April 24, 2005      Sunday 11a.m.      Worship Service                  Sr. Pastor-Teacher: Rev. Mark A. Cain 

Series:     BECOMING A COMPETENT WITNESS

LESSON (2 of 2): AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST                     

LESSON OUTLINE

I. DISCIPLING THE NEW SAINT                                                       (1 Thessalonians 2:10-16)

II. THE REWARDS OF A GOOD WITNESS                                        (1 Corinthians 9:16-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:17-10)

“So if I, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”                  John 13:14 RSV

                                         “The ultimate measure of a man [or woman] is not where he [or she] stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he [or she] stands at times of challenge and controversy.”                           Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

BIBLICAL POINTS ON WITNESSING

1. Witnessing is the responsibility of every believer to communicate God's plan of salvation to unbelievers on a personal basis (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 16:31).

2. Witnessing or Ambassadorship requires proper motivation, preparation and knowledge (1 Thess. 2:10-12).

3. The agents of witnessing are the following:

a. The Family Plan--Adam and Eve as the first parents set the precedent for all future parents by witnessing to their children.

b. The National Entity--The client or priest nation Israel was responsible for Evangelizing the world (Rom. 3:1-2), and will be again during the Tribulation.

c. Today every Church age believer throughout the world is responsible for spreading the Gospel by his life and his lips (2 Cor. 3:3; 6:3; 5:14-21; 6:2).

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