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COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES

Discover the responsibility and importance of personal evangelism in communicating the Gospel. Explore the Scriptures and learn to focus on the message of Christ, not ourselves. Gain key insights on effective communication and the need for scriptural foundation.

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COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES

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  1. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL KNOWINGTHESCRIPTURES

  2. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • Is this about platform work ? COMMUNICATING

  3. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • Is this about platform work ? • Is it about church planting ? COMMUNICATING

  4. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • Is this about platform work ? • Is it about church planting ? • It is about saving souls COMMUNICATING

  5. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • Is it about training Evangelists ? COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL

  6. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • Is it about training Evangelists ? • It is about personal evangelism COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL

  7. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • Is it about training Evangelists ? • It is about personal evangelism. • Whose responsibility is it ? COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL

  8. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL Whose responsibility is it ? But Saul was making havoc of the church, going from house to house, arresting men and women, casting them into prison.Even those being displaced werepreaching the word as they went.[ ACTS 8:3,4]

  9. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • It is a labour of love Whose responsibility is it ? But Saul was making havoc of the church, going from house to house, arresting men and women, casting them into prison.Even those being displaced werepreaching the word as they went.[ ACTS 8:3,4]

  10. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • It is about personal evangelism. • It is a labour of love. COMMUNICATINGTHE GOSPEL

  11. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL It is a labour of love: because if I happen to be preaching the gospel, I have nothing to boast about: because obligation is placed on me, alsoI am distraught if I am not preaching the gospel![ 1.CORINTHIANS 9:16]

  12. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • It is about personal evangelism. • It is a labour of love. • So is it a responsibility? COMMUNICATINGTHE GOSPEL

  13. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL So is it a responsibility ? because if I happen to be preaching the gospel, I have nothing to boast about: because obligation is placed on me, also I am distraught if I am not preaching the gospel![ 1.CORINTHIANS 9:16]

  14. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • So it is a responsibility Communicating the gospel And He said to them:You go into all the worldand preach the good messageto every creature. [ MARK 16:15]

  15. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • It is about personal evangelism. • It is a labour of love. • It is a responsibility. COMMUNICATINGTHE GOSPEL

  16. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • It is about personal evangelism. • It is a labour of love. • It is a responsibility. • So it is important to get it right. COMMUNICATINGTHE GOSPEL

  17. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL • it is important to get it right because: WHENCOMMUNICATINGTHE GOSPEL He who believes and is baptisedwill be - savedbut he who doesn't believewill be - damned. [ MARK 16:16]

  18. For we do not publicise ourselves, rather we publicise Christ Jesus the Lord, then ourselves your bonded servants because of Jesus.[2.Corinthians 4:5] COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL SO WE MUST BE FOCUSED

  19. But we publicise CHRIST crucified, to the Jews - scandalous, but to the Greeks - stupidity.[1.Corinthians 1:23] COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL NOT FOCUSING ON OURSELVESFOCUSING ON THE “MESSIAH !”

  20. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel, which I preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand,also by whichyou are saved,if you keep in memory what I preached to you... [1. Corinthians 15:1,2] COMMUNICATING THEGOSPEL FOCUSED ON THE GOSPEL

  21. COMMUNICATING THEGOSPELKNOWINGTHESCRIPTURES

  22. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES THE SCRIPTURES If any man speaks, let him speakas the oracles of God; if any man serves, let him do it as of the ability which God gives: that in all things God might be glorified, through Jesus Christ...[1.Peter 4:11]

  23. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES BE SCRIPTURAL To the law and to the testimony: If they do not speak according to this word it is because there isno glimmer of light in them[Isaiah 8:20] THIS CRUCIAL ADVICE:-

  24. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES WAS IGNORED TO THEIR PERIL ...if they had stood in my counseland had caused my people to hear my words, then they could have turned them from their evil way, and fromthe evil of their doings. [Jeremiah 23:22]

  25. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES NOT OUR OPINIONS O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.[Jeremiah 10:23] There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.[Proverbs 16:25]

  26. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES NOT HUMAN WISDOM Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight![Isaiah 5:20-21]

  27. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES NOT “CHARISMATIC” ORATORY For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.[1.Corinthians 1:17]

  28. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES USE THE GENUINE ORIGINAL Dearly loved, in making every effort to write to you about this mutual salvation, it is necessary that I write to summon you to contend forthe faith which is once delivered to the saints. [Jude 3]

  29. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES BE PREPARED Make the effort to show yourself approved to God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, correctly dissecting the word of truth. [2.Timothy 2:15]

  30. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES BE CONSTANTLY PREPARED But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, then be constantly prepared to give an explanation to everyone asking you a reason about the confident hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.[1.Peter 3:15]

  31. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES PREPARED TO GIVE THE REASON Blest be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy forbegetting us again into a living confident hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,[1.Peter 1:3]

  32. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? Be able to provide convincing evidence for the Lord's resurrection? and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord from the dead.[Romans 1:4 Received Text]

  33. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? Then His word is the authority

  34. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES • the truth of the Gospel HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? Then His word is the authority for:

  35. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES • the truth of the Gospel • all the truths of the Bible, HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? Then His word is the authority for: from Genesis to Revelation

  36. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? The Great Commission tells us what Jesus wants to be preached. The Acts of the Apostles gives practical examples of how the preaching of the Gospel and how folk became Christians.

  37. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? Learn how to handle the problems in the translation you use. For example: The Authorised Version has:“baptised with water” in Acts 1:5 and 11:15.

  38. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? It helps to have a clear understanding of God's reason for creating the universe. For all things were created by him - the things that are in heaven, and the things that are in earth - the visible and the invisible - whether thrones or dominions.... All things have been created......for him. [Colossians 1:16]

  39. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? It helps to have an understanding of the big issue throughout the Bible: God who reconciled us to himself ... God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself ... Be reconciled to God ! [2.Corinthians 5:18-20]

  40. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES TO SAVE THEIR SOULS AVOID DIGRESSING

  41. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES • WINNING ARGUMENTS TO SAVE THEIR SOULS AVOID

  42. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES • WINNING ARGUMENTS • COMPARING RELIGIONS TO SAVE THEIR SOULS AVOID

  43. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES • WINNING ARGUMENTS • COMPARING RELIGIONS • MOANING ABOUT WORLD AFFAIRS TO SAVE THEIR SOULS AVOID

  44. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES • WINNING ARGUMENTS • COMPARING RELIGIONS • MOANING ABOUT WORLD AFFAIRS • CHURCH AFFAIRS TO SAVE THEIR SOULS AVOID

  45. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES AVOID JARGON The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.[Ecclesiastes 12:10]

  46. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES KEEP IT SIMPLE So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.[Nehemiah 8:8]

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