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Experiencing God
Through Sharing
Our Faith
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Experiencing God
again and again,
will developgreat faith,
in2010!
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Acts 1:8
But you will receive powerwhen the Holy Spirit comes
upon you. And you will bemy witnesses, telling
people about meeverywhere—in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea, in
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Isaiah 43:10-1210
“But you are mywitnesses, O Israel!”
says the LORD. “You aremy servant. You have
been chosen to knowme, believe in me, and
understand that I alone
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Isaiah 43:10-12
(cont.)has been, and there
never will be. 11 I, yes I,am the LORD, and there
is no other Savior. 12 FirstI predicted your rescue,
then I saved you and
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Isaiah 43:10-12
(cont.)this. You are witnesses
that I am the only God,”says the LORD.
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A Witness …1. Is Chosen by God
2. Knows God3. Believes in God4. Understands who God
is5. Is Saved by God
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Witnessing…An act of attestation to a
fact or an event; givingtestimony.A person who has seen or
knows something and istherefore competent to give
evidence concerning it.
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Witnessing…Greek word – Martyr
Was a legal term forsomeone giving testimony ina trial. A witness.
Later took on the meaning of
giving up one’s life – a
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A Christian’s life is evidence
of God’s work.
Our witness is the testimonyof who Jesus is (He is God)
and what He has done -historically and in our lives.
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A Christian’s life is an
example of God at work.
1. Peaceful in difficult times2. Loving others
3. Blessing others4. Forgiving others
5. Not compromising beliefs
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A Witness …
It begins by
experiencing
God …… then we tell
others about God
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John 9:1-341
As Jesus was walkingalong, he saw a man
who had been blind frombirth. 2 “Rabbi,” his
disciples asked him,“why was this man born
blind? Was it because of
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
because of his sins or hisparents’ sins,” Jesus
answered. “Thishappened so the power
of God could be seen inhim. 4 We must quickly
carry out the tasks
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
The night is coming, andthen no one can
work.5
But while I amhere in the world, I am
the light of the world.”6 Then he spit on the
ground made mud with
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
man’s eyes.7
He toldhim, “Go wash yourself
in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means
“sent”). So the manwent and washed and
came back seeing! 8 His
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
blind beggar asked eachother, “Isn’t this the man
who used to sit andbeg?” 9 Some said he
was, and others said,“No, he just looks like
him!”
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)10
They asked, “Whohealed you? What
happened?”11
He toldthem, “The man they
call Jesus made mud andspread it over my eyes
and told me ‘Go to the
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
washed, and now I cansee!”
12
“Where is he now?”they asked. “I don’t
know,” he replied.13 Then they took the
man who had been blind
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
“This man Jesus is notfrom God, for he is
working on theSabbath.” Others said,
“But how could anordinary sinner do such
miraculous signs?” So
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
the Pharisees againquestioned the man who
had been blind anddemanded, “What’s your
opinion about this manwho healed you?” The
man replied “I think he
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)18
The Jewish leaders stillrefused to believe the
man had been blind andcould now see, so they
called in hisparents. 19 They asked
them “Is this your son?
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
see?”20
His parentsreplied, “We know this is
our son and that he wasborn blind, 21 but we
don’t know how he cansee or who healed him.
Ask him He is old
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
parents said thisbecause they were afraid
of the Jewish leaders,who had announced that
anyone saying Jesus wasthe Messiah would be
expelled from the
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
they said, “He is oldenough. Ask him.” 24 So
for the second time theycalled in the man who
had been blind and toldhim, “God should get the
glory for this because
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
know where he comesfrom? 31 We know that
God doesn’t listen tosinners, but he is ready
to hear those whoworship him and do his
will 32 Ever since the
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
to open the eyes of someone born blind. 33 If
this man were not fromGod, he couldn’t have
done it.” 34 “You wereborn a total sinner!” they
answered “Are you
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John 9:1-34 (cont.)
him out of thesynagogue.
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Being a witness begins with
experiencing God.
1.His transforming – lifechanging – power.
2.His love and grace.3.His peace and hope.
4.His miraculous power.
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“The person with an
experience is never
at the mercy of a person with an
argument.”
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The“Evangel” … The gospel or
“good news”about the
redemptive work of
Christ – His life and
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Romans 1:1-51
This letter is from Paul,a slave of Christ Jesus,
chosen by God to be anapostle and sent out to
preach His GoodNews. 2 God promised
this Good News long
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Romans 1:1-5 (cont.)
Scriptures.3
The GoodNews is about his Son.
In his earthly life he wasborn into King David’s
family line,4
and he wasshown to be the Son of
God when he was raised
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Romans 1:1-5 (cont.)
Holy Spirit.
He is JesusChrist our
Lord.5
Through Christ,God has given us the
privilege
and authority asapostles to tell Gentiles
everywhere what God
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1 Corinthians 15:1-41
Let me now remindyou, dear brothers and
sisters,
of the GoodNews I preached to you
before. You welcomed itthen, and you still stand
firm in it 2 It is this
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1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (cont)
to believe the message Itold you — unless, of
course, you believedsomething that was
never true in the firstplace. 3 I passed on to
you what was most
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The“Evangel” …Practical helps:
1. The ABC’s2. The Four Spiritual
Laws3. The Three C’s
8
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Acts 1:8
But you will receive powerwhen the Holy Spirit comesupon you. And you will be
my witnesses, telling
people about meeverywhere—in Jerusalem,throughout Judea, in