Your Greatest Weapon
People can often get discouraged from sharing their faith because they feel as if they don’t know enough about Christianity or the Bible. However, our greatest weapon and tool is something much simpler. In this sermon, Pastor Coon begins to explain how your personal story can be used as one of your most effective tools for sharing the gospel.
Discussion Questions
(come every Sunday night at 6 to join in the discussion in person)
Read Acts 17:16-34. Discuss what you learn from Paul’s approach to presenting the gospel.
Read John 17:18. For what reason was Jesus sent into the world? How did he live his life? What does it mean that we are sent in the same way?
How does the call to be a disciple of Jesus affect the way we share the gospel?
Read 1 John 1:1-4. Why is a personal experience important for sharing?
As always, please feel free to share your thoughts and comments below…
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Not only did Paul relate to them in substance: v22 “Paul…said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.” & v23 “…I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship…” But he also related to them in style: v17 - “So he reasoned in the synagogue” & v21 “All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.” - http://is.gd/3ICQ
Now that’s being relevant!
We need to be regularly praying (talking & listening), reading our Bible, going to church, surrounding ourselves w/ other Christians, listening to sermons - Doing Life Together With Jesus. So that when we are in a situation, and God says, “That person over there needs Jesus. Don’t pretend you don’t see him. I want you to talk to him. Here’s what you’re supposed to say…”, we hear God and aren’t absorbed in our own little world just thinking ‘I wonder if they’ll get off the island tonight.’
It is so important to be adaptable and flexible so that we can communicate the gospel in ways that people will understand. And you are right, we need to be regularly training ourselves so that when the opportunities arise we are ready to move into action.