Evangelism is about conversion
Number nine—what time is it, 11:36? I must encourage them to listen to God’s voice. I must encourage them to listen to God’s voice. I believe that God speaks to everybody. There’s a God-shaped vacuum in every person’s heart, and God speaks right into that. I believe that God will confirm the witness.
Now let me give you some other things here. Let me give you this statement. Evangelism is about conversion, and let me give you twelve steps. Ha, ha, you thought I was through. This thing’s empty. Twelve steps in helping to help someone to be converted to Christ.
Number one, first step is very obvious. Number one is, repent. Repent. Remember at the first of the semester, I taught you about what the word repentance means. Repentance is a change of mind. It’s not a change of heart; it’s a change of mind. The first step is to repent.
And I’ll give you these scriptures. I won’t read them. Just write them down in association with each of them. You can study them out on your own. Repent, Luke 13:3.
Second is, receive Christ. You need a Savior. Receive Christ. John 1:12. “As many as received him, to them he gave the power,” you know.
Third, be born again. John 3, what is it? John 3:17, 16, John 3:16, 17. And that’s Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus, where Nicodemus—no, it’s before 16, isn’t it? What is it, 14 or 15? Just John 3. Find it, where He said, “Nicodemus, you must be born again.” It’s John, chapter 3, it’s 14, 15, right along in there.
All right, four, rejoice publicly. Write down Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:9-10, rejoice publicly.
Five—and this is not emphasized as much, but I think it’s important, number five, request water baptism. Mark 16:16. What is water baptism? Water baptism is an outward sign of an inward work. It is a symbol of the old man dying and the new man being born again.