Tag: Salvation

Ways of Witnessing Extra

Lesson Theme: What else can I do to share the gospel?

If Jesus taught that they were in the last days, how much MORE so does the day approach that our Savior will return?!?

There are many Christians who relegate their witnessing to a specific scheduled time slot… Others take advantage of every single opportunity as the Lord sends it. But what if there were yet even MORE ways to share the gospel?!?

There are many shining examples of this in the community in which I work. One lady built a public prayer chapel in her front yard (she lives along a very well traveled highway) and paid to have a large LED sign proclaiming Salvation is Only In Jesus! She witnesses to everyone who stops by, and keeps a careful prayer journal of those who give her a hearing.

A neighbor who lived a few miles down the road complained to me about the ‘light pollution’ her sign puts out on the evening sky.  Funny, how could he notice when he spends his evenings streaming movies on his 55″ TV in his living room each night?!?  I was under the direct impression that it was the message on the sign he may have had more of a problem with. When I asked him if this was the case, he quickly replied, “No, no. I like the message, but I just wish she could find something smaller or less intrusive. I think it offends people.”

… Isn’t this kind of like complaining about the light pollution of a lighthouse beacon?!?  Why would any Christian wish to enjoy their ‘storm’ in peace?!?

Check out these additional ways to share the gospel.

 

Ways of Witnessing Extra – Lesson

Ways of Witnessing Extra – PowerPoint

 

“No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.”

— Luke 11:33

What Was Adam’s Sin

Lesson Theme: Rebellion

It is not uncommon to hear challenges such as the following:

“If God made man a sinner, that is, with a sinful nature, it would be nothing short of cruel and unreasonable for Him to punish us.“

It’s like excusing sin by saying, “God made me this way.”   Which is no more logical than excusing the crime by saying “Society made me this way.”

Are we devoid of personal responsibility for our actions because sin comes as naturally to the sinner as a song does to a bird, or notes flow from an instrument?

It is statements like this that hold great significance because Calvary is either an unmerited grace of pure love…. or it was some sort of obligation to pay for a Deistic mistake!

“The Fickle Finger of Fault points to no solution”, for the responsibility of sin surely rests somewhere.

 

Note:  No PowerPoint lesson today. Let’s just use our Bibles and make some notes in the margins.

What Was Adam’s Sin – Lesson

 

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

— Romans 5:12

Will My Good Outweigh My Bad

Lesson Theme: Can Salvation Be Earned?

Once I get to Heaven, does God determine if my good outweighs my bad? Where did this widely held belief or impression come from anyway?  And if it isn’t so, then why did Jesus say in John 5:

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.“

Lets take a look at this popular ‘doctrine’ that so many religions virtually underscore in the light of the Scriptures.

 

Note:  No PowerPoint lesson today. Let’s just use our Bibles and make some notes in the margins.

Will My Good Outweigh My Bad – Lesson

 

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”

— Titus 3:5