Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy2:3-4).“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants ofsin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form ofdoctrine which was delivered you” (Romans 6:17).In these passages Paul describes salvation as coming tothe knowledge of the truth and as believing a form ofdoctrine. Salvation requires knowledge. This does notmean that the sinner must learn systematic theology. Itmeans that he must know and understand the content ofthe gospel. He must know what it means when the Biblesays that Jesus died for our sins according to theScripture, that he died, and that he rose again the thirdday according to the Scripture (1 Cor. 15:1-4). He mustknow what sin is and recognize himself as the type ofsinner that the Bible says he is. He must understand whoJesus is and the significance of His death. He mustunderstand what saving faith is.In light of this, it is obvious that the soul winner mustpatiently teach sinners these things and try to make surethat they understand.Don’t Forget the Law of Sowing and ReapingConsider the fact that soul-winning is likened to sowingand reaping. Typically, these two aspects of farmingdon’t happen at the same time. There is sowing,following by watering, fertilizing, weeding, etc., thenthere is reaping.Soul-winning programs too often create the expectationthat the sowing and reaping will occur at the same time.But when this does seem to happen, it is usually becausethe sowing had already been done, perhaps by godly205