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Witnessing
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 SEVEN BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES FOR • If necessary, limit the number of weekly meetings so that new
members have time to witness in homes.
WITNESSING FOR CHRIST
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Witness for Christ:
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• Write the names of at least three persons who receive Christ
through your testimony or the testimony of those who
• Together with other believers.
accompany you:
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• To your family and friends first.

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• With faith.
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• With the power of the Holy Spirit.

• Write your plans to mobilize your people, for witnessing:
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• With the focus on Jesus Christ.

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• With love.
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In obedience to Christ, a new believer begins WITNESS TOGETHER WITH
immediately to witness to his family and friends. OTHER BELIEVERS
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Witnessing means speaking to others about the life, death and
PRACTICAL WORK resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. One of the commands of
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and present Christ. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 1:8)
• Read and meditate on Acts 16:11-34.
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Simply to give classes on personal evangelism does not get it done.

• Pray that every believer in your church will be an effective
witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. Evangelism is learned by practice. Take those you teach with you to
032-123 win their own friends and relatives to Christ. (Matthew 4:19)
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• Teach all new converts to pray fervently for the conversion of

others, and to cultivate love for their family and friends. Churches become stagnant when they stop evangelizing. Often this
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church neglect personal evangelism.
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• Show them how to witness, taking them with you. (Use the
course “2 Best News,” and “15 Jesus Calls You,” or some Come with me,
Robert. You’ll learn
other simple method.) by watching me.
Then you can
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imitate me
(1 Corinthians 11:1).
Let’s go and talk
• Inform your church or group of the good efforts of those who with your father.
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But Pastor, I don’t
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To witness is the daily work of: 032-016 9. Practical love and sincere words penetrate the hardest heart.
F the pastor only. 032-017 But we should focus on: 032-108
F every believer. F our religion and how it changed us. 032-109
032-018 F Jesus Christ and how He saved us.
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The Lord Jesus sent His disciples out in pairs. (Mark 6:7) The
Apostles never traveled alone, except as prisoners. 10. The most important thing to explain about Jesus is the wonder
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F physical appearance. 032-112
When we go by twos or in small groups, a more experienced witness F death, resurrection and forgiveness of our sins.
can show the less experienced believers how to do it. It also makes a 032-113
greater impact on people.
032-020 11. After explaining the Lord’s saving death, resurrection and
forgiveness, the apostles confirmed the faith of new believers:
If you have no one to accompany you, do not enter a house where F by baptism. 032-115
there is a person of the opposite sex alone. F by inviting them to go forward in a worship service.
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It is best to witness: 032-022 12. Starting with baptism, the new believer learns to obey all that is
F alone. 032-023 commanded by Christ. In order to learn to be an effective
F with someone else. witness, he should: 032-117
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F stay at home until he is more prepared.
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5. When we tell a repentant sinner that Christ forgives him, we WITNESS TO YOUR FAMILY
are using: 032-096
AND FRIENDS FIRST
F the keys to the Kingdom. 032-097
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F our intelligence in presenting the truth.
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Wouldn’t it
be easier if we
talk first to
6. The keys of the gospel open the door of salvation to the sinner, people who
through the power of: 032-099 don’t know us?
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F the Holy Spirit. 032-100
F a totally consecrated believer.
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7. The Spirit of God convinces us. (John 16:8) He makes us feel

the presence of Christ. His power is expressed in: 032-102 We’d lose a lot of time in establishing confidence. Our family
and friends will listen to us because they already know us. God
F a humble testimony. 032-103 says: “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved -
F strong, forceful words. you and your household.” (Acts 16:31)
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Often in the book of Acts God saved the entire families of new Chris-
8. A sinner is convinced by the humblest testimony, provided it tians who witnessed to them (or enabled another Christian to
presents Christ in: 032-105 do so). (Acts 10:24-44, Acts 16:14-15, Acts 16: 30-34, Acts 18:8)
F a beautiful church. 032-106 032-029
F an attitude of love.
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F strangers. 032-031
F relatives.
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 WITNESS WITH FAITH SUMMARY TEST
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The saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ is so great that He can 1. The most effective key to the growth of a church is to: -084
forgive and receive the worst sinner. (1 Timothy 1:12-15) We are F visit with other believers to witness. 032-085
saved by means of our faith in the Lord. We also seek the salvation F have special meetings.
of others with this same faith. (Matthew 8:13) 032-086
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2. The best way to teach new believers to witness is by our:
F study of many books on evangelism. 032-088
But my
Dad’s got a F practical example.
hard heart.
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3. New believers imitate their instructors. We should witness

