Weekly Sermons

Do everything to get the gospel to non believers    Luke 24:44-53

4 G Living – Do everything you do…

For the Glory of God; For the Good of your fellow man; For the Growth of your fellow Christians; To get the Gospel to non-believers

Our message:

We present Christ as the ___________________ point of the Bible’s message                                    V. 44-45

All we like sheep have gone astray, but the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.                  -Isaiah 53:6

We present Christ’s saving work for ________________    V. 46

The gospel ______________ Jesus Christ!

I Corinthians 15:3-4

Run John run the law demands – but gives him neither feet nor hands. Far better news the gospel brings – it bids him fly, and gives him wings!   -John Bunyan

We challenge sinners to __________ to Christ for forgiveness of sins           V. 47-48

Repentance means a change of ________________ that leads to a change of direction.

John 14:6                   

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other Name written under given among men by which we must be saved. -Acts 4:12

Romans 10:9-10

We are ________________ to take the gospel to the whole world                      V. 47-48

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.                    -Acts 1:8

We rely on the power and __________________ of God’s Holy Spirit              V. 49-53

Compare Matthew 28:16-20

Engel Scale of ‘Steps to Christ.’

                                                16 Ongoing growth

                                            15 Sharing faith with others

                                        14 Learning Christian disciplines 

                                    13 Learning the basics of their faith

                                 12 Experiencing change in their life

                              11 Gaining confidence in their decision

                           10 Decision to surrender to Jesus

                        9 Accept implications of becoming a Christian

                     8 Acceptance of Christian truth

                  7 Understand implications of truth about Jesus

               6 Grasp truth about Jesus

            5 Investigating Jesus

         4 Interest in Jesus

      3 Contact with Christians

   2 Some awareness of God

1 No Awareness of God

 

* James F. Engel, Wheaton College, Modified by Clive Carver and Nick Lear.

 

But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the Word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  -Matthew 13:23

Some thoughts on you personally reaching out:

 

Some thoughts on your Personal Missions Strategy: