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BIBLICAL EVANGELISM

BIBLICAL EVANGELISM. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Rom 1:16 “Christianity - We can do it the easy way, or God’s way !” - John Bunyan. By Bill Rhetts, M.A. Table of contents.

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BIBLICAL EVANGELISM

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  1. BIBLICAL EVANGELISM TheExpositor.tv “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Rom 1:16 “Christianity - We can do it the easy way, or God’s way!” - John Bunyan By Bill Rhetts, M.A.

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  3. Table of contents • The Church • The Evangelist • Boldness, courage, and/or confidence • What does the Bible say about public preaching? • Methodologies • Dealing with Hecklers • Dealing with the ‘Stop Judging Me’ card • Being ready to give an answer ~ TheExpositor.tv

  4. Table of contents • Developing our messages or sermons • The Law vs the Gospel • A Check up from the neck up • When evangelism becomes a stumbling block • Dealing with the police • Soteriology (an abbreviated ABC’s look) • Encouraging words from others, and • Round table discussion TheExpositor.tv

  5. The Church TheExpositor.tv

  6. The Church • What is the church, who is the church & what is the role of the church? • The word ‘church’ in the NT comes from • The Greek word ἐκκλησία (‘ek-klay-see'-ah’) • The transliteration is spelled ekklēsía • Pronounced as ‘ek-klay-see'-ah’ TheExpositor.tv

  7. Thayer'sDefinition of the ‘Church’ • Agathering of citizens, called out from their homes into some public place • An assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating • Any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously in a Christian sense • An assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting • Those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company, and are united into one body • The whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth • The assembly of faithful Christians already dead, and received into heaven TheExpositor.tv

  8. The Church • Strong’s #1577 on ekklēsía • An ‘assembly’ • To ‘call out’ • The ‘called out ones’ TheExpositor.tv

  9. The Church • The Biblical church is not the building, it is the body of believers • Nowhere in the Scriptures are Christians told to wait once a year, to bring an unbeliever to a crusade. But the Scriptures do tell us to bring the crusade to them. • Therefore, it is the Biblical duty and calling of Christians (the church,) to ‘go out’ into the world. To be salt of the earth, and light of the world. • The church is to ‘go outside’ the fours walls of that building, that most call the church • The Lords ‘Great Commission’ is Matthew 28:18-20. • “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” TheExpositor.tv

  10. The Evangelist TheExpositor.tv

  11. The Evangelist • Some within the church believe that only some are called to evangelize • They gleam that from Eph 4:11, “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,” • Many Christians believe that vs 11 is speaking specifically of spiritual gifts only, and only for some (as does 1st Cor 12:4 & Rom 12:6) • But Paul here is addressing the ‘unity of the body of Christ,’ and those especially gifted to proclaim the Gospel • The next verse even better explains • In context vs 12 makes it clear that vs 11 is “for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,” • That is what we are doing today. Training, equipping, and edifying, for the work of the ministry. TheExpositor.tv

  12. The Evangelist • In other words • Not everyone has the specific gift of evangelism, but we’re all called to evangelize • All Christians are to do the work of an evangelist, but not all Christians are evangelists • An evangelist possesses a unique ability, to present the Gospel effectively to unbelievers • Or a unique ability to train other believers in evangelism, with the common goal of implementing the Great Commission • As Warren Wiersbe said, “Evangelism is not a toy to play with. It’s a tool to build with.” TheExpositor.tv

  13. TheEvangelist • The word ‘evangelist’ comes from the Greek word εὐαγγελιστής • The transliteration is spelled ‘euangelistḗs’ • It is pronounced as ‘yoo-ang-ghel-is-tace’ • It is a noun TheExpositor.tv

  14. The Evangelist • Thayer's Definition is ~ • Abringer of good tidings • The name given to the NT heralds of salvation through Christ who are not apostles • Strong’s #2099 • A preacher of the Gospel is an evangelist TheExpositor.tv

  15. The Evangelist • It is also a derivative from ~ • The Greek word εὐαγγελίζω • The transliteration is spelled euangelízō • It is pronounced as ‘yoo-ang-ghel-id'-zo’ • It is a verb! TheExpositor.tv

  16. The Evangelist • Thayer's Definition is ~ • To bring good news • To announce or proclaim glad tidings • It’s used in the O.T. for any kind of good news • It’s used in the N.T. especially of the glad tidings of the coming kingdom of God, and of the salvation to be obtained in it through Christ, and of what relates to this salvation • To instruct (people) concerning the things that pertain to Christian salvation TheExpositor.tv

  17. The Evangelist • Strong’s #2097 • To announce the good news • To declare • To preach the Gospel TheExpositor.tv

  18. Boldness,courage & confidence TheExpositor.tv

  19. Boldness, courage, or confidence • Where does it come from? • Not of ourselves. It all comes from the Lord. • Itcomes from that 3-D relationship (upward, inward, then outward) • Paul said in 2 Tim 1:7, “ForGod has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” • Paul saidEph 6:19-20, , “and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” TheExpositor.tv

