1. In our last lesson We addressed obstacles to winning souls within –
Evangelism 2016
In our last lesson
We addressed obstacles to winning souls within –
Misconceptions – failure to trust God or the gospel, none interested, etc.
Faulty attitudes – lack of boldness, zeal, discouragement
Faulty motives – prejudice, ignoring the lost, laziness, misunderstanding the church, etc.

2. Obstacles to winning souls Without (1)
Evangelism 2016
Obstacles to winning souls Without (1)

3. Worldliness
Always been a problem
1 John 5:19, Rom. 1:21, 8:5-8, 1 John 2:15-17, James 4:4
What about OUR worldliness? Cf. Matthew 13:22

4. Worldliness
An obstacle to reaching the lost because to follow Christ you HAVE to give up the world!
1 John 2:15-17, Matthew 19:21-22, John 3:19-21

5. Worldliness
We need to be different! Romans 12:1-2, Col. 3:1-2 2 Cor. 6:14-17, 1 Cor. 5:9-13
John 17:13-16 – in the world but not of the world
Matthew 5:13 – are we salt?

6. Busyness
Even with technology to make life easier, we have less time than ever before
It can affect Christians as well. While we need to be busy (not lazy), cf. Jesus - Acts 10:38
It is possible to be so busy with “stuff” that the important is crowded out!

7. Busyness
We are to redeem our time – Eph. 5: Thess. 4:11 – lead a “quiet life” Matthew 6:6 – private prayer
A challenge to find time to study with others – theirs and ours!

8. Busyness
What can we do?
Show priorities Matthew 22:37 Are brethren important to us?
Show them sacrifices – make it appealing (i.e. don’t complain)

9. Busyness
What can we do?
Work on being flexible - 2 Corinthians 13:5 a balanced life
Don’t overcommit – Luke 10: Sometimes we need to say, ‘no’ and accept when others say ‘no’!

10. Impersonal
Communication is amazing today. We can talk with anyone in many ways.
But, how many true friends do we have?
Is our “social media” keeping us from direct, personal contact with friends, neighbors and family?

11. Impersonal Why do we assemble? Hebrews 10:24-25, 1 Corinthians 14
One of the best things we can do to reach others is act like the family of God! John 13:34-35

12. Impersonal
The most effective way to win souls is through personal contact
EVERY act of conversion in scripture involved personal contact! 2 Timothy 2:2, Acts 8:4

13. Impersonal
To overcome the personal barrier – we need to care and interact with others
Maybe even those others try to avoid - James 2:1-4, Jesus - Luke 15:1-2, Matthew 9:10-11, John 4:6-10
1 Corinthians 9:19-22 – Paul became all things to all men

14. When we try and reach the lost…
We will face obstacles and objections
There is a proper way to deal with them

15. The improper way is to do nothing!
Let us pray to God to help us do what we can to reach as many as we can!