1. Identifying The Gospel Message (Week Two) By: Alfred Toole

2. Homework Review Pray: daily for 3 nonbelievers within your sphere of influence. Read: Colossians 4.2-6 Do: something compelled by the love of Christ. Respond: the love of Christ compels me (2 Corinthians 5.11-21).

3. Homework Review How does praying for your 3 affect you? What kind of interaction did you have with your 3 this week? What stood out from reading Colossians 4 every day?

4. 5 Parts to Communication Sender Message Medium Noise Receiver

5. 5 Parts to Communication Message

6. Used to Dim Lights

7. The Bright Light Acts 2.29-40 Acts 3.6, 12-26 Acts 4.8-12, 19-20 Acts 4.23-31 Acts 5.29-32

8. Retell (Your Passage)

9. 1 Question (Based on the text) Why is Peter a bright light?

10. The Bright Light Acts 2.29-40 Acts 3.6, 12-26 Acts 4.8-12, 19-20 Acts 4.23-31 Acts 5.29-32

11. Belief Affects Action.

12. Which one has crossed your mind? I’ll become the object of ridicule or scorn. I’ll be seen as a Religious Nut. I’ll be a bad witness. I won’t make sense. I don’t know how to start. I’ll say the wrong thing. I don’t know enough. It’s all up to me. I don’t know any lost people. I don’t have time.

13. Give what you have.

14. 1 Peter 3.15

15. 2 Timothy 4.2-5

16. Trust the Spirit.

17. Matthew 10.18-20

18. Luke 12.11-12

19. What Gospel Message Would You Give? A) You get a phone call from a non Christian who just had a major fight with their spouse / significant other, the person knows he or she needs to be a better person. They ask you for help.

20. What Gospel Message Would You Give? B) A non Christian friend of yours drops by after losing his or her job for having repeated problems of angry outbursts on the job. They want to get their anger under control and ask you how you stay cool.

21. What Gospel Message Would You Give? C) You’re at the park with your non Christian friend. Their child is out of control and the stress of parenting is too much. They turn to you for advice.

22. What Gospel Message Would You Give? D) You run into a non Christian friend in the Walmart parking lot. Your friend tells you that his or her mom is dying from cancer. They start bawling in front of you.

23. The way to build a strong church is to find the hurt in a community and heal it. -Donald McGavran

24. Total Evangelism First, we must find methods that effectively identify those who are likely to be receptive to the gospel and then influence them in such a way as to produce lasting conversions. Second, we must have the kind of organization that gets the members involved in the work of the local congregation. And third, we must have the kind of counseling and teaching that helps Christians grow spiritually so that they will be able to solve the problems they face and learn to live the more abundant life. –Flavil Yeakley

25. Total Evangelism …[W]e must have the kind of counseling and teaching that helps Christians grow spiritually so that they will be able to solve the problems they face and learn to live the more abundant life. –Flavil Yeakley

26. One of the problems today is that there is too much world in the church and not enough church in the world. -Flavil Yeakley

27. The Two Parties US God

28. The Problem US God Holy Ex 19.10-24 1 Pet 1.15-16 Heb 12.14 Sinful Rom 3.23, 5.12 Eph 2.1-3 1 John 1.10 Rom 6.23 The wages of sin is death…

29. The Separation (Isaiah 59.1-2) We are Sinful God is Holy Holy Ex 19.10-24 1 Pet 1.15-16 Heb 12.14 Rev 21.27 Sinful Rom 3.23, 5.12 Eph 2.1-3 1 John 1.10 Rom 6.23 The wages of sin is death…

30. The Bridge (Colossians 2.11-15) Resurrection 2 Cor 5.17 Rom 6.3-10 Death Heb 9.15-22 1 Pet 3.18 Heb 10.19-23 …enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus… Jesus Christ

31. The Apostle Paul Acts 9.1-20Acts 26.1-30Acts 22.1-21

32. 2 Questions (Based on the text) What did Paul believe? What did Paul do?

33. The Apostle Paul Acts 9.1-20Acts 26.1-30Acts 22.1-21

34. Why is Paul a bright light? (Based on the text)

35. Paul’s Gospel (Message) 2 Timothy 2.8-10 Paul God

36. Paul’s Gospel (Message) Paul God

37. Paul’s Gospel (Message) Paul God Jesus Christ

38. The DBR (1 Corinthians 15.1-11, 20 -28) Rom 6.3, 6-7 2 Tim 2.11 Gal 2.20 Heb 9.22 1 Pet 1.17-23 1 John 1.7 Rom 6.4 Colossians 2.12 Rom 6.5, 8-11 Colossians 2.12 2 Cor 5.17 John 3.5-7

39. What’s your gospel? (Romans 1.16-17, 2 Timothy 2.8-10)

40. Jeremiah 20.7-9

41. Pray: daily for 3 nonbelievers within your sphere of influence. Read: Luke 11.1-13, 18.1-8 Do: write, text, email or call your 3 people and let them know you have been praying for them. Ask them for a specific prayer request. Respond: prayer changes things. Homework

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