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Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost;"
DELIVERY OF A GOSPEL PRESENTATION
ORDER OF VERSES
One effective and easy-to-remember strategy is to let the scripture explain
itself with an unbroken line of CROSS-REFERENCES. A verse will have a
key word in it that leads you to another verse with the same word in it which
further explains the last verse in the line. The second verse also has another
word in it which leads to another verse that explains it, and so on and so
forth until you reach the final verse. For example:
Romans 3:23 says you've "sinned," Romans 6:23a says the consequence of
that "sin" is "death," Revelation 21:8 says there's a "second death" which
is a lake of fire, Romans 6:23b says through "Jesus" we can get the opposite
of that "death," Revelation 1:5 says "Jesus...washed us from our sins in
his own blood," Ephesians 1:5-7 says that "blood" is applied by "grace,"
Ephesians 2:8 says that "grace" is received "through faith," and Romans
10:8-13 explains how to know when you have "faith."
If you read all those verses in order, you'll rarely have to explain much.
REMEMBERING/RECALLING VERSES
A "cheat-sheet" with a list of categorized verses you commonly use can be
attached to the inside of your Bible with paper clips. You can stealthily
check this sheet during your presentation to remind yourself what to read
until you have the verse references and/or pages memorized. Or you can
write the citations or page numbers in the margins.
But study the Bible so you will be able to answer questions with verses that
you never thought to write down. Never be answerless on the same subject
twice. If you don't know the answer to something, find it before your next