Strategy for Sharing Jesus

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Strategy for Sharing Jesus

• By Trevor Forbes
• Associate Treasurer and
• Personal Ministries Director
• Atlantic Union Conference

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• Our Desire to reach souls for Christ should be a
  part of our agenda in life. I can still
  remember when I accepted Christ as my Lord. I
  had a warm feeling I was in love and am still in
  love with that man, who loves us so much that He
  was willing to be beaten, spat upon, and abused
  in other degrading ways, just to ensure our
  salvation from sin.

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• Sin is deadly, and will prevent our entrance into
  heaven, where we will see and be with Jesus. Our
  great desire should be to live in heaven with
  Jesus, and to invite others to be there too.

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Love Souls as Jesus did

• We are called upon to love souls as Christ loved
  them, to feel a travail of souls that sinners
  shall be converted. Present the matchless love of
  Christ. Hide self out of sight.
• Ellen G. White, Evangelism, p.431.

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• As we understand the importance of every soul,
  how can we not witness for Jesus? Before we
  witness, however, we must be sure what we are
  communicating to the sinner, and why he need to
  know. We can start by reviewing our excitement of
  knowing that we belong to one who loves us
  whether we are bad or good. God loves everyone,
  but , of course, only those who accept His love
  and offer of salvation can be saved.

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Change Agent

• Jesus reminds that we need to be His change agent
  in witnessing to sinners. When we witness, we
  will not be alone for the Holy Spirit is our
  partner in witnessing.

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Stewards

• When God saves us, we become stewards of the
  precious saving word of God. Paul said
  Moreover it is required in stewards that
  one be found faithful. I Corinthians 42

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• Paul also said For though I am free from
  all men, I have made myself a servant to all,
  that I might win more. I Corinthians
  919

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Reconcilers

• As stewards we are reconcilers. Paul said in
  2 Corinthians. 518,19
• Now all things are of God, who has reconciled
  us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given
  us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that
  God was in Christ reconciling the world to
  Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them,
  and has committed to us the word of
  reconciliation.

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Our Real Life Work

• Make ready, my brother for the Master to demand
  your talents, both principal and interest! To
  save souls should be the life work of everyone
  who professes Christ. We are debtors to the
  world for the grace given us of God, for the
  light which has shone upon us, and for discovered
  beauty and power of the truth.
• E.G. White, 4T, 53.

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• Gods people are called upon to use all assets
  at their disposal to witness to souls for the
  kingdom.

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There is Joy in Serving

• The weight of the wrath of God will fall upon
  those who have misspent their time and served
  mammon instead of their creator. If you live for
  God and heaven, pointing out the way to life to
  others, you will go onward and upward to higher
  and holier joys, you will be rewarded with the
  well done, thou good and faithful servant enter
  into the joy of the Lord. The joy of Christ was
  that of seeing souls redeemed and saved in His
  glorious kingdom. E.G.White, 4T, 54

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Share about Jesus

• And daily in the Temple, and in every house
  they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus
  as the Christ. Acts 542

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Relationship

• Soul winning must be seeing as a process rather
  than a single event. Therefore, one should build
  relationship which has as one of its goal to
  engender trust in the Bible worker. People are
  generally distrustful of religious workers
  because they believe that when they accept Jesus,
  they are losing their freedom. The closer you
  are to the interest, the more likely they will
  feel free to allow you to witness to them.

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Relationship

• Jesus uses a method we all can imitate.
• Christs method alone will give true
  success in reaching the people. The Savior
  mingled with men, as one who desired their good.
  He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to
  their needs, and won their confidence, Then He
  bade them, follow me. MH, 143

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Relationship

• Let us see a brief overview of how to
  relate to people. Jard Deville listed three
  steps to establishing relationship.
• Relate in love and compassion. We must show
  genuine interest in people, and show compassion
  and caring. We must identify or empathize with
  people so they can feel and experience that we
  represent someone who will not take advantage of
  them.

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Relationship

• Recognize how they see their needs. We must
  relate warmly to peoples need, and let them know
  that we see their need as they see them. We must
  earn the rights to ask people to commit their
  lives to Jesus.

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Relationship

• Recommend a solution which makes sense.
• Its only after you lovingly learned a
  persons needs and supported them in the
  relationship, you earn the right to recommend a
  solution to lifes problem which will be of
  interest to the person.

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Get Started With F.O.R.T.

• F Family
• O Occupation
• R Religion
• T Testimony
• There is a method to start witnessing to a
• person which have proven useful. When speaking
  to an interest, you can use F.O.R.T.

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Get Started With F.O.R.T.

• Speak about the persons family positively.
  One could ask, Is this your son in that photo?
  He looks sharp in that uniform!

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Get Started With F.O.R.T.

• Next talk about the persons occupation. One
  could say I would love to hear a little about
  your job.
• Then, you could talk about a persons religion.
  You could ask, Do you attend the church I
  passed on my way here?
• Next, you could tell your testimony of how you
  were before you became a Christian how God has
  changed your life now, and how He is affecting
  your future life.

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Getting Started with F.O.R.T.

• F.O.R.T. should not take but a few minutes to
  present. One can use this acronym in any order.
  It is not necessary to start with F, one could
  start with T.

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Present a Salvation Plan for the Sinner

• One of the first thing a person should be told is
  why we need Jesus.
• We need Jesus because we all are sinners.
• For all have sinned and fall short of
• the glory of God. Romans 323

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Present a Salvation Plan

• Emphasize that sin leads to death, but God gives
  reward to the faithful.
• For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
  God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  Romans 623

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Present a Salvation Plan

• Show that God Seeks out the Sinner and offer
  grace.
• Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I
  will come and dine with him, and he with Me.
  Revelation 320

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The Prayer of F.A.T.E.

• F Father forgive me of my sins.
• A I accept Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and
  Savior.
• T Thank you Jesus for your life, death, and
  
  resurrection for me.
• E I receive the free gift of eternal life in
  Jesus name.

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The Prayer of F.A.T.E.

• This is known also as the sinners prayer. It
  can be used to lead a person to make a commitment
  to Jesus.

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Daily Life Tells Much

• A unique cheerfulness,
• tenderness, Christian benevolence, patience,
  and love will melt away prejudice, and open the
  heart to the reception of the truth. Few
  understand the power of these precious
  influences.
• E.G. White, Evangelism, p. 543

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The Way of the Cross Leads Home

• Glenn Coon, in his book, Path To The Heart, told
  the story of a little girl lost in London and
  stood at the corner crying. A London police
  officer came to her and asked her what was her
  last name. The little girl didnt know. What
  street do you live on? he asked. I dont
  know cried the frightened little girl.

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The Way of the Cross Leads Home

• The police officer had an idea. There was a
  great big church steeple with a cross on top of
  it on the church nearby. He asked the little
  girl, Can you see that church from your house?
  The little girls eyes lit up and she excitedly
  said, Yes! Take me to the cross! I can get home
  from there!

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The Way of the Cross Leads Home

• Our precious job is first to lead
• people to the cross! They can
• get home from there!
• Emphasize the Cross of Jesus for there is power
  in the precious blood of Jesus.
• Talk about the benefits of surrendering our
  lives to Jesus.