“ …shall not perish…”ĬHRIST died on the cross as the only payment for our sin. This fun training incorporated John 3:16 as the one verse to build the gospel message around: Then, in 2003, I developed my own evangelism training based on the acronym YMCA. Over one million people have been introduced to the gospel message through this simple tool, which is available as booklets through our webstore and as a website you can share with friends. Sonlife has also developed a simple gospel tract, Knowing God Personally, which incorporates the bridge illustration. I would use Romans 6:23 to outline the gospel message, drawing the bridge diagram on napkins, placemats, pizza boxes, in the sand, in the air… For a long time, this was Sonlife’s go-to evangelism training in our SEMP and EQUIP student evangelism training conferences, and I literally trained thousands to share their faith using this method. Another simple presentation of the gospel I soon discovered and used for years was the Bridge Illustration and One Verse Evangelism, developed by the Navigators.
Step FOUR: We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and receive Him by personal invitation.īilly Graham’s approach to how to share the gospel uses the cross as a bridge between us and God. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people. Step THREE: Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose from the grave. Step TWO: We choose to disobey God and go our own willful way.
Step ONE: God loves you and wants you to experience peace and life – abundant and eternal. Law Four: We must place our faith in Jesus Christ as Savior in order to receive the gift of salvation and know God’s wonderful plan for our lives.Īfter graduating college, I began to use Billy Graham’s outline found in the gospel tract Steps to Peace with God: Through Jesus Christ, we can have our sins forgiven and be restored to a right relationship with God. Law Three: Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for our sin. As a result, we cannot know God’s wonderful plan for our lives. Law Two: Man is sinful and separated from God. Law One: God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. As a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU) we had to memorize The Four Spiritual Laws, a popular gospel tract. While in college, I toured with Athlete’s In Action’s track team through Central and Eastern Europe, sharing the gospel with other athletes. TWO: If God were to ask you, “Why should I let you into My heaven?” What would you say? ONE: Do you know for sure that you are going to be with God in heaven? Maybe you’re most familiar with Evangelism Explosion’s 2 Diagnostic Questions: In those 17 weeks, we learned a simple gospel message outline, memorized verses, crafted illustrations, and practiced sharing our faith by visiting people who had visited the church. In high school, I went through a 17 week course on Evangelism Explosion, the training developed by D. Romans 10:13 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:10 “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Romans 10:9 “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” high student, our youth ministry taught us the Romans Road and I memorized verses from the book of Romans to present the gospel message.
WHITE ~ Accept God’s forgiveness and the free gift of eternal life. RED ~ Christ died on the cross as the only payment for our sin. GOLD ~ God wants us to be in heaven with Him. The Wordless Book by Child Evangelism Fellowship uses these five colors to explain the message of the gospel.
This was my first exposure to the gospel. What gospel presentation tool do you use? Ways to Present the GospelĪs a child, my mom led a Good News Club in our home for neighborhood children and taught us the Wordless Book. I could still use any one of them to share the gospel with a spiritually lost person today.
I can count at least ten different gospel presentation tools that I’ve used throughout my lifetime.