first to: 032-090
F strangers. 032-091
F relatives.
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No my brother. He
simply doesn’t yet
believe. But you will 4. It is easier to win our friends than strangers. But we must trust
bring him to Christ
through your faith. in the convincing power of our: 032-093
He’s like the paralytic
who could not walk to
F strong personality. 032-094
Jesus. But his friends F witness for Christ.
brought him along.
(Mark 2:3) 032-095
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 My brother, the Our faith brings salvation nearer to our families. (Acts 16:31) God
angels in heaven are helps each believer to develop his own faith; but in the beginning the
singing with joy
because you have unconverted person is convinced by our faith.
repented. (Luke 15:10)
I’m going to baptize
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you. Your son,
Robert, will teach you
the Lord’s other Remember, an unbeliever is spiritually dead in sin; he cannot
commands. raise himself!
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Robert learns to witness by his pastor’s example. Then he takes his
father to witness to their friends. Generally, to awaken an unbeliever, God uses the faith of: 032-039
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F close friends and relatives.
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and also to obey Jesus’ other commands, which are liberating and
build healthy relationships. WITNESS WITH THE POWER
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OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
I’ve come to talk to you
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Jesus Christ promises in Acts 1:8...

Great! I “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
wanted to know
what made you you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
change. You’ve Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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drunk and falling 032-043
out with the
neighbors.
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This power is to witness. We pray fervently that God will anoint us They pray; Robert’s father repeats each phrase...
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our stumbling words to penetrate right into people’s hearts. Lord Jesus, save me
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You speak to your 032-072
father first, Robert.
032-045 But I’m no good with words. He
won’t pay any attention to me.
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Our testimony for Christ is effective when it is made with: 032-073

F a strong voice. 032-074
F practical love.
Let’s pray that God will anoint us with His Holy 032-075
Spirit... Thank you Lord, for promising to
accompany us. Anoint us now with your Spirit...
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WITNESS TO MAKE OBEDIENT
DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST
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We assure the new believers of their eternal salvation (1 John 5:13)
and teach them to obey all the things that Christ commands.
(Matthew 28:18-20)
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The central theme of our testimony is: 032-062 Our witness for Christ
F the change in our lives. 032-063 carries the authority of
Almighty God. If you
F the work of Christ for us. glorify Jesus, your
stumbling words can
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(Jeremiah 23:29)
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about our salvation; the change in our life is a result of that and is
I know. My cousin Charles
won all his family and me to
Christ. He doesn’t talk very
eloquently! He lacks a few
front teeth! But he convinced
me that I was a sinner and that
I needed Jesus’ forgiveness.
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important but secondary to Christ himself.

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WITNESS WITH LOVE

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To witness without love is worth nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:1) Love
convinces people. (That is, practical love shown with actions!)
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1 John 3:18 says: “Let us not love with words or tongue but with
actions and in truth.” Exactly. The humblest,
stammering testimony is very
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anointing of the Spirit. Only
You Christians are different. God can bring life to the
When I got sick the deacons heart of one who is dead in
from your church helped me. transgressions and sins.
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Only God forgives sins; but we declare forgiveness to the sinner when That’s right. We are
he repents. This is what it means to use the keys of the kingdom. witnesses of Jesus. We don’t
just talk about how bad we
(Matthew 16:19, Matthew 18:18) used to be and how good we
are now. This alone will never
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awaken faith in Christ. We tell
him about Christ the Son of
God, His miracles, His love,
These keys were promised first to Peter. They were given also to His death for our sins, His
other disciples. resurrection, His forgiveness
and His presence in us.
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• Compare Matthew 16:15-19 with Matthew 18:18 and The new believer talks with his father...
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Jesus is God. He healed the blind. He forgave
everyone who had done wrong. He died on the cross
• God gives this same power to all who witness for Christ. to forgive our sins. He rose from the dead and went
up to heaven. He sent the Holy Spirit who makes us
(Romans 1:16, 2 Timothy 2:2, 2 Timothy 4:5) feel His presence. He’s here now, in this room.
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WITNESS WITH THE FOCUS

ON JESUS CHRIST
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(Luke 24:46-48)
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The Holy Spirit helps us
to witness. I believe my
Dad will repent. I will talk
to him about Jesus.
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