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Evangelism Handbook of New Testament Christianity Evangelism Handbook -"- Of New Testament Christianity , . ~ . ' Phil Sanders Copyright Phil Sanders December 2009 In Search of the Lord's Way PO Box 371, Edmond, OK 73083 [email protected] 405-348-3242 Preface In 1992 five members ofthe Walnut St. Church of Christ traveled to Minsk, Belarus, to teach the gospel to this republic of former Soviet Union. We entered a republic that had forsaken the knowledge of God for seventy years. We knew we had a challenge to teach for long hours. Knowing our own weaknesses we sought a resource to help us face the many questions awaiting us. Since no single book in addition to the Bible fit the challenge, we decided to create our own. We wanted a concise, concentrated reference book that would cover many subjects adequately for the task. When we could find no single book in our library, we sought to make a notebook with many articles on a variety of topics. Since the first notebook was poorly arranged, we determined to organize and complete the project for future campaigns. From 1992 to the present, the Evangelism Handbook grew in form and content. Its sole purpose was to provide quick reference material to those who evangelize and teach. Through the years we have provided thousands of copies to teachers and soul-winners in America and in many foreign countries. Since this book has been on the internet, it has been downloaded many thousands of times. The author has freely shared this material and has no intent to sell it. It is copyrighted and should not be sold by others. Those who use it may freely copy materials so long as they remain unchanged and proper credit given. Please let me know of your use or distribution of these materials. There can be no more noble work than preaching the gospel and persuading men to follow Christ. God had only one Son, and He was an evangelist. He preached repentance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Mt. 4: 17). Though the kingdom is now here in the church (Col. 1: 13-14), we must still appeal to men to repent of their sins and to enter the kingdom through baptism (John 3:3-7; 1 Cor. 12: l3; Gal. 3:26- 27). The effective evangelist will spare no effort to prepare his heart and mind for the task. We pray this volume may offer help in that preparation and pursuit. We offer this resource to all who, "knowing the fear of the Lord," would persuade others ofthe unsearchable riches in the grace of God. Mayall that we do be done to His glory and honor. We offer our thanks to Pollock Printing for the printing of this book. We give our thanks to the churches of the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area for their foresight to have a campaign and prompt the printing of this book. December 8, 2009 Phil Sanders i Table of Contents Page One: Evangelism Methods The Conversion Process 1 "Upon the Rock" Bible Study Series 8 Motivating People to Obey the Gospel 19 Crucial Questions Converts Ask 21 Reaching Those Who Have Fallen Away 22 Two: God Who is God? 25 Jesus Christ 26 The Holy Spirit 28 The Trinity 29 Making God in Our Image 30 Does God Want Men to Worship with Images and Icons 31 Three: Christian Evidences Evidences for the Existence of God 33 Design and Purpose Arguments 34 Some Positive Evidence of the Resurrection 36 The Historicity of Jesus 39 Biblical Inspiration 43 Can We Trust the New Testament? 47 You Can Trust Your Bible 47 Argument for the Genuineness of the Documents 50 Messianic Prophecies 51 Prophecies of the Sufferings of the Messiah 53 Prophecies of Isaiah 53 55 Facts of Astronomy, Cosmology, and the Bible 56 The Medical Accuracy of the Bible 57 Scientific Fact or Principle in the Bible 57 The Problem of Suffering 58 Why Does God Allow the Innocent to Suffer? 60 Was It Morally Right for God to Order the Killing of the Canaanites? 60 The Risk of Believing 62 Agnosticism and Its Consequences 62 Four: Salvation What is sin? 64 What Sin Will Do 67 The Nature of Man 68 What is the Grace of God 68 The Nature and Need for Repentance 70 Who Is a New Testament Christian? 72 Is Baptism Necessary to Salvation? 74 Acts 2:38 76 Baptism among the Early Church Fathers 77 Timeline in the History of Baptism 80 Baptism--A Dividing Line 81 What Will Happen to Good but Unbaptized People 81 Are Infants to Be Baptized? 82 Are Babies Born in Sin? 82 ii God's Second Law of Pardon for Christians 84 The Conditional Security of Believers 85 Is Man Predestined? 86 How Many Baptisms Do We Have Today? 