witnessing101

Today I’m going to teach you how to share your faith one-on-one using the law to convict people of their sin.  Then telling them of the news of Jesus taking the punishment that they deserve on his own back.

1.      Start in the natural.  It is always best to start in the natural realm and then swing to the spiritual.  This is what Jesus did with the woman at the well (John 4:7).

2.      Swing to the spiritual.  You need to then make a deliberate swing to the spiritual.  You need to mention the things of GOD.  You can’t sit there waiting for people to come to you or for nonchristians to bring up the things of GOD you need to yourself.  Jesus did this too when talking to the woman at the well (verse 10).

3.      Bring conviction using the law.  We must convict a guilty sinner and show him he is guilty by using the law of GOD.  Jesus did this with the rich young ruler (Luke 18:18-23).  After handing the person the tract or doing what ever you do to bring up the things of GOD simply ask if they consider themself to be a good person.  Then you can ask if they would mind if you asked them a few questions to see if that’s true.  Then gently take them through some of the Ten Commandments starting with “have you ever told a lie before".  Other commandments that are good to ask are  “have you ever stolen anything” and “ Jesus said (in Mathew 5:27,28) ‘who ever looks at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart’.  Have you ever done that?” and “Have you ever taken GOD’s name in vain?”. 

4.      Next ask them if GOD judges them by that standard on the Day of Judgment if they think they would be innocent or guilty.  If they say innocent ask them why and point out that The Bible say’s that “GOD has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness” (Acts 17:31)

5.      Next, ask them if they think that they would go to heaven or hell.  From here, the conversation can go three way’s.  One they can say “I don’t believe in hell”.  If they say that kindly point out that if you jump in front of a bus and say, “I don’t believe in buses” what happens.  Two, they can say that they are guilty but GOD will let hem go anyway.  Usually because they think that because GOD is good and merciful or that because they have asked GOD for forgiveness that he will thus let them go.  If they say that, once again point out that “GOD has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness” (Acts 17:31).  And if a good kind forgiving and merciful judge sees a guilty criminal before him.  What is he going to do, even if the person asks for forgiveness?  He will punish that person because he is good.  The same way GOD will punish guilty sinners because he is good.  Three, they will admit that they are guilty and will thus go to hell.  If a person say’s that ask if it concerns him and if he say’s yes if he would like to do anything about it.  If he say’s no, plead with him about his salvation and talk about the reality of hell and what it will be like.

6.      Share the gospel with them.  Ask them to imagine themselves standing in a courtroom with a large fine over their head that they can’t pay.  And then miraculously someone they don’t even know comes in and pays the fine for them.  That’s what Jesus did.  They broke the law and Jesus paid their fine.  Tell them that if they just trust in Jesus the same way that they trust in a parachute to save their life.  Because you don’t just look at a parachute and say, “I know you were manufactured to save my life” and jump out of the plane.   You have to put it on that’s what The Bible say’s to “put on Christ” (I don’t know where) and you do that by trusting in Jesus the same way you trust in a parachute and repenting that means turning away from your sin.  If you do that you will live in heaven forever.

7.      Next you can pray for them (especially if they said hell concerns them).

It is as simple as that.  Now, as Jesus said “Go, therefore into all nations, and preach the gospel, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and lo, I a with you always even until the end of the age”.