LESSON 8: BEING A WITNESS
One of the great responsibilities of every believer is to be a witness for Jesus Christ. Being a witness means to testify concerning what we have seen or what we have experienced. As a believer we have received the forgiveness of sin and eternal life. This is the message that we are to bare witness about to others who do not know about the forgiveness that is in Jesus Christ.
I. THE CONVICTION OF BEING A WITNESS
A. WHO SHOULD BE A WITNESS?
Every Believer. In the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) the “ye” in “Go ye therefore” refers to every disciple present as well as every believer today.
B. WHY SHOULD WE WITNESS?
Because we were commanded to do it.
In Matthew 28:18-20 the Lord commissions His church to go reach the world with the Gospel of Christ that they might be saved, see them baptized, and see that they grow and are discipled as well.
Though Christ Jesus was meek and lowly and kind and compassionate he has still commanded us to do a job, it was not a suggestion, it was an order.
Where would we be today, except someone else obeyed Christ’s command? 2 Corinthians 1:4 We are comforted in order to comfort others.
Because if we do not go who will?
Because when people die without Christ, they go to hell for eternity.
C. HOW SHOULD WE BE A WITNESS?
- Faithfully
Talk to people you know. Talk to people you meet. Go out weekly with the church for their outreach time. Have a goal of passing out 5 tracts while you are in a store or a place of business. The most important thing is to consistently go and tell the lost about Christ.
- Being Soul-conscious
Realize that everyone you meet as a soul that is either going to go to heaven or to hell.
Ask God to lead you into a conversation with someone at church, or offer them advice on how they could take care of a problem, through Jesus Christ.
People are complainers, they always have problems, Jesus is the answer.
The most important word in the Great Commission is “GO”
Walking in the Spirit’s power and depending on the Lord and not our own wisdom.
- With Compassion
Jude 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
D. WHERE SHOULD WE SEEK TO BE A WITNESS?
Mark 16:15 says “Go ye into all the
II. WHAT KEY POINTS MUST BE DELIVERED
MBC Soulwinning plan
A. Show them God wants them to know that they have eternal life.
1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
2 Peter 3:9 – God’s not willing for anyone to go to hell
B. Show them that they are a sinner.
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:12 – Original Sin
Revelations 20:12 – There will be a Judgment Day
C. Show them the wages of sin is death.
*Romans 6:23a* – For the wages of
Revelation 21:8 – For all sinners
Revelation 20:12-15 – The second death is Hell
D. Show them Christ died to pay their sin debt.
*Romans 5:8* – But God
1 John 2:1-2 – Propitiation means payment
E. Show them that if they repent of their sin and place their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, He will save them.
*Romans 10:9-10, 13* 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation…13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 3:3, 16
F. Ask them if they are willing to put their faith in Christ right now and follow the Lord today.
Lead them in a prayer, encouraging them to call upon Jesus Christ to save them from their sin and to take Him as their Lord and Savior.
I want to lead you in a prayer, so that you can tell God what you are doing and receive him as your Lord and Savior.
Sample prayer to have repeated:
Dear Lord Jesus I am know that I am a sinner, I know I have sinned against you….
I repent of my sin and ask your forgiveness.
I believe that you died on the cross to pay for my sins, and I believe that your rose from the grave.
Today I place my faith in you, come into my life and take me to heaven when I die. Thank you, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
G. Thank God for their salvation and review with them what they did.
*John 10:28* And I give unto them