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PERSONAL EVANGELISM

PERSONAL EVANGELISM. JOHN 4. Does This Describe You?.

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PERSONAL EVANGELISM

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  1. PERSONAL EVANGELISM JOHN 4

  2. Does This Describe You? • You want to talk to others about their spiritual condition, but you aren't sure how to approach them. If spiritual subjects come up, you are afraid that you don't know what to say or forget useful Bible passages. So you want to be able to teach others, but you feel like it is too hard. Would you like to learn how Jesus can help you with this difficulty?

  3. Principles of Personal EvangelismJohn 4 • Jesus is the Master Teacher • Jesus is our example for everything • Jesus converted a worldly woman of anothernationality in one conversation • Let us discover and apply His techniques and principles for personal evangelism

  4. 1. Make Contact • Jesus came to seek and save the lost Lk 19:10 • We are told to GOMk 16:15-16, Matt. 28:18-20 • Disregard physical distinctions 2 Cor. 5:16 • Regard spiritual distinction 2 Cor. 5:14-17 • Three physical distinctions (potential barriers): • Nationality v.9 • Gender v.9 • MoralityLk 7:39 • Open your eyes v.35 • Talktostrangers Matt. 5:47

  5. 2. Start with Immediate Need or Interest • Must have common ground • Why was the woman at the well? • Jesus asked for water v.7 • This provoked her curiosity • Jesus made her more curious If you knew… • The gift of God • And who it is that asked you “Give me a drink” • You would have you and He would have given you living water • What is she thinking now?

  6. 3. Create Awareness of Spiritual Need • Transitioned from her first interest into spiritual application (sports, farming, fishing, etc.) • Relational concerns are symptoms of spiritual needs • Emotional, spiritual needs cannot be filled by physical things Eccl. 1 • Transitioning from physical needs to awareness of spiritual needs is an important step Jn 16:8 • The need must be felt in order to be sought Luke 5:32 Prepared her heart to seek spiritual fulfillment

  7. 4. Reveal True Spiritual Need • Go call your husband v.16 • Jesus made her see her need for a Savior v.17-19 • Recognized she wasn’t living as the law said • True spiritual need was forgiveness • Another spiritual need is guidance v.20-24 • This could have been a deflection from conviction, but Jesus stayed on course • He had an objective—faith in Him as the Messiah and Savior • She had faith that Messiah would come v.25

  8. 5. Fulfill the True Spiritual Need • I who speak to you am He v.26 • Can be filled only when ready to receive them John 16:12 • Teachfacts of the gospel to produce faith Rom. 10:17 andrepentance Rom. 2:4 • Teach commands of the gospel to receive God’s grace (not earn salvation) • Faith must confess Rom. 10:9-10 • Faith must obey Rom. 10:16; 6:17-18,3-7

  9. Be Adaptive • The woman quickly changed the subject after the conversation touched on her personal life. • Asked a general religious question • Jesus answered it with vital truth • Jesus emphasized what God is seeking from us • Be flexible by making an application of truth go in that direction (God’s will) • The woman did as much talking as Jesus did • Do not dominate the discussion • Show willingness to listen not just speak Jm. 1:19 • Win souls, not arguments

  10. Do Not Be Judgmental • Not, do not judge Matt. 7:1 • Jesus acknowledged the woman’s confession of her unlawful marital status • He did not rebuke her • We are not to judge those outside the church 1 Cor. 5:12-13 • They must be convicted of sin only after we have demonstrated love, patience, and gentleness as servants of the Lord 2 Tim. 2:24-26 • Let us follow in Jesus’ footsteps

  11. Fulfill the True Spiritual Need • Jesus is the Christ • Are you readyto receiveHim? • facts of the gospel produce faith Rom. 10:17 andrepentance Rom. 2:4 • Obey commands of the gospel to receive God’s grace (not earn salvation) • Faith must confessRom. 10:9-10 • Faith must obeyRom. 10:16; 6:17-18,3-7 • Be baptized into Christ • Be raised to walk in newness of life

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