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#4 PRINCIPLES OF EVANGELISM
MEN’S BIBLE STUDY
Review:
Communication and it’s
relationship to the Gospel
 Different approaches but same message
God’s Part – Monergism
in
Conversion
Man’s Part - Communication
UNPREPARED SOIL &
PRE EVANGLISM
 Parable of the Soils – Matthew 13
 Soil beside the road; in rocky places; infested with thorns; and
good soil
 Jeremiah 4;3, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow
among thorns.”
 Implication of Jesus’ Words in Matthew 7:6
 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn
and tear you to pieces.”
 Perceived or Real Needs
 Perceived needs are subjective in nature and anthropocentric
 Often a method promoted by seeker churches doing
demographics
 Real needs of an individual are biblically derived – objective
 The Bible has answers to real needs, not so much for
perceived…
CREATING A BIBLICAL CONTEXT
THERE IS A NEED TO TEACH
BASIC BIBLE LITERACY
 About the Creatorship of God
 About the Holiness and Character of God
 About Sin, its Origin, Characteristics and
Consequence
 About God’s Plan for Redemption from
Sin
 About Jesus Christ, the Messiah
 His miraculous birth, sin free life, voluntary
substitutionary death, and glorious
resurrection
CREATING A BIBLICAL CONTEXT
THERE IS A NEED TO TEACH
BASIC BIBLE LITERACY
About repentance and faith
 About the forgiveness of all their sin
 About God’s Protection and Preservation
 About the 2nd Coming & Blessed Hope
 About Jesus Christ, the Messiah
VALUE OF TEACHING
NARRATIVES
 Narrative is Universal
 50-70 % of world’s people prefer concrete
learning
 Narrative connects with imagination &
emotion
 Every major religions uses narrative to socialize,
convert and indoctrinate their young
 Approximately 75% of the Bible is narrative
 Narratives are conducive to repetition
 Jesus taught theology through narratives
THE
CHRONICLES OF
REDEMPTION
UNIT 1
THE NEED FOR REDEMPTION
 1 – Knowing the Lord of Heaven and Earth
 Acts 17:22-34
 2 – Creation of the Heavens and Earth
 Genesis 1 & 2
 3 – Fall of Man
 Genesis 3
 4 – Spread of Sin
 Genesis 4 & 5
 5 – Great Flood
 Genesis 6-9
UNIT 2
THE CHANNEL OF REDEMPTION
 6 – Birth of Israel
 Genesis 12-50
 7 – Bondage and Deliverance
 Exodus 1-14
 8 – Law of God
 Exodus 15-19
 9 – Pictures of Mercy
 Exodus 25 & Leviticus
 10 – Waiting for the hope of Israel
 Numbers - Malachi
UNIT 3
THE PURCHASE OF REDEMPTION
 11 – God With Us
 Selected Scriptures from the Gospels
 12 – Works of Jesus Christ
 Selected Scriptures from the Gospels
 13 – Words of Jesus Christ
 Selected Scriptures from the Gospels
 14 – Slaughter of the Lamb
 Selected Scriptures from the Gospels
 15 – Opening the Life Gate
 Selected Scripture from Old and New Testament