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Brushy Creek Baptist Church 4999 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, SC
Called to be a Called to be a WitnessWitness
Sunday School LessonMay 31st, 2009
Brushy Creek Baptist Church 4999 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, SC
19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything
I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to
the very end of the age."
Matthew 28:19-20
Called to be a Called to be a WitnessWitness
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8”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8
Called to be a Called to be a WitnessWitness
Brushy Creek Baptist Church 4999 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, SC
What are the ways we can be “witnesses?”
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Can living a Godly life substitute for
verbalizing the Gospel message?
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15“Always be prepared to give an answer to
everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."
1 Peter 3:15b
Called to be a Called to be a WitnessWitness
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How can you share the reason for your hope?
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Evangelistic Evangelistic WitnessWitnessSharing a Word of Truth
Briefly imparting a single truth about God
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John 1:40-42
A Word of TruthA Word of Truth
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“Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed
Jesus.”John 1:40-42
A Word of TruthA Word of Truth
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“The first thing that Andrew did was to find his brother
Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’.”
John 1:40-42
A Word of TruthA Word of Truth
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Evangelistic Evangelistic WitnessWitness
Sharing your Personal Testimony
Expressing the difference that Christ has made in
your own life
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Personal Personal TestimonyTestimony•Healing testimony•Provision testimony•Reconciliation testimony•Conversion testimony
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Top 5 Excuses for NOT Top 5 Excuses for NOT Sharing a Personal Sharing a Personal TestimonyTestimony1. My testimony is not very
interesting2. I’m not a good speaker3. It’s not one of my spiritual gifts4. I can handle sharing with kids,
but I’m afraid to talk to adults5. I’m very good at serving, but
giving testimonies is just not my thing
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What are the most important elements of a conversion testimony?
Personal Personal TestimonyTestimony
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Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
Part I•Acts 22:3-5•Acts 26:4-11
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Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
Part II•Acts 22:7-16•Acts 26:12-18
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Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
Part III•Acts 9:19-22•Acts 22:21•Acts 26:19-20
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Conversion Conversion TestimonyTestimony•My life before becoming a Christian
•Why and how I became a Christian
•My life after becoming a Christian
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What is the most important element of a conversion
testimony?Why - When – Where - How
Personal Personal TestimonyTestimony
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Why Christ?Why Christ?
Why did you decide to become a follower – a
disciple - of Jesus Christ?
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Evangelistic Evangelistic WitnessWitness
Sharing the Plan of Salvation
Explaining from scripture how to come to know
Christ personally
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HomeworkHomework
•Write your own personal testimony.
•Begin praying for a meaningful opportunity to share it with someone.
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Questions?
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“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this
city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers, and was just as zealous for God as any of
you are today.”Acts 22:3-5
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and
women and throwing them into prison, as also the high
priest and all the council can testify.”
Acts 22:3-5
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“I even obtained letters from them to their
brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring these
people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.”
Acts 22:3-5
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“The Jews all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country,
and also in Jerusalem.”Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“They have known me for a long time and can testify,
if they are willing, that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived
as a Pharisee.”Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“And now it is because of my hope in what God has
promised our fathers that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and
night.”Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“O king, it is because of this hope that the Jews are
accusing me. Why should any of you consider it
incredible that God raises the dead?”
Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was
possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is just what I did in
Jerusalem.”
Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“On the authority of the chief priests I put many saints in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote
against them.”Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony
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“Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. In my obsession against them, I even went to foreign cities to
persecute them.”Acts 26:4-11
Paul’s TestimonyPaul’s Testimony