“Sharing My Faith”

1. BELIEVE ACT LIKE JESUS What do I do? “Sharing My Faith”

2. – KEY IDEA – I share my faith with others to fulfill God’s purposes.

3. – KEY VERSE – Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.

4. Romans 10: 14-15 14 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? 15 And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”

5. Matthew 10: 21-22 “Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

6. Hebrews 11: 35-38 35 Women received their loved ones back again from death. But others were tortured, refusing to turn from God in order to be set free. They placed their hope in a better life after the resurrection. 36 Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons. 37 Some died by stoning, some were sawed in half,[a] and others were killed with the sword. Some went about wearing skins of sheep and goats, destitute and oppressed and mistreated. 38 They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

7. – KEY QUESTION – How do I share my faith with those who don't know God?  Share your story Build relationships Start a conversation, it’s simple, it starts by "saying Hi how are you"?

8. How God demonstrates his love for us.  Romans 5:8  8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Acts 20:21 21 I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus.

9. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake, God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

10. 1 John 1:9  9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. = Were acquitted from death row Experience True love, peace, and lasting hapiness, because of reconciliation.

11. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,    For they shall be filled. John 3:20 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

12. Matthew 28:19 19 Go therefore[a] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 1 Thessalonians 2:19 19 After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!

13. Philemon 1:6 6 And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.

14. Be equipped!!  1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God[a] in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;  2 Corinthians 10:5We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. 2 Timothy 2:25in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,  Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. Jude 1:3  urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.