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Sample page - Scroll the mouse over the Blank Spots for the Suggested Answers W WitnessingWithout any doubt, the greatest and most notable difference between apostolic New Testament Christianity and present-day New Testament Christianity is witnessing! The early churches were most noted for their witnessing of Christ – many 20th Century churches are characterized by their lack of witness. In this lesson you will learn that it is God’s will for you to witness and be a soul winner for Him. You will also learn how to be a soul winner, that is, how to lead someone to Christ. All the other lessons you have studied and learned through this series will have been greatly diminished in value if your life does not bear fruit. WHAT DOES "WITNESSING" MEAN? A. A witness in a courtroom trial is expected to tell what he knows, what he has seen, or what he has heard. He cannot tell what others have said – he must relate his own personal experience in his own words. Witnessing for the Lord Jesus Christ is the same. It is YOU telling in YOUR own words what happened to YOU. B. Read the story of how Jesus healed the blind man in John 9:1-38. 1. When questioned by others, do you think this man was able to give a detailed explanation of what had happened? ____________ 2. What was this man able to say? See: John 9:25b. "One thing I know, ________________________." C. Read the story of how Jesus won a woman to Himself in John 4:5-30. What was the first thing this woman did when she realized she had actually me Christ? (verses 28-30) _________________________________________ ARE "WITNESSING" AND "SOUL WINNING" THE SAME THING? A. You will often hear these two words used – they are both Bible words. 1. WITNESSING = relating your own personal experience of salvation. 2. SOUL WINNING = using your witness and the Word of God to bring others to salvation. B. You cannot separate witnessing and soul winning. 1. John 15:8 – "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _." 2. Proverbs 11:30 – "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is ."
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