
  710)
• Summarized in John 112
• Believing and Receiving yields Becoming
• Rev. 320

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Flexible Formats forCommunicating the Five Basic
Facts

• Three-Phase Jesus Pattern
• 1. Jesus description of human race separated
  from Maker
• (Isa. 536 Rom. 311-12)
• 2. Jesus diagnosis of condition disease of
  sin has separated us
• (Mk 715)
• 3. Jesus solution restored relationship
  through his death and resurrection
• (Rom. 58 I Pet. 224)

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Flexible Formats forCommunicating the Five Basic
Facts

• Four Steps to God
• 1. God He is holy, just, and loving creator
• (1 Jn 15 Ps. 1003)
• 2. Us We messed up rebelled and broken Gods
  law
• James 210 Ps. 142-3)
• 3. Jesus Reconciles messed up (lost) people to
  their creator by his death
• (Rom 56-8)
• 4. Required Response Repent (incl. confess),
  believe, receive
• (Acts 1730 1 Jn 19 Jn 112 Rev. 320)

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Flexible Formats forCommunicating the Five Basic
Facts

• Jesus Definition of Christianity
• I am the bread of life (Jn 635)
• I am the way and the truth and the life (Jn 146)
• I am the light of the world (Jn 812)
• Come to me (Matt 1128)

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Flexible Formats forCommunicating the Five Basic
Facts

• Religion vs. Christianity
• All religions are spelled DO
• People believe salvation is something you can do
• Like God grades on a curve, and they get in
  (Titus 35)
• But the Bible teaches salvation is not our works,
  but grace (Eph 28-9)
• Christianity is spelled DONE
• Only Jesus Christ can save through his righteous
  fulfillment of law
• When died for us he said It is finished and
  his work forgives us (Rom 58)
• Man is justified apart from law (Rom 328),
  through faith (Rom 51)

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Flexible Formats forCommunicating the Five Basic
Facts

• Romans Road
• Romans 323
• All have sinned
• Romans 623
• Gift of God is eternal life
• Romans 109-10
• Believe in your heart, confess with mouth

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Four Spiritual LawsBill Bright Campus Crusade
for ChristWitnessing Without Fear, 1993

• Preparing to Share the Gospel
• 1- Pray
• 2- Be led by the HS
• Operate out of love, not legalism pure heart
  forgiven life
• 3- Keep supply of evangelism resources handy
• 4- Memorize the scriptures / structure of
  presentation

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Four Spiritual LawsBill Bright Campus Crusade
for ChristWitnessing Without Fear, 1993

• 5- Adhere to the LETUS principle
• Loving outreach to friend
• Establish rapport over time
• Talk about Jesus
• Use stories from own experience (your testimony)
• Sequence appropriate questions to lead to gospel
  presentation

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Four Spiritual LawsBill Bright Campus Crusade
for ChristWitnessing Without Fear, 1993

• Transition to the gospel presentation
  appropriately
• Have you heard of the Four Spiritual Principles?
• Could I get your opinion of a special booklet
  whose contents have changed my life?
• You know, I came across a little booklet that
  clearly explains how we can have a personal
  relationship with God.
• Ive recently found a way to express my faith
  that really makes sense, and Id like to share it
  with you.

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God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for
your life God loves you and created you to know
Him personally
Gods Love John 316 Gods Plan John 173
What prevents us from knowing God personally?...
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Man is sinful and separated from God.Therefore
he cannot know and experience Gods love and plan
for his life. Man is sinful and separated from
God,so we cannot know Him personally or
experience His love.
Sinful Romans 323 Separated Romans 623
The 3rd principle explains the only way to bridge
this gulf ...
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Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's
sin. Through Him you can know and experience
God's love and plan for your life. Jesus Christ
is God's only provision for man's sin. Through
Him alone we can know God personally and
experience God's love .
He died in our place Rom 58 He rose from the
dead 1 Cor. 153-6 He is the only way to God Jn
146
It is not enough just to know these 3 truths
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We must individually receive Jesus as Savior
Lord then we can know experience Gods love
plan for our lives. We must individually receive
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord then we can know
God personally and experience His love.
We must receive Christ (Jn 112) We must receive
Christ through faith (Eph 28-9) When we receive
Christ, we experience a new birth (Jn 31-8) We
receive Christ by personal invitation (Rev. 320)
You can receive Christ right now by faith through
prayer
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Follow-up Affirmation

• How to Know That Christ Is in Your Life?
• According to His promise in Revelation 320,
  where is Christ right now in relation to you?
• The Bible Promises Eternal Life to All Who
  Receive Christ (1 John 511-13)
• Thank God often that Christ is in your life and
  He will never leave you (Heb 135)

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Follow-up Affirmation

• How to Know That Christ Is in Your Life?
• Do not depend on feelings
• This train diagram illustrates the relationship
  among
• fact (God and His Word),
• faith (our trust in God and His Word), and
• feeling (the result of our faith and obedience)
  Jn 1421

