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4. Evangelism and Witnessing Contents 1. Defining Evangelism and Witnessing 2. Every Member Ministry 3. Spiritual Gifts for Evangelism and Witnessing 4. Evangelism and Witnessing as a Lifestyle 5. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing 6. Personal Evangelism and Witnessing 7. Corporate Evangelism and Witnessing 8. Equipping for Evangelism and Witnessing 9. Releasing Into Ministry 10. A Love Response 11. Let the Church Know 12. Evaluating Witnessing and Evangelism 13. A Perpetual Ministry

5. Evangelism and Witnessing Our Goal {167} TO INCREASE A person’s store of biblical knowledge. To use that knowledge for good, and in this context the greatest good is to give those who faced eternal destruction the opportunity for eternal life.

6. Evangelism and Witnessing Lesson 5, May 5 Evangelism and Witnessing Lesson 5, May 5 Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing

7. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing Key Text 1 Corinthians 3:2 NKJV “ ‘I FED YOU with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it.’ ”

8. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing Initial Words {217} W E CAN DELIVER complex material, that the receiver fails to grasp the depth of meaning, or is reluctant to apply personally what is learned. Just as a baby’s diet begins with milk and gradually comes to include solid food, babes in Christ must receive spiritual food so that their developing spiritual understanding can assimilate.

9. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing Quick Look 1. Feeding According to Need (Luke 9:11) 2. Progressive Feeding (1 Peter 2:2) 3. Feeding Results Measured (Matthew 22:41-46)

10. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing 1. Feeding According to Need Luke 9:11 NKJV “BUT WHEN THE multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.”

11. 1.Feeding According to Need Felt Needs {218} N O DOUBT MANY who came to Jesus were primarily focused on His ability to relieve physical suffering. Jesus would help them physically, of course, but He would also address a need that perhaps was not keenly felt by each person—the need for spiritual healing.

12. 1.Feeding According to Need Felt Needs {218} As we understand felt needs, we are better able to plan a sequence of programs that meets those basic needs, whether for an individual or a community. understand felt-needs

13. 1.Feeding According to Need Felt Needs {218} Meeting felt needs does not always have to be a part of a fixed church strategy. When needs are discovered, they must be met, no matter where a church is in its sequential strategy.

14. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing 2. Progressive Feeding 1 Peter 2:2 NKJV “A S NEW BORN babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.”

15. 2. Progressive Feeding Milk and Solid Foods {219} W HATEVER THE PROGRAM the principle is still: first the milk (simple gospel themes to begin a relationship) and then the solid food (deeper and more testing truths leading to firm commitment).

16. 2. Progressive Feeding Testing Truths {220} A testing truth is a biblical teaching that, once understood, challenges the individual to make significant changes in his or her personal beliefs or lifestyle. Some testing truths, such as seventh- day Sabbath observance and the avoidance of unclean foods, impact both belief and lifestyle.

17. 2. Progressive Feeding Testing Truths {220} This underscores once again the necessity of leading people to accept Christ before urging them to do things for Him. People respond more easily and positively to a testing truth when a love relationship with the Savior has been cultivated.

18. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing 3. Feeding Results Measured Matthew 22:41-45 NKJV “J ESUS ASKED THEM… ‘What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?’ They said…‘the Son of David.’ He said…‘How then does David in the Spirit called Him “Lord”…? If David then calls Him “Lord,” how is He his Son?’”

19. 3. Feeding Results Measured Spiritual Growth {221} HOW CAN WE better determine that people who hear what we have to say are being impacted by truth in a life-changing way? Asking questions is a good way to gauge a person’s spiritual understanding and growth. Ask open-ended questions.

20. 3. Feeding Results Measured Sample Questions {221} What do you think these verses are saying to us today? How would you share this Bible truth with a friend? How do you feel about God’s promise to you? What changes do you think you need to make in your life, in your attitude toward others, and in how you live in general, because of what you have been studying?

21. 3. Feeding Results Measured Sample Questions {221} How do these truths help you to love Jesus more? Of all the things you have been learning, what impresses you the most? What gives you the most hope? The most fear?

22. 3. Feeding Results Measured Preparing a Harvest {222} Simply sowing the seed is rarely enough to bring about a good harvest. Our challenge as a church, and as individuals, is to sow the gospel seed and then sequentially nurture to maturity all those who begin the journey.

23. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing Final Words {222} “One truth received into the heart will make room for still another truth” Testimonies for the Church 6:449.