A REVIEW OF WITNESSING

This course can help you become a better witness. Study it, learn it, apply it ... and you will be a better witness. Review the whole course about once per year to brush up on your skills ... or to get back on track. And for a quick review, study this overview of the process of witnessing.

Get ready.

Recruit a witnessing partner or team. Follow the Biblical pattern ... there is strength in numbers. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, Proverbs 27:17

Pray. Pray every day for the boldness to speak, for the words to say, and for opportunities to witness (open doors). Pray specifically for lost people, for yourself, and for your witnessing partner. Ephesians 6:18-20, Colossians 4:2-4, James 5:16-18

Learn the Gospel. You can't explain what you don't know. Learn the facts, the flow, the verses, the prayer, and the invitation. Be able to explain it and illustrate it. Practice until you are comfortable sharing the Gospel. Ephesians 6:15, 2 Timothy 2:15, 24, 1 Peter 3:15

Get with them.

Be in the world. Spend time with non-believers ... don't be isolated. Make meaningful contact with them. Give your life away to them, care for them, and serve them. Earn the right to listen ... and earn the right to be heard. Speak with your words and actions. Luke 15:1-10, John 17:13-18, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2:7-8

But don't be of the world. Be a friend of sinners ... but don't be a friend of sin. They will believe your message if your life is consistent with your words. Be a clean and useful vessel. John 17:13-18, 1 Corinthians 9:20-22, 2 Timothy 2:19-20

Get to the Gospel.

Make progress. Think of witnessing as a process ... not a one-time event. Witnessing is like building a brick wall ... one brick at a time. Seek to make progress. Keep the door of opportunity open. Moreover, be helpful rather than hurtful. Let you words be a salve rather than a sword. Gently correct ... don't stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1-2, Colossians 4:5-6, 2 Timothy 2:24-26

Invite them. Offer the Gospel and invite them to put their faith in Christ. Have the goal of winning them to Christ. Be bold and sensitive. Persuade ... exhort ... beg ... invite them. 1 Corinthians 9:19-22, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 20, Matthew 11:28-30

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