Matthew 28:19, Acts 22:14-15

Living a Successful Christian Life


Part 5 – The Place of Personal Evangelism
Matthew 28:19, Acts 22:14-15

Overview- Mankind’s Greatest Hope

Review - Living a Successful Christian Life  Parts 1-4

Preview – The Challenge of Personal Evangelism

I. Acts 22:14-15a - The Call to Personal Evangelism

A. The Commission to Paul
B. The Charge to Paul
C. The Concern for Paul

II. Acts 22:15b - The Character of Personal Evangelism

A. It is a witness of the nature and person of God
B. It is a witness of  the nature, Person, and Work  of Christ.
C. It is a witness of the Power of the Gospel in one’s own life.
D. It is a call of invitation to seek Christ in repentance and faith.

III.  Matthew 28:19 - The Coverage of Personal Evangelism

A.  Who –
B. What –
C. When /Where –
D. How –
E. Why –

IV. Growing in the Grace of Personal Evangelism

A. The area of personal evangelism is a command of God and an area of grace that Christians are to grow individually, and corporately.
B. Personal evangelism is acting as a witness to another of the nature of God, the need of man, the work of Christ, and the call to repentance and faith in Him as well as the power of Christ in one’s own life.
C. Personal evangelism is motivated by the knowledge that it is a command of God, and that it is only hope for a lost and dying world.
D. Personal evangelism is to be accomplished in the normal patterns of our life, as God gives the opportunity.
E.  Personal evangelism is not saving people, its telling people about mankind’s greatest hope.