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01-SEP-2018

Gods plan for you to escape hell

Credit goes to Ray Comfort and Living Waters on how to share the gospel.

If you are a Christian you will have a zeal to share the gospel, in fact its commanded of you ! So how do I go about sharing the gospel of Jesus ? Thank you for stopping by. This audio file is created for you ,... the believer in Christ that
desires to share the gospel but isnt sure how.

Ive been knocking on doors for a while and I have had many wonderful communications with people. Rarely does someone tell me to go away. Even the people who dont have time for me will accept a gospel tract.

Gospel tracts are little booklets that present the gospel in a way that are difficult to ignore. They are full of cartoons with bible verses that are a delight to read.

But Im not here to tell you about my experiences, just to equip you with the best way I know how to share the gospel.

So hang on , we're going to dive right into this;.

When evanglizing, stay close to the gospel message as possible. Too much of it could complicate or confuse the listener so keep it simple. The apostle Paul said " For I determined not to know anything among you, except Christ and Him crucified.

I follow these guidelines . If you dont like them, use your own. ki1. Explain Judgement. 2 Explain sin 3. Explain curse of sin 4 . Explain provision of sin. 5 Explain mans response to Gods provision . This sounds complicated but its not. Its exactly like a court case and you can refer to a court case to explain yourself as you share the gospel. Repeating 1 through 5 but as a court case....1. Court day is coming 2. your crimes will be revealed.3 Punishment will be revealed. 4. Someone paid for your crimes. 5. Will you be thankful or not to the person who paid for your crimes ?

Im going to divide this teaching into TWO camps. 1. For believers. and 2 for non believers.

So heres how to enjoy a short chat with believers ( if they have the time )

If someone claims they are already a believer say " great, my work here is done " ! I know that sounds a little silly but the humor in it is kind of an icebreaker. You cant let someone off the hook that easy. For all believers you meet you owe it to Jesus to see if they know the gospel and how to share it. You may learn something too ! You want to give believers confidence that sharing the gospel to total strangers can be done and its very rewarding !

Then I ask " have you shared the gospel with anyone ? ",.. that brings some strange facial expressions. Whether they have or not you can then ask this.... " if you have time, can you spend a few minutes to share the gospel message with me "? They either will or will not. Enjoy the time they share the gospel with you. Ask questions as a person who knows nothing of the gospel even though you do. This helps them learn an outline to follow. That outline are the 1 to 5 that I have already mentioned.

I also may change it around a bit and ask this if I sense my time is very short. Ask them - Jesus said "if you love me keep my commandments" Ask the believer if they love Jesus . YES will be their reply. Then ask them to tell you what the 2 greatest commandments are. Yes you may need to help them along but it will be fun... The answer is " love God with all your heart soul and mind, and the 2cd one is love your neighbor as yourself.


Your leaving them with a genuine Wholesome and Christian " rule " to meditate on. If they know the answer say " Hallelujah glory to Jesus ? !

If they dont have time then leave with a smile and dont forget to say " thank you ". Dont forget to hand out that gospel tract that you should have ! If you can remember tell them since you believe in Jesus I know you will be eager to share this gospel tract with a friend or total stranger !

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Now that we have covered how to make a productive visit with those who know the gospel lets move on
to the other group....... those who dont know the gospel.


So now your knocking on the door,..... you will give your name, church name and reason your there. Ask them if they have about 5 minutes to hear a very important message.

From there this is usually how I go about it.


I start off by saying " the bible says its appointed once to die then the judgement. Heb 9:27. We are all going to to be judged for the good and bad that we have done in our life. Every secret thing will be revealed Luke 12:2 and Luke 8:17

Ok, heres a warning " DONT TRY TO REMEMBER where in the bible those verses are . Write em on paper if you like or put tabs in your bible. I keep all paperwork I need on a clipboard. I will speak out scripture references but you dont need to use them.

So ( Mr Jones ) "do you think you will make it into heaven" ? " Are you good enough to make it into heaven "? or " why do you think God should let you into heaven "?

Those who dont if their going to heaven will hopefully get to hear the most important message on Earth !
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Most who dont know Gods Word or how morally perfect He is, will say " yes Im a good person " and I will go to heaven" or " I hope so, or Im not sure ".

Say this :
" Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD searches the hearts. So Mr. Miss Jones
we are going to search your heart ( or conscience ) with Gods moral law to see if your good" good ".

Next step is important. We now need to bring the knowledge of sin to the listener.

