Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

The Right MessageThe first thing that we need to learn in order to be aneffective evangelist is the right message. In Acts 20:21the Apostle Paul summarized the message that hepreached: “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to theGreeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward ourLord Jesus Christ.” Christians today must be taught toavoid all forms of “quick prayerism.” Any Christian, nomatter how young in the Lord, can testify for JesusChrist; but it is also crucial that Christians be instructedin the gospel message and God’s obligation upon sinners.It is crucial that they understand that salvation is of Godand that people cannot be saved merely by mouthing aprayer. There must be the working of the Holy Spirit inconviction. The sinner must exercise repentance towardGod and faith toward Christ.These things are dealt with extensively in the bookRepentance and Soul Winning [Way of Life Literature,wayoflife.org]The Soul Winner by Charles Haddon Spurgeon has muchexcellent material for challenging Christians inevangelism. There are online editions.An excellent tool for explaining biblical repentance andfaith is Salvation Bible Basics by Pastor Doug Hammett,[Lehigh Valley Baptist Church, http://www.lvbaptist.org.]This consists of four in-depth lessons on Bible salvation.A good foundation is laid by defining sin from God’sperspective and helping the sinner to see his lostcondition before God. In Lesson Four, Repentance andFaith are carefully explained. It is very unusual for anevangelistic Bible study to go into repentance asthoroughly as this one does. A simple chart helps