Explaining The Gospel To Unbelievers

Explaining the gospel to unbelievers. A child might imagine this as a gruesome display for the local haunted house. Ultimately we have to explain that we re. As i said about 85 90 of the people who we walked up to on the street wanted to take part in the survey. John 3 16 says for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life niv.

Now i would remind you brothers of the gospel i preached to you which you received in which you stand and by which you are being saved if you hold fast to the word i preached to you unless you believed in vain. Terry galloway christ follower bible lover mission of sharing the gospel the bible says the law of the lord is perfect converting the soul. Here is the gospel as explained by the apostle paul. Entry points may be verbal.

Words such as church or religion or heaven or bible etc or other overt statements of beliefs values and value driven choices are wide open. It starts with love and that s where we need to start. Most seekers need time to process the message weigh it s implications and consider its cost just as jesus suggested in luke 14 28 33. First they don t know what you know so explain it to them i m a teacher of preaching and one of the required assignments for my students is to write an evangelistic sermon in which they are trying to communicate the gospel to unchurched people and it will even have an invitation at the end where people can respond and make a decision for christ.

The testimony of the lord is sure making wise the simple psalm 19 7 the bible also says that we don t know sin without the law showing us what sin is romans 7 7 jesus says that not a single element of the law will be done away with but that he. Explain the gospel in a way that people can understand. Let me interject here that that the most common response people make at this point in any gospel presentation is a heartfelt hmmm i ll have to think about it for a while that s okay. Questions are non threatening.

The holy spirit also illuminates the mind of unbelievers so they are able to grasp the reality of christ. Explaining how jesus forgives and loves might illuminate the gospel better than. You can t outgrow the gospel. Stress the love of god.

Then we would go on to share the gospel with them after the survey was over. The gospel is the news that jesus christ the righteous one died for our sins and rose again eternally triumphant over all his enemies so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe but only everlasting joy.