A witness example

Before I jumped into my message I asked Ethan if he would pray with me. It was a great boost to my confidence when he not only agreed, but he immediately reached for my hands. As I prayed I felt encouragement pouring into me, so when I finished praying I immediately jumped right in with barely a glance at my notes secured in the back of my Bible. I opened to my first bookmark, Romans 3:10-12, "There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one.” I then looked him in the eye and asked him straight out if he knows he is a sinner. With a steady gaze he admitted that he was.

Luckily I had labeled my bookmarks so I knew what passage to turn to without referring to my notes

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I wrapped up our prayer with thanks to God and then took Ethan into my arms for a second. On our way back to his house we stopped at a local store and I bought him a Bible. I prayed for Ethan and then I asked him to pray as well. ” Without a pause I read Romans 10:13, “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. So quietly I could barely hear him Ethan prayed and asked Christ into his life. Then with a promise to pick him up on Sunday for church I left his apartment.

Another look at my notes and we began to discuss all that I had just read to him.

After a short fumble to find my next bookmark I read Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Quickly I turned to John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” I felt wonderful as we discussed Christ and his sacrifice for everyone, especially sinners like Ethan and I. While we talked I opened my Bible again, this time to 1 John 5:11-12, “And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. We left his apartment and went out to eat.

When we had talked earlier he had admitted to me that he did not have a Bible of his own so I decided to rectify that situation. " I then made certain that he understood exactly what we were reading, and just what the reward for sinfulness is. ” As we discussed these verses I pointed out that knowing Christ died for you is wonderful, but you have to accept him as your savior and as for forgiveness. As we talked about it I began to realize that, like teaching, when you present you learn more than when you are presented to.

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