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Sharing your faith with a person who claims to be religious

Nicodemus (John 3) came to Jesus at night…Jesus said soon after meeting him, “You must be born
again.” This piqued his attention and he said, “How can a man be born when he is old?” Jesus then went
on to discuss the “new birth.” We don’t know His exact words but it might have gone something like
this: Nicodemus…you know how in the beginning God created everything? …..And then might have
gone over the problem of Lostness. Remember what we started this course with on page 4? WHAT IS
LOSTNESS? WHY DOES IT MATTER? HOW DO YOU FIX IT? This is a good way to speak with anyone
(religious or not) about coming to know the Lord!

Sharing your faith with a person who you just met for the first time

I often use the F-O-R-M acrostic to help me introduce a new person to a spiritual conversation:

F – Family
O – Occupation
R – Religion
M – My Testimony

It might go something like this….
F ---Family: “Hello! What’s your name? I am Ben….. “Do you have a family?” He might say “yes”
and like to talk about them or might not want to talk about them. You could then talk a little about your
family, make some light conversation about being (too cold …(weather) or tired….etc. After a few
minutes ask…
O---Occupation: “Where do you work? Or What is your occupation?, .After a few minutes of
conversation about jobs…ask
R---"Do you go to church anywhere?” Some light talk about his church or ask if he ever went to
church before…etc.”
M---My Testimony: Well, I was like you some (years, months, weeks, days…ago). But you know
what I found? I was just wrecking my life…..and….(go on with a short version of your testimony.)

Sharing the simple “Plan of Salvation” – The Roman’s Road

GOD’S PLAN FOR COMING TO KNOW HIM:
Problem – We are sinners. (Romans 3:10, 23) ---We cannot go to heaven in
that condition.
Price ----- Price for sin (Romans 5:12; Rom 6:23a: Rev. 20:14-15)
Payment - Jesus paid that price (Romans 6:23b; Romans 5:8)
Proposal - Believe and receive God’s gift. (Romans 10:9-13; John 1:12, Jn.
3:16

It really helps a lot to learn some important Bible verses. Try to memorize some of them.

THE 6 MAIN POINTS OF THE GOSPEL
1. DISEASE … (Fact of Sin)
Rom. 3:10, 23 Eccl. 7:20 Isa. 53:6
John 3:19 James 2:10 Jer. 17:9

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