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The story of Abu Ali dying of Typhoid fever
151, 600 people die each day
151, 600 people die each day
That is 6,316 people dying every hour
How many of those people who die, while we sit here tonight, will die and go to heaven?
How many of them knew Jesus?
How many of them knew Jesus?
According to Jesus, the vast majority of them will be in hell before we are done tonight.
Matthew 7:
We have to commit ourselves to telling these people about how they can go to heaven
We have to apply Christ’s command of telling people about a God who loves them.
When was the last time you shared the Gospel?
When was the last time you talked to someone about religion?
When is the last time you told someone that Jesus loves them?
Don’t let this just be another lesson series on Wednesday night that you endure for a couple of weeks and then forget
Apply this, and talk to people about Jesus
Get Your Friends to Become Their Friends
Go to Them Before They Come to You
Hangout, Sleepover, Gospel
How do I bring up Jesus in the Conversation?
You let them tell their story first
Ask the kids what they want to do for a living and then cut them off and tell them they are wrong for wanting to do that with their lives.
There is a difference between being a follower of Christ who wants to evangelize and being an arrogant know it all Christian who wants to beat everyone in arguments.
Often, because we do know the truth about eternity - who God truly is and what the route to heaven is - we become arrogant and fail to listen to other people’s point of view
Romans 1
Instead, we should be compassionate people who seek to understand people so that we can more effectively evangelize to them.
You open up a conversation about religion by asking them prompting questions that will invite them to talk about their faith:
What spiritual beliefs do you have?
Do you have a faith?
Do you pray?
3. Do you pray?
Studies show that 80% of people in America believe in “God”
The majority of people have a faith or religion
We just have to ask them about it to get a religious conversation started
However, some people will shut down a conversation as soon as we begin to talk about relgion
The woman getting up to leave when I tried to evangelize to her at the Food Pantry
We cannot bully people into believing in Jesus
We are simply trying to listen to their story
Listen, Understand, Empathize
The goal is to listen to what they are saying, understand where they are coming from, and try to empathize with the way they see the world.
Paul in Athens:
Acts 17:22-
How did Paul know about the customs and literature of the Athenians?
He knew about them because he had listened and studied them
We are called to learn about people so that we can engage them in conversation and effectively evangelize them
The way you do this is by asking as many questions about their faith as you can.
How did you become a Muslim?
Were you always a Muslim?
What are some of the customs and beliefs of your religion?
How do you worship?
Do Not
Do not interrupt them
Do not try to correct them
Do not think you know all there is to know about their religion
Do not say a word
When we let people tell their story, they will naturally ask us about our story.
If we will give people time to tell their story, they will typically give us even more time to tell our story.
Acts 17:16-
Acts 17:32-
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