Matthew Secchi here and I'm giving you another soul winning tip and in this
video I want to talk to you about the fact that Jesus Christ is God and the
Trinity and how do we explain these things during our gospel presentation
how much should we explain should we spend 10 minutes you know what exactly
do we need to do now when it comes to believing on Jesus Christ there's kind
of two things we have to believe we have to believe that Jesus Christ would do
what he said he would do which means pay for the sins of the world and that he is
who he says he was we must understand that he is the Christ he is the Messiah
he is the Savior but at the same time you know when it comes to the nature of
God and understanding these things you know even people that are saved you know
have trouble understanding some of these deep things and it's not necessarily
something we have a perfect comprehension of so what do we need to
explain to people and how do we know what to explain exactly now this is
something that will change depending on who you're talking to you know for
example if you're talking to someone who is a Muslim or a Hindu obviously their
idea of who Jesus Christ is is gonna be different than a Catholic and it's gonna
take more time to get them saved because they are further off the mark about the
idea of Jesus Christ or if you talk to someone from a Christian cult and see
the first point is this that you know what we need to get an idea of their
religion early on that's gonna be helpful for anything that we're doing
when we're explaining the gospel of finding out what their religion is what
their church is it's not always perfect two plus three equals five because you
meet people from Christian cults sometimes that do believe Jesus is God
and you're you're wondering are you are you sure you believe that because you're
you're not supposed to but you know one thing we should try to do is get an idea
of their religion or their church early on and in the back of your head you can
think of certain things that you know might be worry signs later on things you
might need to cover in more detail and if somebody comes from a non-christian
background or some sort of a Christian cult you're gonna probably spend a
little bit more time on the nature of God to make sure they understand that
then you might if you just talk to someone who is a Catholic so one way you
can start explaining this is when you talk about the fact that Jesus Christ
died for our sins now I personally when I say that there's none righteous no not
one right early on during my gospel presentation I plant the seeds of Jesus
being God because I say but you know Jesus Christ he was righteous he was
good he was perfect that's why he was able to die for us and so you know even
if they don't agree that Jesus is God that's something that they're probably
going to agree to if they come from a Christian cult here in the Philippines
or you know some sort of Christian background and even from people from
other religions often would agree with that and so that's gonna help get the
idea crossed of Jesus being God later on it's gonna make it easier when you're
explaining his death you know the Bible says hereby perceived with the love of
God because he laid down his life for us the Bible is very clear that he laid
down his life for us 1st John 3 16 it's a great verse that you could show them
but I often like to show them where it says that God was manifest in the flesh
in 1st Timothy 3 16 and I'll explain that Jesus Christ came here and died and
paid for our sins he was born of the Virgin Mary he was sinless and the
reason why he was is he was God and I'll say that the Bible says there's none
good but one that is God Jesus Christ was good proving that he's God and
that's what it says in Matthew 19 verse 17 I usually quote that because of the
fact you know that verse can be confusing to people if they don't
understand the context and it could take some time to explain but just saying
there's none good but one that is God so Jesus Christ was good proving that he's
God and the Bible says you know God was manifest in the flesh now here in the
Philippines this really isn't much of an issue because 90 plus percent of people
believe in the Trinity and believe Jesus is God and so I'll ask them do you
believe in the Trinity you know God the Father God the Son God the Holy Ghost
that there's one God that you know he's eternally existed in three persons just
as you have a body soul and spirit there's God the Father God the Son and
God the Holy Ghost but Jesus Christ was fully God when he was here on earth and
almost everybody is gonna say yes to that so this is not something I have to
really focus on like I used to when I preached the gospel in the US and more
people seem confused on this but I would say this that you know what unless
you're seeing a major worry sign from someone of a Christian background I
don't think it's a wise idea to spend ten minutes explaining the Trinity
because they don't have to have a perfect understanding of everything in
the Bible to be saved they just have to simply understand that Jesus Christ is
God and yet they that God the Father sent God the Son to pay and die for the
sins of the world so point number one figure out what the religion is point
two you know when you explain his death you can talk about Jesus being God and
point three just explain God the Father sent God the Son and when you're
preaching the gospel you're using verses that talk about believing on the Son
which shows there's obviously a Father and you know the Bible says in John 3
16 which is a verse I commonly use for God so loved the world that he gave his
only begotten Son so the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world and so
I would just suggest as you're trying to explain Jesus Christ being God and his
nature you know I I think that you know some people can swing the pendulum too
far in the other direction and be so worried of a potential heresy from
someone that they'll make like a 45 minute gospel presentation and I would
say that is a big mistake because you know what when I got saved I had never
heard of the oneness doctrine I never heard of the oneness doctrine for years
and years and years after I got saved and even still there's a lot of verses
that you know can be kind of confusing and people can interpret different ways
so what I would recommend to you is you know figure out what the religion is
early on and kind of briefly plant those seeds of Jesus being God during the
verses that you're going to explain and then when you're talking about his death
explain that God was manifest in the flesh and that he was God because he was
perfect but also explain you know that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior
of the world here in the Philippines most people already believe this so you
know it's really just kind of confirming that they believe this even people that
are part of the Christian cults oftentimes still have these Catholic
beliefs and you know praise the Lord for that you know the Catholic Church is
right about this teaching of the Trinity but if you do talk to someone who has
says things that are against this or they're from some other religion you're
gonna have to take more time but you know you're gonna probably have to show
them a lot of different verses and in a future video I'll talk about really how
to preach to someone of a Christian cult or of a unique religion or of a Hindu or
something like that and I'll give tips and verses and ways to explain but in
your normal gospel presentation if you are talking to some sort of Christian
you know you don't need to spend 30 minutes preaching the gospel if they're
getting stuff just kind of briefly get an idea if they get it and you know most
of them already have an understanding of the Trinity and Jesus being God anyways
thank you and God bless