Missions / Evangelism

How to Share the Gospel

If you are desiring to share your faith with a lost person you rarely see and may not even know, we recommend that you visit the Dare-2-Share website.

The helpful tool called the 2-6-2 is an easy to remember plan to give you confidence when it comes to sharing your faith. 

Most Christians want to open the door with a co-worker, neighbor or family member and the 2-6-2 may seem a little to formulated. So we at Grace would recommend that you share the Gospel in a form we call the “Personal Testimony Tool.” There is not a more powerful way to introduce someone you know to Christ than to share what He has done in your life. In 2 Thessalonians 1 Paul talks about the saving power of the gospel through the testimony of the apostles.

2 Thessalonians 1:10
on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

Paul says this (salvation) will happen to all those who believed his testimony. How awesome to see that God values the story of his work in our lives. When God opens the door to share your faith with those you love, begin with your personal story of transformation.

The bible says that the next step is to share the “Good News.”

1 Corinthians 15:3
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Paul says the 5 most important word’s in human history are “Christ died for our sins.” If you can say this friend, you can share the good news of Jesus. The bible makes it clear that we are all sinners in Romans 3:23

Romans 3:23
…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

and that our sins condemn us to a Christ less eternity in hell in Romans 6:23

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So many churches and religions teach that salvation depends on the individual. If you will be good or give your money to the poor or change your bad habits and do good ones, God might forgive you. Many teach that you must be a member of their religion or church but the bible says these are all lies. The only person that will spend eternity in heaven is the one who trusts in Jesus Christ for his or her salvation. When Jesus died 2000 years ago, he paid for all the sins of all the world. One important element that is often overlooked is that all sins means the sins you commit before you trust in him and the sins you will commit after you trust in him.

Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast.

This does not give us an excuse to sin but a reason to serve. When you share your faith with an unbeliever, let them know that you serve God now not to try to get to heaven but because you are already going to heaven.

1 John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

John 10:28-30
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one.

Your testimony is a powerful tool to introduce this message of hope to a lost person, however your testimony is not enough without the gospel. It is the step ladder to raise the conversation to eternal subjects but it is Christ’s death that paid for the sins of the world. It is also his Resurrection that seals the deal. Jesus is risen and lives in the life of every believer, in the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 1:13-14
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

1 Corinthians 15:3-8
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

I hope this tool serves you well in your desire to live the purpose of evangelism out in your day to day life. If you have any other questions regarding evangelism please pick up Pastor Rick’s Sermons on the subject or visit the Dare-2-Share website at your convenience.