Hello everybody, it's Alexander Larsen with Bible Truth 23, back with another soul-winning
tip.
And this time I want to talk about the introduction and tips you can use when you actually first
get to the door and if somebody answers, okay?
So what do you do when somebody answers the door?
Well, first of all, one thing you could do is introduce yourself, okay?
Now, you, in some situations, might want to say your name, okay?
Some people do that, some people don't.
Some people say, hey, I'm Alex Larsen from this church or that church, right?
But some people don't give their name right at the door.
Usually I don't, usually I introduce myself later if they want to hear the gospel.
But definitely make sure that they understand who you are and where you're from, okay?
So basically what I usually say is I say, I am from Faithful Word Baptist Church out
here preaching the gospel, okay?
Some people, when they knock on the door, they just get right into the question.
They just say, if you were to die today, where'd you go to heaven?
Without any previous, you know, I'm from this church, I'm from that church.
And the reason why this is important is because a lot of people believe that you're
a Mormon or that you're Jehovah's Witnesses when you're going around knocking on people's
doors with the Bible in your head, okay?
Even when you say sometimes, I'm from a Baptist church, even sometimes when I have a shirt
that says Baptist on it, I still have people mistake me for being a Mormon.
I don't know why, but people just don't pay attention.
People are just dumb sometimes.
So you want to make sure to make it very clear that you're from a Baptist church
because some people will turn you away immediately because they assume that you're
a Mormon or a Jehovah's Witness, okay?
So that's why it's important to make it clear where you're from, that you're
from a Baptist church, that you're Baptist, that you're Christian, that you're
preaching the Gospel, that you're not there trying to recruit them into the Mormon church
or something like that because that's what some people think if you come to their door
with the Bible in your head, okay?
So you want to make sure that when they open the door, you make it clear where you're
from, okay?
Then you want to ask them some simple questions.
Now some people will ask different questions.
Some people will ask, are you a Christian?
Or some people will just ask, do you go to church anywhere?
Usually I skip the Christian part and the main reason why is because some people, they'll
say that they're Christian but unless they're saved, they're not really a Christian.
So I don't really like asking that question.
So I usually ask, do you go to church anywhere just to see where they're at?
Maybe if they answered yes, I'll ask what kind of church do you go to and they'll
say, I'm a Catholic, I'm a Mormon, I'm a Methodist, this, that.
So that way you can kind of see what they already believe and you can kind of go into it
with some knowledge of where they're at because pretty much anybody who says they're
Catholic or Methodist, Pentecostal, they're not going to be saved.
So that way you can kind of prepare to preach the gospel mentally.
So yeah, just make sure you understand whether they're a Christian or whether they go to
church or whatever because the thing is there's some people who might be hostile to the gospel
or might be hostile to Christianity who might have no belief in heaven or the Bible whatsoever
and you ask them a question like, do you know for sure you're going to heaven?
Now again, this has to do with making good use of your time.
There's no reason to ask somebody if they know for sure they're going to heaven if
they're not a Christian.
Okay, and I've seen people do this where they go to a door and they ask somebody like,
are you a Christian or do you go to church anywhere and they say, oh, I'm not religious
or I'm not a Christian or I'm an atheist.
Somebody will say something like that and then they'll ask them if they know for sure
they're going to heaven.
Okay, but there's no reason to ask them that because you already know that they're
not saved if they say that they're not a Christian, that they don't believe in God,
they don't believe in the Bible, something like that.
So that way when you ask that question first, are you a Christian, any atheist,
any agnostic out there, any person who is a Jew or a Muslim or a Buddhist already
right off the bat you know they're not saved so you don't have to ask them those
other questions of, you know, what do you have to do to go to heaven.
Those are for the people who claim to be Christians.
So if you go to a door and you ask somebody, do you go to church or are you a Christian
or do you believe the Bible, something like that, and they say yes, okay, then you
can ask them, you know, well, what do you, you know, are you sure you're going
to heaven?
And then if they say yes, you would ask them, well, how do you know?
