{"id":13131,"date":"2016-08-17T01:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/systematic-evangelism\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T01:40:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:40:44","slug":"systematic-evangelism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/systematic-evangelism\/","title":{"rendered":"SYSTEMATIC EVANGELISM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b>ROMANS 1:16\u201317<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes \u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>(Rom. 1:16)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Some of us go through our entire Christian lives never seeing a person come to Christ through our personal evangelism. For most of us, personal evangelism is a very haphazard thing. We rarely talk about it unless we happen into a conversation in which it cannot be avoided. There is, in other words, nothing <i>systematic<\/i> about it. Systematic evangelism is an approach by a <i>method<\/i>, by employing some <i>technique<\/i>. It is the expression of a program that has been constructed by those who have been particularly gifted in the area of evangelism. It is the use of helpful questions that lead one into a conversation that gets to the heart of a person\u2019s relationship with Christ. Most of us do not do evangelism that way, but it might help if we did. We shouldn\u2019t use some insincere sales pitch, but we should employ thoughtful and helpful techniques that enable us to get the Gospel out in a less haphazard way.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>One particular technique used by <i>Evangelism Explosion<\/i> is asking someone, \u201cIf you died tonight, why should God let you into His heaven?\u201d The most common answer to that question is <i>works righteousness:<\/i> \u201cGod will let me in because I have been a good person.\u201d Or, \u201cI did this; I did that.\u201d Very few have heard the message of the Gospel, of justification by faith alone. Questions such as this one help us engage others in conversation about the Gospel, getting us to the heart of the matter. We can often talk to people about theological issues all day long without ever really getting to the Gospel, without bringing it to a personal level, without causing them to ask, \u201cWhy do I need Christ?\u201d To evangelize, you must be able to get personal, and simple techniques and realistic programs sometimes help you do just that.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Using this kind of program does not mean that you should ever use a \u201ccanned\u201d approach. Such techniques should <i>help<\/i> you get started. They should not simply be asked as if a computer were processing information. And such techniques should not be used as springboards into theological tangents and lofty philosophical discussions. There is a place for that, for <i>apologetics<\/i> of the faith, but evangelism is the proclamation of the Gospel. That is what we must do in a personal, dynamic, and direct way.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b>CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Amos 7\u20139<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Revelation 7<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:   18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Do you find that you have many theological   discussions with people, but that you never proclaim the Gospel? Do you find   that alter you have spoken with someone at length about religion you realize   that you never dealt with their personal need of Jesus Christ? If so, try   using a technique like the <i>EE<\/i> question; it can help.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:   normal'><i>For   further study: Acts 3:11\u201326; 8:4\u20138; 16:25\u201334<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>wednesday<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>december<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROMANS 1:16\u201317 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes \u2026 (Rom. 1:16). Some of us go through our entire Christian lives never seeing a person come to Christ through our personal evangelism. For most of us, personal evangelism is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/systematic-evangelism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SYSTEMATIC EVANGELISM&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}