87 Is Baptism in Water or in the Spirit? 88 Baptism before Salvation: Wise or foolish? 88 Examples of Conversion 89 Five: The Church What Is the Church? 90 Why Becoming a Member of the Lord's Church is Necessary 91 Organization of the Church 91 When Was the Church-Kingdom Established? 92 The Falling Away and the Restoration 93 Denominational Churches and Their Origin 93 The Undenominational Nature of New Testament Christianity 94 Which Concept is Scriptural? 95 Can We Restore the New Testament Church? 95 The Unity of the Church 97 Does the New Testament Contain Patterns for the Church? 98 Six: Christian Worship The Nature of Worship 101 Prayer is Man Speaking to God 102 The Lord's Supper 103 Giving to God 104 Does the Bible Authorize Christian Worship with Musical Instruments 104 The Sabbath and the Lord's Day 108 The Early Church and the Sabbath Day 110 Does the Bible Authorize Women to Lead Men in the Worship of the Church? 112 Seven: The Bible Introduction to the Bible 115 Digging Deeper into My Bible 116 The Need for an Overall View 117 Fifteen Periods of Bible History 118 General Outline of Bible 119 Comments About the Bible 120 Understanding the Old and New Testaments 121 Must We Have Bible Authority? 123 Can We All Understand the Bible Alike? 124 Why Men Differ in Understanding the Bible 125 Basic Rules of Bible Study 126 Eight: Christian Living Why I Attend All the Meetings of the Church 130 Lord, Help Me Through Today 130 The Ways Satan is Attacking Us 132 If I Were the Devil 133 God's People Know How to Get Along 134 The Pursuit of Excellence 136 God's Answer's to Man's Concerns 137 The Providence of God 138 The Temptation Trap 140 iii Dealing with Ange 142 Recharge Your Spiritual Battery 145 Nine: The Supernatural and Last Things The Immortality of the Soul 147 The Soul after Death 148 What Happens at Death? 148 When Jesus Comes Again 149 The Second Coming of Christ 150 The Judgment 151 Who Will Be in the Judgment? 152 Is Man Reincarnated? 152 Purgatory is Not a Biblical Concept 153 A Citizen of Heaven 153 The Doctrine of Hell 155 Angels 155 Premillennialism 158 Ten: False Teachings How Can I Know the Truth? 159 Contend for the Faith 160 Characteristics of Cults 161 Astrology 163 Does Anyone Have Miraculous Gifts Today? 164 Buddhism 166 Hinduism 169 Islam 173 Catholisicm 175 The Apocrypha 186 Book of Mormon and the Bible 192 Mormon Archaeology 193 Eleven: Glossary 194 Twelve Lesson Evangelistic Study: 1. You Can Trust Your Bible 2. Crucial Questions You May Be Asking 1. God 3. God's Second Law of Pardon 2. Jesus 4. The Conditional Security of Believers 3. Evidences for Resurrection 5. The Undenominational Nature of Christianity 4. What Sin Will Do 6. Does the NT contain patterns for the Church? 5. The Need for Repentance 7. The Lord's Supper 6. Who is a New Testament Christian? 8. Understanding the Old ad New Testament 7. Is Baptism Essential 9. Why I attend Church 8. What is The Church? 10. The Temptation Trap 9. The Nature of Worship 11. Recharging Your Spiritual Battery 10. Prayer--Man speaking To God 12. God's People Know How to Get Along 11. Must We Have Bible Authority? 12. The Immortality of the Soul Twelve-Lesson Follow up Study: Evangelism Handbook: Conversion Process 1 THE CONVERSION PROCESS Coming out the world and becoming a “Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we fruitful Christian is a process in which there are persuade men,” Paul says (2 Cor. 5:11). The many steps. Occasionally, a method of evangelist must not only know the story, he evangelism is developed that centers on the steps must also know how to make the story pierce the of salvation and does not give proper hearts of those who are listening in the hope that consideration to the changes that must take place they will respond. Knowing why one must in the heart and mind of a person before he is respond is surely as important as knowing what ready to believe, repent and obey. Nor do some one must do to be saved. With this in mind, let’s methods of salvation consider the things that consider these steps or tasks that are part of the must happen in order for a person to become a conversion process. Each step has a crucial place functioning part of the body of Christ so that he in the process. Soil must be prepared before one may produce fruit. This section will discuss the may plant the seed and expect a fruitful harvest. pre-conversion changes and the post-conversion The planted seed must be watered and protected changes of a new disciple of Christ.
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