Look up the verses and review the content suggested by the following outline. If you study this material for just a little while, you will already be equipped with everything you need to share the Law and the Gospel with strangers and acquaintances alike.

1. Why do we evangelize?
   1. Obedience – Ez 33:8-10
      1. Out of love for God
      2. To escape punishment
   2. To plant and water the seed of the Gospel – 1 Cor 3:6-8
   3. That the unsaved might be saved – Romans 10:14-17
      1. Compassionate – Jn 5:28-29
      2. Concerned
   4. That the saved might become true disciples – Matt 28:19-20
      1. Love for God's church
   5. That we might grow in knowledge – Philemon 1:6
2. Biblical Evangelism
   1. The gospel is complete foolishness to the proud – 1 Cor 1:18
   2. Pride and humility – James 4:6, Luke 18:14
   3. The lost are proud – Prov 16:5, John 3:16-18-21
   4. The law is to make men humble – Rom 3:19-20. How?
      1. Showing them what sin is: Rom 7:7
      2. Show them they are in rebellion to God's truth: 1 Timothy 1:8-11
      3. Shut them up and hold themselves accountable: Rom 3:19-20
      4. To convince them of Jesus: Acts 28:23-24
      5. To bring Godly sorrow: 2 Cor 7:10
      6. To leave them helpless: Gal 3:11
      7. To kill them: Gal 2:19-21
   5. The Gospel then becomes reasonable, a true salvation! 2 Cor 5:17-21; 1 John 2:1-2, John 3:16
   6. We must preach the word even when they reject sound teaching
      1. …because God is the one who grants repentance
3. A method or a formula – one good way: WDJD (What Did Jesus Do)
   1. WOULD you consider yourself to be a good person?
      1. Wrong standard and proud
   2. DO you think you've kept the Ten Commandments?
      1. Go through them—they then admit their own sin (not judging them, what they admitted)
   3. JUDGMENT: "If God judges you by that standard, will you be innocent or guilty?"
      1. Innocent: How can that be? Courtroom Analogy
   4. DESTINY: "If you are found guilty, should God send you to heaven or to hell"
      1. Heaven: Courtroom analogy
      2. Hell: Does that concern you?
   5. Then give out the gospel—Do you think God wants to send you to hell? Do you know anything that God did so you wouldn't have to go? Talk about who Jesus is, what he did, and how to get it—repent and trust, not mere assent.

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