Wanted to hit few of the notes from my message last night on sharing faith.
Paul was speaking @ Areopagus Acts 17:16-34
How did Paul Share His Faith
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His spirit was provoked or troubled by
what he saw
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He was just being himself
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He met the people where they were, on
their turf- spoke to ALL people, both Jews and Gentiles.
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He didn’t judge them because they didn’t
know any better- What if Paul went in and said, “you guys are stupid, your
following false gods, you guys are ignorant” would that have worked? No, ran
them off and shut down.
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He believed in what He spoke about
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He wasn’t afraid
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He made known what was unknown_ He
explained God to them
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He got people thinking- they said “we
want to hear more about this later”
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Didn’t win everyone to Christ- Not a
perfect conversion rate, but still some believed! And that’s what matters, they
were not all ready, they weren’t all in the same place in their journey of
life.
8 Easy ways you can share your faith ·
Talk
to people: Just talk, be friendly, be relational ·
Ask
& Answer and Listen: open your mouth and
also be an active listener, people want to tell their story. Listening also
earns credibility ·
Be
Selfless- it’s not all about us ·
Open
your mind and your eyes to others, spiritually & literally
(I see lots of Christians walk around w/ there heads down, avoiding other
people, Ohh there so and so, let's keep walking…..be friendly, what if one of those people are going through a
hard time or just need a friendly hello? ·
Visit
different places- we are a people of habit, eat at the
same places, visit same places, try a new one, expand yourself ·
Don’t
be afraid- Listen to what Acts 18:9-11 says- 9One night the Lord
spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be
silent. 10For I am with you, and no one is going to attack
and harm you, because I have many people in this city." 11So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God ·
If
you have been a hypocrite, repent & ask for forgiveness-
make it right w/ people- earns credibility. People wont care what you know
until they know you care. ·
Ask
and listen to the Holy Spirit- Act 19:21- says Paul
was purposed or impelled to go to Macedonia ·
Be
Yourself!! We have a lot in common w/ other humans. Don’t
diminish that just because we attend church. We all feel pain the same
way. ·
Be
yourself- Someone needs what you have. Some of you can't
do what Pastor Mike does w/ the youth or reach students as some of our students can and so on and so on......
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