Sharing the gospel can be intimidating. What should we say? How should we say it?
Throughout Christian history, evangelists have unlocked time-tested techniques for sharing the gospel. Whether you decide to share your personal story, draw a diagram, or read directly from the Bible – remember these three truths.
The Truth About God
At the center of every human heart is a longing to be known and accepted. Nothing apart from the truth about God can answer our questions or meet our needs. We are designed and created by God. In His wisdom, mercy, and grace the perfect Creator chose to love imperfect people. We depend on God for all that we have and all that we are. When we ask life’s big questions we arrive at a powerful truth – we discover the truth about God.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth… he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” (Acts 17:24-25)
See also Genesis 1:1, Psalm 139:7-12, Matthew 4:10, John 3:35-36
The Truth About Sin
The evidence of sin is all around us. Despair, devastation, suffering, and pain are daily reminders that the world is broken. All people have fallen short of living the way God intended us to live. We do wrong things or let good things go undone. Since our sin separates us from God, we need to be reconciled to Him. Even non-Christians will admit that the world is far from perfect – this leads to the clear and compelling truth about sin.
“The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.” (John 1:9-11)
See also Isaiah 59:1-2, Psalm 32:1-5, John 3:19-21, Romans 3:23.
The Truth About Jesus Christ
God created a perfect world, and sin broke God’s creation. We rest our hope in the Creator’s perfect plan to restore what sin destroyed.
Jesus Christ provides the only way to be reconciled to God. God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to take our punishment for sin and die on the cross. Three days later, Jesus rose again, conquering sin and death. Jesus returned to the Father’s side and continues to rule at His right hand today. Before ascending to His heavenly throne, Jesus promised to come again and restore all of God’s creation.
“[Christ] has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” (Hebrews 9:26-28)
See also John 11:25, Acts 2:24, Ephesians 1:20-21, Colossians 1:19, Hebrews 1:3.
The truth about God as Creator leads us to mourn the truth about sin’s destruction. Left alone, we remain eternally hopeless. But the truth about Jesus’s victory over sin and death answer life’s big questions and our deepest longing to be known and loved.
Not sure how to end your gospel conversation? Consider extending an invitation to learn more about God by joining BSF. To learn more about evangelism, ask your BSF Group Leader about BSF’s annual Sharing the Gospel seminar.