Saturday, April 23, 2016



Flow chart on sharing the Gospel 
by Jerry Teets 

Every believer in Jesus is an Evangelist, Disciple and Minster to Sinners...whether they are seekers or not. We have a responsibility to fulfill the role God has given us.

(T)he Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, (another) waters it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1 Corinthians 3:5-9

Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."
John 3:35-38

The Gospel

The place to start is to define The Gospel (use good news to avoid Christianese http://www.dictionaryofchristianese.com/faq/ ). Never assume that the person you are presenting the gospel knows what it is or where to find it in the Bible. The religious but lost may have some knowledge of he Bible, but they do not know the gospel of God's grace.

You might open with the question: Have you heard any good news lately? Do you know why Jesus came?

From opening with an ice breaker question you can then explain the gospel. To the right there are four basic parts as you see in the chart.

Next to that are Evangelism tools that you can learn to present the gospel to expand on these points.

To the left of "The Gospel" is the Doctrines associated with The Gospel. Remember there are only four basic parts. However Doctrines are accessories that fill out your presentation. However these doctrines do not apply to every person you share The Gospel with. There is no "one size fits all" gospel presentation. You have to be wise and take a measure to discern what is needed from person to person.

Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. (Culture)

To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law (religious).

To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. (Pagans and non-religious)

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.

I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

The weak: the principle of love on the part of the enlightened for the benefit of the unenlightened. AT Robertson

Below the gospel is a balance. Care needs to be take that our presentation does not cause an imbalance. Too much doctrine or misapplying doctrine during the presentation can over load it an loose the person you are trying to share with.
Too little doctrine can lead to an imbalance that is designed to not offend the person we are sharing the gospel. A gospel lite presentation leads to easy believeism that end with the sinner's prayer and no knowledge of the true gospel.

Any time The Gospel is presented we need to close with an invitation.

"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you....

The invitation may lead to the person accepting Christ. If they do you will need to follow up with discipleship.

The invitation leads to their rejecting the gospel then schedule a followup to go into the gospel in more depth. A person's new birth by the Spirit may take a lot of prayer and time. Maybe other's need to water what you have planted. Down the road other's may reap the harvest from you soul you presented to Gospel to.

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