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Aug 18
Follow up on Sermon from John 4
In Sunday’s sermon, Ryan expanded on last week’s exposition of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman from John 4. Here are thirteen Lessons from Jesus on Witnessing.
1. We must go to them
2. We must remember that everything is a “divine appointment†or a “God-momentâ€
3. We should connect with people in normal ways
4. We must, at some point, make a conscious turn toward the spiritual
5. We must talk about sin appropriately
6. We should appeal to the emptiness of this life (and Christ as satisfaction)
7. We must be wise and clever to avoid the rabbit trails
8. We must focus on Jesus – who he is and what he came to do
9. We must communicate substitution and the nature of saving faith
10. We should explain what salvation is “unto†(i.e., worship)
11. We must be confident that the results are up to God
12. This mission should be our “foodâ€
13. When in doubt, simply tell your story and invite others to examine further