ACTS 17

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ACTS 17

• 7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life

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Matthew 2819

• "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations "

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Acts 17
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7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life

• BEFORE - Preparation
• DURING - Presentation
• AFTER - Follow-up

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Principle 1

• Acts 1716-17
• "Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens,
  his spirit was being provoked within him as he
  was observing the city full of idols. So he was
  reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the
  God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place
  every day with those who happened to be present. "

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Principle 1

• Matthew 936
• "Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them,
  because they were distressed and dispirited like
  sheep without a shepherd."

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Principle 1Genuinely Care About The Lost

• Do I really believe that hell exists?

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Principle 2

• Acts 171-2
• "Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis
  and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where
  there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according
  to Pauls custom, he went to them, and for three
  Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures"

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Principle 2

• Acts 1710
• "The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas
  away by night to Berea, and when they arrived,
  they went into the synagogue of the Jews."

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Principle 2

• Acts 1717
• "So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the
  Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the
  market place every day with those who happened to
  be present."

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Principle 2Go to Where They Are

• An evangelistic lifestyle is inherently
  INITIATORY we must take the first step!

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7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life

• BEFORE
• Genuinely Care About The Lost
• Go To Where They Are

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Principle 3
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Principle 3Adapt the Message to the Audience

• Acts 172-3
• Acts 1717-21
• Acts 1722-31

First, Get to Know Them
Second, Watch your Language
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Principle 4
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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• Acts 173
• "explaining and giving evidence that the Christ
  had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and
  saying, This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you
  is the Christ."

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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• Acts 1730-32
• "Therefore having overlooked the times of
  ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all
  people everywhere should repent, because He has
  fixed a day in which He will judge the world in
  righteousness through a Man whom He has
  appointed, having furnished proof to all men by
  raising Him from the dead. Now when they heard
  of the resurrection of the dead, some began to
  sneer"

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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• "You are a sinner"

Romans 323 "For all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God"
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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• "You are a sinner"
• "The Penalty of Sin is Death"

Romans 623a "For the wages of sin is death"
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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• "You are a sinner"
• "The Penalty of Sin is Death"
• "Christ Died for You

Romans 58 "But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us."
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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• "You are a sinner"
• "The Penalty of Sin is Death"
• "Christ Died for You
• "You Can be Saved though Faith"

Ephesians 28-9 "For by grace you have been saved
through faith and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God not as a result of works, so
that no one may boast."
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Principle 4Don't Compromise the Truth

• The Gospel
• You are a sinner
• and the penalty of sin is death,
• but Christ died for you
• and you can be saved through faith.

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Principle 5
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Principle 5Be Ready to Offer Appropriate
Evidence

• 1 Peter 315
• "but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,
  always being ready to make a defense to everyone
  who asks you to give an account for the hope that
  is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence..."

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Principle 5Be Ready to Offer Appropriate
Evidence
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7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life

• DURING
• Adapt the Message to the Audience
• Dont Compromise the Truth
• Be Ready to Offer Appropriate Evidence

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Principle 6

• Acts 172
• "And according to Pauls custom, he went to them,
  and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from
  the Scriptures,"

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Principle 6

• Acts 1717
• "So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the
  Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the
  market place every day with those who happened to
  be present."

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Principle 6Expect it to Take Time
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Principle 6Expect it to Take Time
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Principle 7Remember What Success Is

• 175 - riot in Thessalonica
• 1710 - forced out of Thess
• 1713 - riot in Berea
• 1714 - forced out of Berea
• 1718 32 - ridiculed in Athens

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Principle 7Remember What Success Is

• John 644
• "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent
  Me draws him..."

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Principle 7Remember What Success Is

• Success Faithfulness to Speak

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7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life

• BEFORE
• Genuinely Care About the Lost
• Go to Where They Are
• DURING
• Adapt the Message to the Audience
• Dont Compromise the Truth
• Be Ready to Offer Appropriate Evidence
• AFTER
• Expect it to Take Time
• Remember What Success Is

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