Leading someone to Christ is the greatest privledge of all. It gives you an amazing buzz. Angels in heaven rejoice as people come to the Lord. People are saved from death, hell and despair and are given the right to become children of God, full of life. Sadly, many people struggle with evangelism. Not knowing how to lead even their closest friends to Christ.
Ive had the great privledge of leading people to Christ lately and I want to share a couple of things that hopefully will help those who are struggling.
The most important thing I find is my own personal relationship with Jesus christ. We live in a post mordern society where people all have their own 'religion' or set of beliefs. You believe what you want, and I'll believe what I want. Unfortunately thats not right. There is only one way to God. Jesus Christ.
Therefore you must have a healthy relationship with God. You must have testimonies of what God is doing in you, for you, what He is saying to you. You need to be able to tell people how God made Himself real to you. That I would say is the first step. Know that God is real, and show others how God was made real to you.
The next step is very similar to the last. Live with God. Dont live your life with the same story of God. When people get married they accumulate a whole heap of memories and lessons learnt. Its the same with God. Always go forward in your relationship with God. It needs to be active. It needs to be NOW!
You need to pray for opportunities to come your way. Ask God for simple openings that you can turn into a talk about faith. Ask the Holy Spirit to prepare the people you are going to talk to. Ask God if theres something you should know or read first.
God needs to be the most important thing in your life. You need a relationship with God that gets you excited, motivated, happy, joyful etc! God needs to impact your mind and being. You must be subconciously aware that He is by your side wherever you go!
As God is on your mind and in your soul, as you have a living real relationship with God, hearing Him, seeing Him do things etc, and as you want people to get saved, you want God to use you, the next steps should come naturally.
When I meet people I let them know I am a Christian. I dont do it the same every time. I wear a wrist band that says PUSH. (Pray until something happens.) It creates conversation starters. You might wear a t-shirt. You might tell them you were at a prayer meeting the other night. At this stage, no confrontation.
As you talk, talk about likes and dislikes. What they like to do. What they do with their time. Eventually the topic will get on to your likes and dislikes. What you do with your time. Here you plainly tell them about your church commitments etc.
From here you can ask them if they believe in God. Dont preach to them yet. Talk about their beliefs! Its all about them. Probe them with simple questions like "Why dont you believe?", "What happend that made you turn off God?" Somewhere there will be a hurt, a problem why they dont accept Christ.
Here, use one of your testimonies to show them how God is real to you. What God has done. Sometimes stories of Jesus from the Bible are good, or even other peoples testimonies of what God did in them. Relate similar peoples experiences to theres, but make sure you dont say its the same thing. The thing to focus on now, is not their problem, but how God has fixed that sort of problem in other people or yourself. Then easily tell them that God can do the same for them.
Use your brain when doing this. Be sensitive to their feelings and beliefs. Dont tell them their wrong, but tell them what you believe to be truth, or say the Bible says... Make sure you talk out of love. A loving person will not yell at people or scare people, or threaten people. They will encourage, respect, and warn.
You dont always need to push for a conversion on the spot. Sometimes people need to think it all through. By now you have planted a seed in their heart and mind and it will surprise you that they will not forget that conversation. After all this, pray. Then pray. Then pray!
Next time you see them you may like to ask what they thought about the last conversation you had. Then go from there again! On to the next step.
As your conversations will go, you can start to say, "You can accept Jesus in your heart right now if you like? I'll pray with you if you want! We can do it right now." Give them opportunities. Dont force!!! But ask!
This is pretty long and Im getting tired now. Im gonna post it and hopefully someone will read it! If you disagree with something, or dont understand something post a comment! Thats my sermon for the day anyway!!!!!!
God bless you all!
Corinthians 5:11-6:2.(V11) Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men...14For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again... 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come...20We are therefore Christ's ambassadors!
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