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How to Witness??

How to Witness??. Follow Christ’s Example. THE MODEL. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps (1 Peter 2 : 21). 1. Contact Others Sociably. Face to Face.

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How to Witness??

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  1. How to Witness??

  2. Follow Christ’s Example THE MODEL For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps (1 Peter 2 : 21)

  3. 1. Contact Others Sociably Face to Face After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me”. So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. (Luke 5 : 27 - 28) Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. "I have not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance“. (Luke 5 : 31 - 32) Jesus broke barriers People mattered to Him He cared & valued them

  4. 1. Contact Others Sociably Face to Face Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John. (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),. He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria. So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from [His] journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink“. (John 4 : 1 -7)

  5. 2. Establish a Common Ground - Bridge Building The outcome will be better communication Hear them - show that you care - people are not just a project to you. Use “ Sensitivity mixed with Grace”.

  6. 2. Establish a Common Ground - Bridge Building With the Samaritan Woman, Jesus was a life style evangelism personified By talking to her, He demolished the social, religious & racial-political barriers - He accepted her Jesus approached her by making a request. Jesus made her anxious to listen

  7. 2. Establish a Common Ground - Bridge Building Any friendship must be a 2-way street of mutual GIVE & TAKE (help, listen, love, …. etc) With the Pharisees: “He said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?“. (Mathew 22:20) With the rich ruler: “So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one [is] good but One, [that is,] God ” (Luke 18:19)

  8. 2. Establish a Common Ground - Bridge Building Our Lord Jesus Christ was a skilful Professor at asking effective questions - He drew people out with questions and listened to their answers THEN He gently gave them His message

  9. 3. Arouse Interest Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water“. The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?. "Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?“. Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life“. The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw“. (John 4 : 10 - 15)

  10. 3. Arouse Interest The woman’s curiosity kindled Small things can open doors for a verbal witness A good family discussion about a family in the bible Example:

  11. 4. Get the Ball Rolling Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water“. The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?. (John 4 : 10 - 11) + Ask a leading question: Are you interested in spiritual things? What do you think a real Christian is? Would you like to become a real Christian?

  12. 4. Get the Ball Rolling + Plan ahead for their answers or remarks. + Be alert for opportunities to share about our spiritual experiences. If they become your friends, they will confide in you their burdens, longings, aspirations, frustrations, emptiness …..

  13. 4. Get the Ball Rolling Teens Interests (Love, Relations …) Young Couples’ Interests (Family, treatment …) Families Interests (their teens problems, sickness, financial problems) A wide opportunity to share experiences and talk about religion The Result:

  14. 4. Get the Ball Rolling Bring up the need for God through their interests - Stimulate the conversation on spiritual matters Common Issues like the present World’s incidents can lead the conversation to God ‘s promise to give us a new life and a new purpose for life. Don’t Worry; Start, and the Holy Spirit will lead you to the interested people

  15. 5. Don’t Go Too Far Bring up the need for God through their interests - Stimulate the conversation on spiritual matters Don’t condemn people Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life“. The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw“. Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here“. The woman answered and said, "I have no husband" Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,‘. "for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly“. The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. (John 4 : 13 – 19)

  16. 5. Don’t Go Too Far Our Lord gave her the story gradually so she became interested and curious and ready for more then He identified Himself to her as the long-awaited Messiah “Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He.” (John 4 : 26) Jesus Christ also did not condemn the woman caught in adultery Sin separates from God and is destructive - Jesus Christ knows the human need for help and forgiveness

  17. 5. Don’t Go Too Far Be Genuine Don’t rush saying I may not get another chance - Rely on the Holy Spirit Take Care & BE MODERATE

  18. 5. Don’t Go Too Far With a non Christian, start by: 1. The basic things you can agree on and build on it. 2. Ask about what do they think God is like. DO NOT BE a know-it-all person

  19. 5. Don’t Go Too Far There are two groups of non-believers: People who knows about Jesus but do not respond. People who lack information and don’t know how to become Christians. BOTH need your friendship, love, patience, follow up …. JUST go slowly and let the Holy Spirit lead

  20. 6. Stick with the main issue "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you [Jews] say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship". Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. "You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. "God [is] Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth“. The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things“. Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am [He"]. (John 4 : 20 - 26)

  21. 6. Stick with the main issue The woman asked where she should worship BUT Jesus steered the discussion from WHERE to HOW one worships. Common Questions to Divert: Which church should I join? There are hypocrites in the church There are errors in the Bible

  22. 7. Confront the Person Directly "I who speak to you am He” (John 4 : 26) Build a Bridge THEN Confront Directly

  23. The Seven Principals to Follow as an Ambassador of our Lord Jesus 1. Contact Others Sociably - meet them & know them 2. Establish a Common Ground - Bridge Building 3. Arouse their Interest - by life, word, explanations 4. Get the ball rolling 5. Don’t Go Too Far - accept, compliment and never condemn 6. Stick with the main issue - Stay on the track 7. Confront the person directly Christ will work in the lives of others through YOU

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