How Do I Share My Faith?

Mark 16:15 (NCV)

15 Jesus said to his followers, “Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.

2 Corinthians 5:20  (NLT)

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

Colossians 4:5-6 (NIV)

5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

How do I share my Faith?

1 Peter 3:15 B  (NIV)

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

1. Connect with people before we correct. 

Luke 19:10 (NLT)

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

2. Share your story with people. 

Don't tell people what they need to do.  Tell them what happened to you.  

Matthew 5:16 (NIV)

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Acts 1:8 (NLT)

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

2. Invite them to a place where they can encounter God. 

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 The Message (MSG)

2 1-2 You’ll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God’s master stroke, I didn’t try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did—Jesus crucified.

3-5 I was unsure of how to go about this, and felt totally inadequate—I was scared to death, if you want the truth of it—and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God’s Spirit and God’s power did it, which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God’s power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else.

Jesus is not someone to be explained.  He is someone to be encountered. 

Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands

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