  20. Boldness, courage, or confidence • Joshua 1:9 says, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” • Duet 31:6 says, “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” TheExpositor.tv

  21. Boldness, courage, or confidence • Regarding our confidence • Paul said in 2 Cor 3: 4-6 says, “And we have such trustthrough Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” • Jer 17: 7 says, "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose trust is the LORD.” • Psalms 118:18 says, “It is better to trust in the Lord,Than to put confidence in man.” TheExpositor.tv

  22. What does the Bible say about public preaching? TheExpositor.tv

  23. The Bible on public preaching • It says in Rom 10:14-16, “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” TheExpositor.tv

  24. The Bible on public preaching • Acts 1:4-8 says, “And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” • Notice their progression from “Jerusalem, then to Judea, then to Samaria, and then to the other ends of the earth? • This city is our Jerusalem (The church within America is backwards. They’ve forsaken their own backyard) TheExpositor.tv

  25. The Bible on public preaching • Let’s look at 1st Tim 4:11-13 • Paul told the church in vs 11-13, “These things command and teach. Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.” • Let’s zoom-in on verse 13 “Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.” • Take note of those three commands, ‘reading, exhortation, and todoctrine.’ In vs 13b, The word ‘reading’ comes from the Greek word ἀνάγνωσις (‘anagnōsis’), which also means the act of the public reading of Scripture. • This word reading(anagnōsis) is used three times in the N.T. Here in 1st Tim 4:13, in Acts 13:15, and in 2nd Cor. 3:14. Therefore open-air preachers play a significant role in verse 13b- the public reading of the Scriptures. • A local church that does not obey all three commands, is not a Biblical church. TheExpositor.tv

  26. Additional Resources (articles) • Open-Air Preaching – A sketch of its history and remarks thereon, by Charles H. Spurgeonhttp://www.streetpreaching.com/openair_preaching.htm • Biblical examples of street preaching, by CARMhttp://carm.org/biblical-examples-street-preaching • Street Preaching: The Public Proclamation of the Gospel, by Repent Americahttp://www.repentamerica.com/streetpreaching.html • A comprehensive resource that catalogs many links, articles, videos, and training tools on open-air preaching, by CARMhttp://carm.org/street-preaching • Attention Church: Open-Air preaching is Biblical, by Bill Rhettshttp://www.theexpositor.tv/blog/attention-church-open-air-preaching-is-a-biblical-calling-articles-video-included-here/ • The fallacy of taking Matthew 12:19 out of context; Jesus never opposed open-air street preachinghttp://www.theexpositor.tv/blog/the-fallacy-of-taking-matthew-1219-out-of-context-jesus-never-opposed-open-air-street-preaching/ TheExpositor.tv

  27. Methodologies TheExpositor.tv

  28. Different styles & methodologies • Distribution of Gospel tracts (personal hand to hand preferred) • Using signage • ‘One on one’ conversations (Gospel centered) • Apologetics (Gospel centered) • The “Are you a good person” test (Use as supplemental only. It’s not evangelism, if not used with Scriptures) • On the box preaching (Re ‘teaching,” only if you have the ‘gift of teaching.’ Remember a preacher is often a teacher.) • On the box preaching may also include rebuking 2 Tim. 4:2 & Prov 24:25, and Biblical judging John 7:24. • On the box ‘crying out & calling out’ (aka a ‘crier’) • If someone is on the box preaching, be respectful and don’t’ engage in conversations with others while the preaching is going on (except for dealing with a Heckler) TheExpositor.tv

  29. Different styles & methodologies • Contact evangelismversus friendship evangelism • Contact evangelism (proclaiming the Gospel to strangers, and/or confronting the public with the Gospel….…) • Friendship evangelism (sharing the Gospel only after making friends, or only in mutual conversation with strangers….…) • OAP / Pastor Jon Speed analyzed and documented the following in his book ‘Evangelism in the N.T.’ • In the book of Acts, there’s at least 46 instances of the early church engaging in evangelism (both contact and friendship) • Of these 46 instances, 38of them were contact evangelism • Only 8 were friendship evangelism TheExpositor.tv

  30. Contact evangelism is more Biblical TheExpositor.tv

  31. Different styles & methodologies • Points to ponder on • A BiblicalEvangelist, must be evangelical • A Christian, bust be Christ-centric • A herald, or preacher (aka a proclaimer of the Gospel,) will be Gospel-centric • What I do strive to accomplish, is to use God’s Word more than mine. • Because Gods’ Word never goes void. The power onto Salvation is in the Gospel, not in my words (Isaiah 55:11, Rom 1:16.) • Many other methodologies (or ministries) are not ‘Gospel-centric,’ they're ‘man-centric.’ TheExpositor.tv

  32. Break Time TheExpositor.tv

  33. Dealing with Hecklers (Scoffers) TheExpositor.tv

  34. Dealing with Hecklers • A Heckler (or Scoffer) is a person that interrupts and mocks the OAP’s sermon (often times using profanities – which could lead to violence) • 2 Peter 3:3-4 says, “knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” TheExpositor.tv