You must use these few MORAL commandments to show the listener they are guilty before a righteous judge. Without
doing so , NO ONE will understand they are a sinner and in need of a saviour. Think about it this way ... how would you feel
if a policeman pulled you over and gave you a ticket ..... then you asked him " what is this for " ? And he said " its for breaking the law, your court date is in 3 weeks ". It wouldnt make sense to you and you would be very offended because you dont think you've broken the law. But if he said you were clocked going 55 through a school zone and there was proper markings and signs you ignored, then the ticket would make sense to you. Thats why sharing the law of God which is bad news to us must precede the good news of Jesus paying the fine for those laws we have broken. Preaching of the cross of Jesus without the law is foolishness to those that are perishing.



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The Apostle Paul said " I had not known sin but by the law", and the Law is a schoolmaster that leads one to Christ. So we must use a few of the 10 commandments found in Exodus to bring the knowledge of sin to the listener. Here we are going to use just 4 so burn these 4 in your mind. If your mind isnt ready for that ( write em on paper and carry em with you ).

Now the questions come using the law---

3rd Comandment, have you ever use the Lords name in vain ? Not referring to God with the honor He deserves is using His name in vain and the Lord says he will not hold anyone guiltless that uses His name in vain. You dont have to attach a curse word to God to use His name in vain. Simply not giving God the highest respect when speaking his name is disrespecting it. Using it friveously is using it in vain. Who do you love the most ? Would you attach a cussword to them ? No you wouldnt so why would you attach a cussword to the God who gave you that person you love the most ?
Why would you refer to God who gave you life and all thats in it with a meaning of disgust, contempt, disrespect and displeasure ? Guilty 1 for 1

7th commandment.. ever committed Adultery ? No ? Jesus said in Matthew 5:28 “But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on another to lust after them has committed adultery with them already in their heart.” Have you ever looked at someone with lust which is sexual desire? Of course you have. Guilty 2 for 2

Lets try the 9th Commandment.. Bearing false witness, telling a lie. Have you ever told a lie, white lie, fib, exaggeration, half truth ? Everyone has and in Rev 21:8 God says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire. Guity 3 for 3

8th commandment Ever stole anything ? Thou shalt not steal, God doesnt care about the value of what you stole or how long ago you stole.... that is irrespective of his commandment. Ever been at work for any amount of time and wasnt working when you should be ? Thats stealing from your employer. Have you had sex outside of marriage ? Thats stealing a gift from God before its giving to you through marriage. Guilty 4 for 4

So thats just 4 of the 10 commandments. On Judgment Day do you think you will go to heaven or hell ?

Heaven ? Why with all these charges against you that you have admitted to ? Because you think God is good and He will forgive you ? So your going to tell God your sorry and you know Hes a good God and will forgive you ?

Well you should be sorry but God cant forgive you because as you said He is a good God. He is so good that He has to do what is right and condemn murders , rapists , child molestors. drug dealers .. AND he is so good he has to judge liars , thieves and fornicators. God is so GOOD that on Judgment Day He is going to take in account of every idle word you have ever spoke ( Matthew 12:36).

This is how GOOD God will be on Judgment Day. We dont even need to argue with God about our guilt because He said ALL men have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God ( Romans 3:23 ). And the wages of sin is DEATH ( Romans 6:23). There is absolutely NOTHING we can do about it. No good deeds or going to church can save us from hell. Isaiah 64:6 says.." all the things we do to get right with God are as filthy rags to God "

Its apparently clear that you can do nothing to escape Judgment Day for the lost and hell is punishment for Gods judgment.


So is there possibly " A WAY " I can escape HELL ??........ YES !!! You can do nothing to escape hell but God has done something for you !! Ask the listener so s/he can add to the conversation.... what has God done for us ?

God in His loving mercy provided a way for us to keep from recieving what we deserve for our sins

What did He do for us? Romans 5:8 But God demonstrated his love toward us, in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. God sent His Son Jesus to be scourged beyond your most terrifying nightmare and nailed to a cross and left to die, so that a way to escape hell could be provided.

Jesus shed his precious blood to wash away our sins so that we may be forgiven. Gods Goodness demanded sinless blood be shed so that our sins can be forgiven. ( Hebrews 9:22 ) Jesus who didnt deserve this punishment took this punishment we deserved so that we may escape Gods wrath on sin. Galatians 3:13: "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. He said 3 peculiar words on the cross " It is finished ". That means he paid for our sin with his life! The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life though Jesus. Jesus paid our wages for our sins !

Not only did Jesus die on the cross for us, he came back to life the 3rd day showing that God the Father accepted the sacrifice for sin and that HE .... JESUS has victory over death. And with Jesus victory over death we can also have victory over death !

So finally the big question is " what can we do to keep from being found guilty on Judgment Day "? Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.



Give your life to Jesus, learn and obey his commandments for acceptable living and turn away from all sin that Jesus paid for on the cross. That is called " repentance ". If your sorry for the sin in your life that caused Jesus to suffer on your behalf to keep you out of hell, that means your heart has changed. Thats what God wants . If Jesus didnt love you than he would have never went to the cross.

