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Biblical Witnessing

Biblical Witnessing. Biblical Witnessing. Biblical Witnessing. What is the source of our fear to witness?. “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. “ 2 Timothy 1:7 . Man-Centered Witnessing vs. God-Centered Witnessing. What we say about God

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Biblical Witnessing

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  1. Biblical Witnessing

  2. Biblical Witnessing

  3. Biblical Witnessing What is the source of our fear to witness?

  4. “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. “ 2 Timothy 1:7

  5. Man-Centered Witnessing vs.God-Centered Witnessing What we say about God What we say about People What we say about Jesus Christ What we say must be done by the sinner

  6. Man-Centered Motivations to Witness

  7. Some Man-Centered Reasons to Witness: • More than 150,000 people die every day.

  8. Some Man-Centered Reasons to Witness: • More than 150,000 people die every day. • Someone might die before he gets another chance to hear the gospel.

  9. Some Man-Centered Reasons to Witness: • More than 150,000 people die every day. • Someone might die before he gets another chance to hear the gospel. • You might be the one who can reach this specific person.

  10. Some Man-Centered Reasons to Witness: • More than 150,000 people die every day. • Someone might die before he gets another chance to hear the gospel. • You might be the one who can reach this specific person. • If you don’t witness, they might go to hell.

  11. Man-Centered reasons to witness assume: • You have the power to determine someone else’s eternal future. • The lost have the power to determine their own eternal future. • Time and chance are critical influences that could sabotage your witnessing efforts.

  12. “I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, And I will appoint you as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations, To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison. I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.” (Isaiah 42:6-8).

  13. “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14)

  14. God-Centered Motivations to Witness

  15. God-centered Reasons to Witness: • God commanded it.

  16. “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)

  17. God-centered Reasons to Witness: • God commanded it. • God is working in it.

  18. “All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconcilingthe world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:18-21)

  19. God-centered Reasons to Witness: • God commanded it. • God is working in it. • God makes it effective.

  20. “And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’ Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

  21. A Key Question: In whom do you trust as you seek to witness ?

  22. “Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, ‘It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us, 'I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.’’” (Acts 13:46-47)

  23. “When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.” (Acts 13:48)

  24. Man-Centered verses God-Centered motivations: Man-Centered: God-Centered: • Based in guilt • Based in love

  25. “Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.’” (Matthew 9:35-38)

  26. Man-Centered verses God-Centered motivations: Man-Centered: God-Centered: • Based in guilt • Produce guilt • Based in love • Produce joy

  27. Ezekiel 33:1-9

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