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Leading a person to Christ is leading a person to Christ. It is not teaching him about the latest Christian fad. It is not telling him all the ways in which you think his life needs to change. You need to discipline yourself to focus on your one purpose - you want to lead them to Christ.
The Big Question
When I give one of these tracts to a person, I smile and say, “I’d like to give you this”. “Do you know what the big question is?” Then, tell him. “If you had died the minute you started to read this, do you have the assurance that you would be in heaven?”
Most people respond to the big question by admitting that they don't know. Some people will say, “I hope so,” or “Well, I want to”. Very few will say, “Yes, I know if I died I’d go to heaven.” If the person says, “Yes, I do have the assurance that I'd go to heaven,” then I prod them in a kindly way. “How do you know that you would spend eternity with God - If you died right now? What do you base that on?” I encourage the person to look at the tract as you read from it or your Bible. I like to use the Bible so the person sees it comes directly from the Word of God.
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”. Romans 3:23
Then tell the person that you are a sinner, they are a sinner and that we have all come short of the life of Jesus. Then share this in love and not judgment. Each of us has an impure heart. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”
Matthew 5:8. How do we have this pure heart?
“The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. Romans 6:23. There is a consequence to sin, separation from God. Our sins separate us from God. God's gift to us; Jesus who died on the cross for our sins, was buried, arose and ascended into heaven is able to cleanse our heart and give us eternal life.
“God gave His love to us while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”. Romans 5:8.
God did something about our condition, He gave Jesus. Then I share about the life and person of Jesus. Be sure to tell of His life and works and mission. Let them fall in love with Jesus.
“Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. Romans 10:13. I tell the person that they can now call upon the name of Jesus and be saved. The time is now. God desires them in His family. You can explain more of His call and desire to hear and welcome that person to have eternal life and to be a true follower of Jesus.
Most of the time I now ask the person to let me pray for them. Many people cannot remember anyone personally praying for them. Pray for them, not your problems or the world's. When you finish your prayer simply say to them “I would like to lead you in a prayer to God that you may know Him and be a follower of Jesus and have eternal life”. Then ask the person to say the prayer out loud and repeat it after you.
“Dear God as best as I know how I give my life to you. I believe Jesus died on the cross for me, arose again and ascended to the Father. I repent of my sins and trust Jesus to cleanse me, come into my life and save me. I want to believe in and be a follower of Jesus. Please fill me with the Holy Spirit and your love. Make me a home in heaven and write my name in Your book. I am not ashamed of Jesus! Thank you Lord, in Jesus name I pray.”
I now encourage the person in what God has done for them. It would be good now to read to them the booklet “The New Life”. Help then now to know what has happened, and who they are in Christ. Follow then up in person, by e-mail, phone or mail.
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