Romans 8:1-2 There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Christ Jesus ; the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Dont think about what you have to give up to go to heaven, think about what Jesus gave up to keep you out of hell.

Dear Lord, please forgive me for all the sins I have done in my life. I understand the outcome if I am found guilty on Judgment Day and I so want to be innocent. Please Lord come into my heart and forgive me so I will pass from death unto eternal life with you and all the saved souls. Amen

Heres a fast recap . 1 Judgment day,2 explain sin. 3 results of sin , 4 explain Gods provision for sin, and 5,, mans choice to accept or deny that provision.

Stay on track with this outline and you will do fine!

Thank you so much for listening to this audio file. Please feel free to comment.



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Here are some does and donts when doing door to door ministry.
These rules are designed for the door to door evangelist but many of them can also be applied in other situations.

main rule... before anything ..... You MUST Introduce yourself, your church and why you are there! Ask them for a few minutes of their time.
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now in no particular order

Only go into an invited house when there is a male over 18 in the room but try your best to stay outside.

Dont talk to children playing out in the yard.

Have gospel tracts with church information on it to give out ,and have notes and scripture ready on paper. DONT wasted time thumbing through the bible to look up verses. 22. I take a short message on paper in spanish saying " I cant speak spanish , will you please accept this gospel tract written in Spanish "? Door to door evangelists should have spanish gospel tracts with them or speak spanish.



If needed offer to come back at a better time. And follow up if invited to do so.


Dont stand close to the door after knocking on the door or ringing the bell. Stand far away from the door.

If speaking with a female while using the 7th commandment do it this way " On the 7th commandment of thou shalt not commit adultery, I want you to keep that to yourself. Just know that
Jesus said if you even so much as look at someone with lust you have committed adultery with them in your heart.


I wear a shirt with my church name and phone number on it , AND wear ID tags ! No one wants a complete stranger knocking on their door without some type of identification. Carrying a bag of gospel tracts is a pretty good sign your not a thug.



Use illustrations of court cases to help convey what judgment day will probably be like. For example, if a listener says hes a good person or his good outweighs the bad, or that he is sorry for those crimes hes committed and will never do them again. Show him how that wont work in a court of law here on Earth and it definitely wont work with a morally perfect and Holy God.
illustrations are a wonderful tool to convey meaning.

Dont forget to thank the listener for his/her time no matter if its a negative or positive visit.

If you run into a person of another religion, or belief system etc... simply ask them to listen to the gospel and offer them the same amount of time to share " their" belief. Stay on track with the gospel.



Stay away from bible words that need to be defined. If you do use such a word, then define them without the need to be asked to do so.

Stay on topic but dont be a robot with a pregrammed speech.


Soliciting signs mean selling or asking anything from the resident. If needed, remind them you are not soliciting but are there to give them treasures unimagineable. ( yes be creative ). DO NOT TRESSPASS WHERE YOU SEE NO TRESSPASSING SIGNS !

Ask them if they have a bible. If not telling em biblegateway.com. If no internet, get them a bible !


Its best to go out in twos but if you cant find a sidekick, go solo.


Dont dress up. just chill with your usual everyday clothes. Wear comfortable walking shoes.

Best tracts Ive found and use are Jack Chick Tracts..... " the title .... This is your life--- is the gospel in the most straightforward presentation I have found ".

If you dont know the answer to a question , say " I dont know ". Then do research later.

Biggest tip. If you cant remember ANY scripture, follow the 5 step outline I made. Know it and a few ( if just two ) moral commandments of God.
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Good luck. Share you evangelizing stories here !
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For a final note or word of encouragement, lets imagine you go brain dead before knocking on a door.
I will share this ridiculous short gospel presentation to help you get by should that happen. At least try to remember this short way to share.
here it goes
Hello Mr Jones, My name is George whatshisname and Im from so and so church here in some city and would like to know if you have a few minutes so I might share the wonderful news of Jesus Christ ?.
thank you Mr Jones for offering your time.
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The bible which is Gods Word says that one day we will have have to be judged for the good and bad in our lives. We dont have to sweat about the good stuff but the bad stuff is whats concerning. Stuff like stealing, lying, lusting, using the Lords name in vain are a few things God has against us and with that on our record we cant enter heaven, so hell will be our destination.


But God the Father in his love and mercy sent his son Jesus to pay the debt for our sins with his life on the cross so we wouldnt have to go to hell. Jesus rose on the 3rd day to prove he really is God and can defeat death. He says if we trust in him with all our heart we can be saved from punishment.
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Thats it, I could add a little more and you could too but thats the basic evangelizing starter kit for you in case you have memory failure out on your march for Christ !








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