  35. Dealing with Hecklers • Some OAP’s prefer hecklers, because they can draw crowds. Others do not prefer hecklers • Either way, we must respect and honor each others view • Those that prefer Hecklers, say that Hecklers draw in the crowds • Personally if the Holy Spirit didn’t draw in the crowd, then it may not be the work of the Holy Spirit. It may even be our flesh. • If an OAP prefers to engage with Hecklers, then let the Heckler heckle • But if the OAP prefers to not engage in Hecklers, be respectful and ask the Heckler to step aside to dialog with you • Bear in mind that most Hecklers are trying to shut up the Gospel • Signage can draw in crowds, without the heckler TheExpositor.tv

  36. Dealing with Hecklers • Use discernment with Hecklers • Know when your ‘engaging of apologetics’ turns into sin • Distracting a Heckler from my OA preaching, may prevent me from sinning • Paul said in 2 Tim 2:24-26, “Andthe Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.” • For me – I prefer to keep preaching to the crowd, while my partner dialogs with the Heckler. Then it’s a win – win! TheExpositor.tv

  37. Dealing with Hecklers • Chris Raymond of ‘First Baptist Church of the Lakes’ said the following ~ • “A herald should not negotiate with an enemy of the cross, who is trying to stop the gospel from going forth. Many falsely assume the public proclamation of the gospel is a conversation, when it is not. A herald is to unroll the scroll, and proclaim what the King has charged, and commanded to the people.” • Raymond’s comment does not surprise me, as his church has men like Paul Washer and Voddie Baucham preach from behind their pulpit. TheExpositor.tv

  38. Some examples of how to handle hecklers • Justin Edwards at UCLA http://youtu.be/vWXA3HsC5kg • Bill Rhetts at University of Texas http://youtu.be/O3N1NPw5uIM • Robert Gray here http:/youtu.be/WuAaIzQjxmU TheExpositor.tv

  39. Dealing with the ‘Stop Judging Me’ card TheExpositor.tv

  40. Dealing with the ‘Stop Judging Me’ card • You’re going to hear the “Your judging me” card a lot. • True Jesus did say in Matt 7:1-2, “Judge not, lest you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” • But here is the Biblical context of Matt 7:1-2 (Jesus was………..) • We are not necessarily to judge the world, because they are doing what is expected from them. However, we are to judge righteously. Jesus said in John 7:24, “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” • If a sinner’s drunk – then he’s a drunkard (warn him of 1 Cor 6:9) • If a woman walks into an Abortuary, she’s probably not receiving prenatal care (warn her & offer her the alternatives to abortion, and the solutions to her sin problem) TheExpositor.tv

  41. Dealing with the ‘Stop Judging Me’ card • If a professed believer is in the world i.e. bars ect, then warn them with the Word of God. Warn them of the wrath of God. • James 4:4-5 says, “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? • 1 John 2:15-17 says, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that isin the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” • Jesus said in John 15:19, “If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” TheExpositor.tv

  42. Being ready to give an answer TheExpositor.tv

  43. Being ready to give an answer • If necessary, be ready to rebuke a professed believer (i.e. worldly places, or like the strip club girls below. If interested later, video examples below). • 1 Cor 5:12-13 says, ‘For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.” • Paul said in Gal 6:1, “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.” • Be ready to Biblically answer their questions, and/or defend your faith. • 1 Pet 3:15 says, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;” • Video #1 female bartender http://youtu.be/-oTNskHUPwk • Video #2 female employee http://youtu.be/cryqLOSQfxc • Video #3 male customer http://youtu.be/RjEoV9eiZSo • Video #4 man employs his wife as the stripper http://youtu.be/73WCUnJCRzs TheExpositor.tv

  44. Developing our messages or sermons TheExpositor.tv

  45. Our messages / sermons • Spend time in prayer, study and know the Biblical Text that you’re going to teach • The acronym K.I.S.S. • Paul said in1 Cor 1:17, “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” • We don’t need to be clever with our words. We don’t need tricks, gimmicks, gadgets, skits, magic, entertainment, word games, jokes, or comedy. But we do need the Gospel. • Every five minutes a Christian is martyred for sharing the “Gospel.” How dare we replace the Gospel with extra-biblical ideologies. • Although hero's i.e. Westley, Edwards, Whitefield & Spurgeon were known for using catchy clichés to grab their attention… TheExpositor.tv

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  47. The Law vs the Gospel TheExpositor.tv

  48. The Law vs the Gospel • The Law is for the unsaved, and the Gospel is for the saved. • The Law is absent the Gospel, but the Gospel is not absent the Law. • In the N.T. they don’t contradict each other, they complement each other. • Pauls’ Pastoral instruction is in 1 Tim 1:8-11, “ But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.” TheExpositor.tv

  49. The Law vs the Gospel • It says in Gals 3:19-25, “What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.” • (Have someone give a demonstration of presenting ‘The Law and the Gospel’) TheExpositor.tv

  50. A Check up from the neck up TheExpositor.tv

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