What are you trusting in?
You know, what do you believe it takes for somebody to get into heaven?
Okay, and usually after that you always want to make sure that they believe right on eternal
security as well, okay.
So if somebody gets the right answer right away, like if you ask them, what do you
have to do to go to heaven?
And they say, believe on Jesus Christ, you say, okay, amen.
But then you ask them, is there anything you could do to lose that salvation?
And the reason why is because if somebody believes they can lose their salvation, they're
not fully trusting Jesus because they think that their actions can still cause them
to go to hell.
They also are denying Christ's promise of eternal life, which he has promised everyone
who believes in him.
So that shows you right off the bat that they have not fully trusted Jesus.
Another good question is to ask after you ask them, what do you have to do to go to
heaven?
If they get the right answer, you would say something like, well, is there anything
else you have to do?
Because some people from experience, I've seen this a lot, will say believe in Jesus
or they'll say, you know, trust in Jesus, trust in God.
They'll say something that sounds right, but then if you dig in a little bit more, they'll
also believe that you have to do other things as well.
There's many examples where I go out soul winning that I can think of where I've asked
somebody, what do you have to do to go to heaven?
They'll say, believe in Jesus or trust in Jesus, something like that.
Just receive Jesus as your savior, something along those lines.
And then you ask them like, well, is there anything else you have to do?
Do you also have to be a good person or kind of your sins, things like that?
And they'll say, yeah, of course.
You also have to keep the commandments.
You have to follow God.
You can't just live however you want.
So that shows you that they're not saved.
Even though they got the right answer at first, even though they said believe in Jesus
at first, in their heart, they believe that there's other things you have to do.
They just didn't say that right off the bat.
So you want to make sure to ask enough questions to determine whether they're saved
or not so that you can preach unto them.
So I think these are all helpful tips you can use during the introduction.
Another thing is you don't want to pester them.
You want to make sure to get as much information out of them as possible in as little time
as possible.
Don't just ask them vague questions and don't ask them as many questions as you possibly
can.
The purpose of going soul winning is to get people saved by preaching to those who
are not saved.
So you're not going to spend time just standing there asking them questions about
everything that they believe.
One mistake I see a lot of people make who are new soul winners is that they'll ask
a question and the person at the door will answer something that will indicate that they're
not saved, and then the person preaching will ask them more questions.
But see, if I ask somebody, what do you have to do to go to heaven, and they say,
be a good person, I already know that they're not saved, I don't need to ask them anything
else.
At that point, what I usually do is say, well, the Bible actually says something different.
Could I take a few moments and share with you what the Bible says?
Because if they say anything at all that indicates that they're not saved, that's the opportunity
to preach to them.
You don't need to keep asking them questions.
Just ask them enough to determine whether they're saved or not.
If they say something that indicates that they're not saved, that they don't understand
the gospel, then offer to preach to them.
But if they get the answers right, if they understand it, then go on to the next door,
maybe invite them to church or something before you leave.
But there's no point in just standing there just asking questions over and over again
and being vague with it.
Sometimes though, you might have to ask more questions because they are being vague.
They are not answering the questions directly, and this is very annoying.
But it does happen sometimes, but rarely, not as common.
Most people, if you go to their door and you ask them what do you have to do to
go to heaven, they'll just say, be a good person.
And then you know they're not saved, so you offer to preach to them.
But there are some people who will give a very vague answer.
Maybe they'll say, well you have to accept Jesus as your savior.
And you're like, okay, well how do you accept it?
They say, well you have to believe in him.
It's like, okay, good.
Now do you have to do anything else?
And they're like, well, you know.
And maybe they don't answer the question directly.
They try to dodge the question or they don't give a clear answer.
In that scenario, you might have to ask a few more questions.
But for most people, it's just, just ask them, what do you have to do to go to heaven?
Can you do anything to lose that, okay?
And those two questions should determine whether they're saved or not usually.
So thank you everybody for watching.
I'll probably make another one tomorrow or something.
I think three is enough for today.
So God bless you and goodbye.