Summary: SERMON ON HOW TO WITNESS TO THE LOST WORLD.

DID YOU KNOW?

INTRO: DEATH, ONE THING US AS HUMAN BEINGS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

1: WORLD POPULATION

A) 6.5 BILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH

B) 193 COUNTIRES

C) THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EARTH IS MIND BLOWING TO A COUNTRY BOY LIKE MYSELF

POINT: THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE WHOLE JIST OF THINGS THAN WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY.

2: DID YOU KNOW?

A) 56 MILLION PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR

B) 153.000 PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY

C) THAT’S 6,390 EVERY HOUR

D) 107 PER MINUTE

E) THAT IS ABOUT 1 PERSON PER SECOND

POINT: DEATH IS ONE THING WE CAN BE SURE OF AS LONG AS THIS WORLD STANDS. WE HOLD AN ETERNAL HOPE THAT CHRIST WILL COME AND RAPTURE US OUT ALLOWING US TO ESCAPE PHYSICAL DEATH, BUT IF HE DOESN’T COME IN OUR LIFETIME WE WILL TASTE A PHYSICAL DEATH.

QUESTION: HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT EQUATION ARE GOING TO HEAVEN? HOW MANY ARE GOING TO HELL?

BODY: DID YOU KNOW WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE SPEND ETERNITY?

1: 1 JOHN 5:10

A) HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF:

B) WE HAVE WHAT A LOST AND DYING WORLD NEEDS

C) A SAVIOR, A KING, A LORD, A LIGHT IN DARKNESS, A HAND REACHING DOWN TO HELP

D) HOW MANY OF US ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE ONES WHO ARE LOST AND SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS?

HOW?

2: SHARE YOUR MESSAGE

A) WHAT WAS YOUR LIFE LIKE BEFORE CHRIST B.C.

B) YOUR MARRIAGE

C) FAMILY

D) FINANCES

3: WHAT MADE YOU REALIZE YOU NEEDED JESUS?

A) WHAT HAPPENED?

B) HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

C) EXPLAIN AND TELL HOW YOU FELT AND WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED.

4: HOW DID YOU ASK JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE?

A) AT CHURCH

B) KNEEL AND PRAY

C) WERE YOU ALONE

D) DID SOMEONE HELP YOU

5: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE NOW?

A) HOW HAS YOUR LIFE CHANGED

B) WHO HAS CHANGED IN YOUR LIFE

C) IS YOUR LIFE BETTER

POINT: THE BIBLE TELLS US WE HAVE THE WITNESS IN US. THIS IS A WAY TO HELP SOME GET IT OUT. TALK, COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE THAT GOD PUTS IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED A LOT OF TIMES AT THE RESPONSE YOU GET FROM PEOPLE.

CLOSING: 1 THESSALONIANS 1:8

1: WE NEED NOT SPEAK

A) PAUL IS PRAISING THE THESSALONIANS FOR THEIR WORK

B) FOR YOU SOUNDED OUT THE WORD OF THE LORD

C) NOT JUST HERE BUT EVERYWHERE YOU GO

POINT: THAT IS A PASTOR’S DREAM TEAM, PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND WITNESS TO THE LOST WHERE EVER THEY MAY BE.

MOST LOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO EXPALIN WHAT THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT GOD AND THE CHURCH.

6.5 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE EARTH NOT ALL OF THEM ARE HEAVEN BOUND.

BUT!!!!!!!!!!

ONE LESS COULD BE GLORY BOUND INSTEAD OF DESTINED FOR A DEVIL’S HELL.

QUESTION: ARE YOU BEING A WITNESS FOR CHRIST? IF NOT. WHEN IT’S GONNA HAPPEN?