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Matthew 3 John the Baptist

Characteristics of his evangelism to the general public:

Verses 1-2:

He preached repentance, and he immediately linked the need for

repentance with the reason for repenting the kingdom of heavenis near. There was no time to sit on the fence, to play both sides of

the good and bad life, or to delay repenting until ones death bed.

The kingdom is near you must repent!

Verses 5-6:He was an open air preacher. His style resulted in people confessing their

sins.


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He showed them much less mercy in his speech. These men were

treated as such because they should have known better. Hefollows his first principle of teaching to the general public repent

because of coming wrath. Notice the difference now though

produce fruit in keeping with repentance. The religious wouldve

counted themselves past repentance already thus the need to

explain to them that if they were really repentant they would show itby the way they live. Many people claim to be Christians but few

live the lifestyle of a Biblical Christian.


Characteristics of his evangelism to the religious:

Verses 7-8:


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He removed all their excuses. Today many people have the Im a

good person mentality that needs to be dispelled.


Characteristics of his evangelism to the religious continued:

Verse 9:

Verse 10:He reminded them that there are only two options repent of sins and

receive forgiveness or live your life and go to hell.

John 1:29 - John the Baptist preached that Jesus was the only way

to have mens sins taken away.

Johns evangelism is most closely related to the guy on the street

corner today telling you to turn or burn isnt it interesting that no

Christians criticize John but so many Christians criticize those on the

streets today?


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Matthew 4 Jesus Christ

Characteristics of His evangelism to the general public:

Verses 12, 17:

His message was identical in form to that of John. He preached

repentance, and He immediately linked the need for repentancewith the reason for repenting the kingdom of heaven is near.

There was no time to sit on the fence, to play both sides of the good

and bad life, or to delay repenting until ones death bed. The

kingdom is near you must repent!


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Characteristics of His evangelism to the general public continued:

Verse 23:

He goes a step further than what we know of John He tells of a

kingdom filled with hope, a kingdom of good news, a kingdomloaded with power. Then He demonstrates the power of this

kingdom He is professing by healing every disease and sickness.

The characteristics of Jesus evangelism to the general public are

twofold: proclamation and demonstration. Tell the people about a

glorious kingdom of God; then show the people you arent making itup.


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Verses 24-25:

His style resulted in many people being healed and following Him. (Johns

style was effective brought repentance and baptism; Jesus separate stylewas also effective brought healing, forgiveness and belief).


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Verses 28-29:

He preached with authority. Dont be wishy-washy about your faith.

Believe every bit of it and stand upon that truth with authority.When people ask you, Do you really believe Jesus is the only way

to heaven and everyone else who doesnt believe in Him is going to

hell? Answer, YES! Dont waver in your authority to know and

speak the absolute truth.

Matthew 9:1-8

He had authority to forgive men their sins.


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Characteristics of His evangelism to the religious:

Verses 33-37:

Jesus continues with the original mission statement repent for the

kingdom is near. This time He does so in the same manner John

used: Produce good fruit. Just as John was less merciful in hisspeech to the religious, so Jesus too calls them a brood of vipers.

His evangelism to the religious is abrasive. His evangelism to the

public is kindhearted. Religious need to be shaken out of their

stupor, public need to know they have a loving Savior.

John 14:6 - Jesus taught that He was the only way to heaven.

Jesus evangelism is most closely related to power evangelism. A

well known power evangelist today is Reinhard Bonnke. This

evangelism technique has saved billions.


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Matthew 10 Jesus Disciples

Characteristics of their evangelism to the general public:

Verses 7-8:

They give the same hook that Jesus and John give. No time to

ignore God the kingdom is near. They are also given the same

authority Jesus has to heal the sick, raise the dead, drive outdemons. Their message is a proclamation demonstration.

Why is their ministry just like Jesus? (Verses 24-25).

They are to mimic the style of Jesus, and by extension all of us who

call Jesus our Master and Teacher are to mimic His evangelisticstyle.

Matthew 6:14-15 They had authority to forgive men their sins.


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Acts 4 Jesus Disciples

Characteristics of their evangelism to the religious:

Verses 8-12

They were filled with the Holy Spirit. They were bold about

proclaiming Jesus Christ as the sole source for their power. They

made sure to say that Jesus is the only way to be saved.

Verses 18-20

They were not afraid of mens threats, Do not be afraid of those whokill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can

destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matthew 10:28)

Acts 23:1-3

Paul spoke to the religious harshly after they failed to realize the truth

of what he was saying.


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Acts 2 The Proclamation

Characteristics of a gospel message:

Verse 22:

Jesus proved His divine nature by the miracles, signs and

wonders He performed.

Many people will say Jesus was a good man, a prophet, a teacher;but we must make the claim that Jesus is God Himself.

Verse 23:

Jesus was put to death on a cross for our sins.

Some religions claim that Jesus never died on a cross. We mustexplain that His death on the cross was for the salvation of the

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Characteristics of a gospel message continued:

Verse 24:

Jesus rose from the dead.

A man who dies for his friends is certainly a noble man, but a man

who then rose from the dead by His own authority is able to give us

an eternal hope of resurrection from the dead also, and into His

promises of eternal life in a wonderful kingdom.

Verse 38:

Jesus is the only way to have sins forgiven.

John, Jesus, and later His disciples all make the claim that Jesus isthe only way to have sins forgiven and ultimately the only way into

heaven. If you are a Christian then this is your most core belief.

There is no compromising, no wavering over this fact Jesus is the

only way to heaven, no ifs, ands, or buts.


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Characteristics of a gospel message continued:

Verse 38:

You must repent of your sins, and turn away from that lifestyle (verse

40).

Lukewarm Christianity allows a sinners prayer and then a return to thesame old habits, but the Bible makes it clear that we are to be a new

creation where the old has gone, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17)

and we are no longer to be sinners because we died to sin; how can we

live in it any longer?


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John 16 - What You Dont See

Characteristics absent from a gospel message:

Verses 7-11:

The Holy Spirits job is to convict the world of unbelief. He can handle it

and doesnt need your judgment on others you talk to. In a good gospel

message you wont hear condemnation, or knit-picking over various sins.

The Holy Spirit remains with us throughout all our endeavors for God. He

brings absolute truth and always glorifies Jesus. In a good gospel message

you wont hear any squeamishness by the evangelist, any compromise

about the truth, or any talk about any God other than Jesus (there is no

other way).

Verses 12-14:


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General Public Vs. Religious

Know your audience:

General Public:

Matthew 14:14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he

had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Bring a message of love and restoration, of healing and freedom.Religious:

Matthew 3:7 You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from

the coming wrath?

Matthew 23:13-36:

Religious kill evangelists

Bring a message of coming wrath and shame, of sorrow and

gnashing of teeth. (Jude 1:12-13)

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