1. #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

2. 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…

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. THE CHRONICLES OF REDEMPTION

7. 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

8. 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

9. UNIT 3 THE PURCHASE OF REDEMPTION
11 – God With Us
Selected Scriptures from the Gospels
12 – Works of Jesus Christ
13 – Words of Jesus Christ
14 – Slaughter of the Lamb
15 – Opening the Life Gate
Selected Scripture from Old and New Testament