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Follow-up Affirmation

• How to Know That Christ Is in Your Life?
• Moment you received Christ by faith, many things
  happened, including the following
• Christ came into your life (Rev 320 and Col
  127).
• Your sins were forgiven (Col 114).
• You became a child of God (John 112).
• You received eternal life (John 524).
• You began adventure for which you were
  created(Jn 1010 2 Cor 517 , 1 Thess 518)

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Follow-up Affirmation

• Follow-up Instructions for Nourishment/Growth
• Spiritual growth results from trusting Jesus
  Christ. (Gal 311)
• A life of faith will enable you to trust God
  increasingly with every detail of your life, and
  to practice the following
• G Go to God in prayer daily (John 157).
• R Read God's Word daily (Acts 1711) - begin
  with the Gospel of John.
• O Obey God moment by moment (John
  1421).(Including baptism / church fellowship)
• W Witness for Christ by your life and words
  (Matthew 419 John 158).
• T Trust God for every detail of your life (1
  Peter 57).
• H Holy Spirit - Allow Him to control and
  empower your daily life and witness
  (Gal 516,17 Acts 18).

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The ABCs of EvangelismDr. Stan TolerABCs of
Evangelism, 2002

• Step 1
• Pray for presence of God on your gospel
  presentation (Acts 431)
• Step 2
• Present the plan to friends and family members
• Receiving Christ is a simple as ABC
• A) Admit that you have sinned (Rom 323)
• B) Believe that Jesus Christ died for you (Jn
  112)
• C) Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of your
  life (Rom 109-10)

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Using the ABCsHow to Go to Heaven Pen

• Drawing the Net
• Remind friend Salvation is a free gift.
• Would you believe me if I told you that I would
  give you this pen?
• What do you need to do to get the pen?
• Its yours to receive, just as it is with
  Christs forgiveness
• You reach out and receive it by faith
• Trust him to give salvation. (Rev. 320)

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• Step 3
• Lead friend in a sinners (seekers) prayer
• Step 4
• Give the new convert assurance of their
  salvation(1 John 511-12)
• Step 5
• Follow up the new convert
• - Pray daily for the new convert
• - Call them on the phone
• - Encourage them to attend church with you
  regularly
• - Lead them in a introductory discipleship
  program

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Evangelism Without ArgumentThe Interrogative
ApproachBill FaySharing Jesus Without Fear,
1999

• The Five Share Jesus QuestionsUsing the hmmmm
  principle
• Do you have any kind of spiritual belief?
• To you, who is Jesus?
• Do you think there is a heaven or hell?
• If you died tonight, where would you go? If
  heaven, why?
• By the way, if what you were believing is not
  true, would you want to know?

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Vital Use of Scripture in Evangelism

• Key principles at work through use of Word
• Faith comes through hearing (Rom 1017)
• It gives opportunity for God to talk rather than
  you to argue (Lk 1026)
• Ask May I share some Scriptures with you?
• After each reference (read by seeker) askWhat
  does this say to you?

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The Share Jesus Scriptures(Highlight in Bible
and key to subsequent verse)

• Rom. 323 All have sinned
• What does this say to you?
• Rom. 623 Wages of sin is death
• What does this say to you?
• Continue with All/any sin separates from
  GodSeparation death hellbut life is in
  Christ
• John 33 Must be born again
• Ask Why did Jesus come to die? (for our sin)

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The Share Jesus Scriptures(Highlight in Bible
and key to subsequent verse)

• John 146 Im the way
• What does this say to you? (very clear verse!)
• Rom. 109-11 If you confess
• What does this say to you? (if get hung up on
  some sin have them re-read it!)
• 2 Cor. 515 No longer live for themselves
• What does this say to you?
• Rev. 320 Here I am standing at your door
• What does this say to you?

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The Five Commitment Questions

• Are you a sinner?
• Remind of Rom 323
• Do you want forgiveness?
• Remind of Rom 623 wages is deathmust choose
  forgiveness
• Do you believe Jesus died on the cross for you
  and rose again?
• Remind of Rom 109-11
• Are you willing to surrender your life to Jesus
  Christ?
• May refer to Lk 1427-28 (counting cost before
  build taking up cross)
• Are you ready to invite Jesus into your life and
  into your heart?
• Refer to John 112Yet to all who received him,
  to those who believed in his name, he gave the
  right to become children of God

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Sinners Prayer Affirmation10 More Questions

1. How many sins has Christ paid for? (1 Jn 22)
2. How many of your sins does Christ remember? (Heb
   1017 / 2 Cor 517)
3. Where does Christ live? (Gal 220)
4. Who has been praying for you?
5. Lets pray allow time for new believer to talk
   to God thank him!
6. Do you know where your praying friend goes to
   church?
7. Do you know your friends numberlets call him
   now! (Matt 1032-33)
8. May I take you to church?
9. Read the Gospel of John tonight see what it
   says to you.
10. I will call you tomorrow to see if the Word
    became different to you

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