How to Reach a Family Member

1. How to Reach a Family Member

2. We Are Different

4. Family

5. 1. Thank God for Family

6. Genesis 1:27-28 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply…”

7. Genesis 2:24 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

8. Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”

9. Mark 5:19 “Jesus said, “Go home to your friends and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you and has had compassion on you.”

10. Luke 16:27 “And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— for I have five brothers —so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.”

11. John 15:16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”

12. 1 John 4:15-16 “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.”

13. James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

14. 2. Understand the Gospel

15. Luke 12:51-53 “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother- in- law against her daughter- in- law and daughter- in- law against mother.”

17. 3. Acknowledge the Advantages We Have

18. Why People Visit? • 3% because of a personal visit from the preacher • 9% because of the architectural beauty of the building • 14% because of previous church affiliation • 18% because of the proximity to their home • 56% because of direct or indirect contact from a member of the congregation

19. 4. Overcome the Evangelism Roadblocks

20. Overcoming Roadblocks • Be brave • Discuss spirituality • Find common ground • Be sincerely honest • Ask their permission • Be open and blunt when appropriate

21. 5. Tell His and Our Story

22. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you— unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures”

24. 6. Be Prepared

25. 1 Peter 3:15 “but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect”

26. Romans 1:20-23 • 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

27. Plan of Salvation • Hear – Romans 10:17 • Believe – John 3:16 • Confess – Acts 8:37 • Repent – Act 2:28 • Immersion – Mark 16:16

28. Tough Questions • Why is there so much suffering in this world if there is a loving God? • How could a loving God send people to hell if they don’t believe in Him? • Why do you believe Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation? • What happens to those who don’t accept Jesus? • Why do you believe? • What does it mean to be born again? • What happens when we die?

29. Success? EFFORT