The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
We are enclosing a new tract from One Million Tracts titled “Jesus Changed my life ask me how”. Please share in the Every Day Club or on our Social Media how the new tract is received.
The last two months we delved into the Ten Commandments and God’s judgment as a means to show a person that they have sinned before God and will be guilty on judgment day. If you missed these letters, please go online to www.bezeugen.org and read them.
The enclosed Uncle Sam tract is a good reminder of the Ten Commandments. You see James Montgomery Flag drew the original painting in a mirror as a reflection of himself to save money of hiring a model. Similarly, the Law, Ten Commandments, acts as a mirror to show a man his sin.
When we left off last month, we left the person hanging under judgment understanding they are guilty of breaking God’s law and deserve eternity in Hell. We don’t want to leave a conversation here, but we ran out of room in that letter. Now that the person understands their predicament, they are ready to hear the good news—The Gospel!
Ask them to read 2 Peter 3:9 and then ask them the next question “does God want you to go to Hell?” In this case, the answer is simply, “No”. God wants all men to reach repentance, (and be saved).
Unless the person really does not understand this, you can move on and have them read 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. This is referred to as the Gospel in a nutshell. Ask them “What has God done for you?”
Now take as much time as you need to explain the verse and the Gospel. According to these verses there are three things. He died, was buried and was raised (from the dead)! You’ll also notice that he appeared to people after he was raised from the dead. Now it also says that this was done in “accordance with the Scriptures”. What this means is that there is prophecy (events predicted before they happened) that pointed to Jesus doing these things and proving that He is who He claimed to be: namely God. This is an area for future study to show that the Bible is true and that Jesus is who He claimed to be.
You can now move on to a verse they are sure to know. Ask them to read John 3:16 and then ask them “How much does God love you?” It can be very impactful to have them put their name in the verse. For example if you are talking to Joe, then it would read “God so loved Joe the he gave his only Son, so that if Joe believes in him Joe should not perish but Joe should have eternal life.”
Ask Joe, can you see that God loves you? Again a simple Yes should suffice. At this point we have covered eight of the ten questions and Bible verses. Next month we will wrap up this series and cover the last two questions. Has this helped you share the Gospel? Have you witnessed to someone with this help?
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