Personal Evangelism Outlines - FORISTELL, MISSOURI

1 Personal Evangelism Outlines Taught in t he Summe r quarter, 2013. By A aron Baker What does it take to share the saving message of the Gospel of Christ with someone? How do I do it? Where do I start? These Outlines enable you to study God s Word with someone in order to lead them to Christ. Questions? Email me at Evangelism Outlines 1 Table of Contents The Power of One Conversion .. 2 Evangelism , What Is It? .. 4 General Information About the Books of the Bible .. 5 outline & Summary of the Bible .. 6 God s Chain of Authority .. 8 Personal Worker s Prayer .. 9 Tips for Evangelism : Door Knocking .. 10 God s Plan: Established .. 12 God s Plan: Unfolded .. 13 God s King & Kingdom .. 14 Tips for Evangelism : Prospecting .. 15 Ruining the plan: Sin .. 16 Tips for Evangelism : Handling Objections.

2 18 God s Plan: Organization of the 19 Tips for Evangelism : Closing Techniques .. 21 God s Plan: Worship of the Church .. 22 God s Plan Restored: His plan to save man .. 24 3 Time Periods of the Bible .. 27 Evangelism Outlines 2 The Power of One Conversion Personal Evangelism Bear Valley Bible Institute at Denver Taught by: Wayne Burger During the Civil War in this country a young woman learned the truth and obeyed the gospel. Her boyfriend, J. H. Halbrook, was in the Confederate army and was captured by the Union forces. He was kept in prison in Michigan until the war was over. At that time he was given a ticket to Nashville, Tennessee and $ From Nashville he returned to his home in Centerville, Tennessee to find what was left of his family and home. He found his girlfriend and they were married.

3 She taught him the gospel and he obeyed it. He began to teach his friends and neighbors as he preached in the area. He realized that if he was going to preach he needed more education so determined to attend Mars Hill Bible School that was operated by T. B. Larimore in north Alabama. When he finished his study, rather than go back to Tennessee, he went farther south into Walker, Marion, Fayette, and Lamar counties in Alabama. He preached and established churches. One of his converts was C. A. Wheeler. Wheeler began to preach and through his preaching started over 100 congregations and baptized over 6,000 people. Wheeler came into the community of Carbon Hill, Alabama where the Lord's church had not been established. He needed a song leader for the meeting that he was going to hold at the schoolhouse.

4 A young man, who was a member of a Baptist Church was recommended. As that young man listened each night, he took notes and went home to study what he was hearing. Before the week was over he obeyed the gospel. That young man was Gus Nichols. A couple of years after his conversion Gus began to preach and through the years of his preaching there were over 12,000 people baptized and several congregations started. Among those he converted were his parents and three of his brothers who also became gospel preachers as did three of his nephews or nieces' husbands. Gus and his wife Matilda had eight children, four boys and four girls. The four boys became gospel preachers. Three of the daughters married full-time preachers and the fourth daughter married a man who supported himself in the insurance business, but who preached by appointment.

5 Totally, there were 16 preachers in Gus Nichols' immediate family and only God knows how many people have been led to the Lord through their work. Flavil, one of Gus' sons baptized over 3,000. Hardeman, another of Gus' sons has baptized over 8,000 people. While Gus was living in Carbon Hill he started the church in Jasper, Alabama. He then moved to Northport, Alabama and preached there two years. He then returned to preach for the church in Jasper. He preached for the church in Jasper for forty-three years. During that time over forty men from that congregation became preachers. Evangelism Outlines 3 Only God knows how many people were led to the Lord through the preachers which came as a result of a young girl in middle Tennessee obeying the gospel about a hundred and fifty years ago.

6 May each of us seek to bring someone to the Lord. You may never know how God may use that person to reach others. - Wayne Burger Evangelism Outlines 4 Evangelism , What Is It? 1. The Greek word for Gospel is (euaggelion) EUANGELION Mt 9:35; Mark 1:1; a. To Anglicize the Greek word would make it read, evangel b. Therefore, an Evangelist is a person who preaches or teaches the Gospel i. As with Philip the Evangelist - Acts 21:8 ii. As with Timothy who was to do the work of an Evangelist 2 Tim 4:5 iii. Evangelists (euaggelisthv) were given to build up the body of Christ Eph 4:11 2. The Gospel is to be preached to every creature Mk 16:15; Rom 15:19 a. The Gospel has the power to save Rom 1:16; Eph 1:13 b. People are called through the Gospel 2 Thess 2:14 c.

7 Obeying the Gospel makes a person become a child of God Rom 6:3, 4, 17; 1 Cor 4:15; 1 Pet 4:17 3. When the Gospel is preached to people, they are then Evangelized a. The Greek word is EVANGELIDZO #2097 (euaggelizw) b. It is used of people who have a good message spoken, or preached to them Mt 11:5; Lk 3:18; 4:43; 9:6; Acts 5:42; 8:4, 12, 25, 35, 40 c. This means that as the early Christians were going to new and different places, their preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ was actually evangelizing Acts 10:36; 11:20; 14:7, 15, 21; Rom 1:15, etc. 4. Therefore, Evangelism is the person or process of taking the saving message of the Gospel to the lost. 5. Evangelists: a. Generally speaking, all Christians are evangelists Mt 28:18-20 b. Specifically speaking, in the NT this word can be used restrictively and is the equivalent of a Gospel preacher see Ac 21:8; Eph 4:11; 2 Tim 4:5.

8 In this sense, women cannot be evangelists 1 Cor 14:34; 2 Tim 2 1 Jackson, Wayne. Bible Words and Theological Terms Made Easy. Courier Publications: Stockton, 2002. Pg 53. Evangelism Outlines 5 General Information About the Books of the Bible old testament Description New testament Description Genesis Exodus Numbers Leviticus Deuteronomy These five books are called the Law . They are also called the Pentateuch , which means five volumes. Matthew Mark Luke John These are called the Gospels and cover the birth, life, works, and death of Jesus. Joshua Judges Ruth 1 &2 Samuel 1&2 Kings 1&2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther These are books of History because they give the history of God s people, Israel. Acts History This tells history of the church.

9 It covers the beginning and spread of the church during its first 30 years. Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon These are books of Poetry and Wisdom. These are also called Wisdom Literature. Romans 1 & 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 & 2 Thessalonians 1 & 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Paul s Letters These are letters written by Paul. There are two categories: those written to churches and those written to individuals. Listed from longest to shortest. Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Major Prophets not because they are more important that other prophets, but because they are longer books. Hebrews James 1 & 2 Peter 1 & 2 & 3 John Jude General Letters These were written by different people to a general audience. Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Hagai Zechariah Malachi Minor Prophets because these books are shorter in length than the others.

10 Revelation Prophecy The theme of this book is that Christians and the church will be victorious. The old testament was written in Hebrew and the new testament in Greek. These 66 books were written by about 40 writers over a period of about 1,600 years (1,500 BC to 100 AD). There were 8 New testament writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul, James and Jude. Evangelism Outlines 6 outline & Summary of the Bible Period Where in the Bible 1. Antedilivian (Before the Flood) a. Creation b. Fall of man c. Corruption of man 2. Postdiluvian (After the Flood) a. Events of the flood b. Noah s Drunkeness c. Generations of Noah d. Tower of Babel 3. Patriarchal a. Abraham b. Isaac c. Jacob d. Joseph 4. Egyptian Bondage a. Moses birth b.