Preach the Gospel. If necessary, use words.
Romans 10 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?
And how are they to hear without someone preaching And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news! …17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Verbal Gospel Truths to Remember The gospel is a true historical story that must be told again and again. The gospel is a proclamation of a person that really lived and an event that actually happened – and it must be told.
Verbal Gospel Truths to Remember The verbal proclamation of the gospel is a central mission for all Christ followers.
Living Out the Gospel Your godly life should not prevent you from telling the gospel; it is instead the very testimony that the story of Jesus you proclaim is actually true!
Reasons We Need to Say What Needs to Be Said We need to tell people the part of the gospel that leads them to repent, believe and be saved. We do not have to say everything about the bible and the Christian life, but we need to say enough about the gospel.
Four Words to Remember in Telling the Good News God – Gen. 1:1; 1:26 Humanity – Rom. 3:23; 6:23 Christ – 2 Cor. 4:5 Response – Acts 17:30
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Your Response to Saying What Needs to be Said You are called to verbally share the gospel. You will have to cross the pain-line to speak and proclaim this good news story.