Hi my name is Kevin Sepulveda and I pastor the church in Caloundra. We are an
independent fundamental Baptist Church located on the Sunshine Coast of
Queensland in Australia. One of the key goals for our church is to eventually
preach the gospel to every house on the Sunshine Coast to give every family the
opportunity to hear the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ directly from the
scriptures. In order to do that one of the ministries for our church, well the
main ministry we have outside of the church, every week we have a number of
people going out knocking doors of the community, you know handing out gospel
tracts and preaching the gospel door-to-door. Okay now with any church
you're gonna have a situation where you're gonna have
certain people that are really comfortable to give the gospel. They may
have done it many times and then you'll have others that are absolute beginners.
They may have never given the gospel to anybody and that's okay.
You know we all had to start somewhere. So the purpose for this video and
I'm gonna do a series of videos is for my church to be
trained up for those of you that have never done it before that you would have
the tools available to you and have the confidence and assurance
that you're given a good clear gospel presentation. But I'm also going to
upload these videos on the internet so if there's anybody else that's watching
this maybe they can get some tips out of these videos and hopefully they can
apply that to their situation. But as you guys know that you know we've got a lot
of gospel tracts at our church. If you haven't got any at home I would really
encourage you to grab a bunch and always have them at hand should the situation
ever come up. You see gospel tracts are great for a beginner for an emergency
situation. So if God ever allows you to cross paths with someone who's seeking
to know how to be saved and maybe you're still not comfortable to
give the gospel on your own you can always pull out the gospel tract you
know read it directly to them. It's got Bible verses, it's got a great plan and
then it simply asks them the question whether they want to receive Jesus as
their Savior or reject the gift of God, reject Jesus Christ as their Savior.
So you know tracts are great. Tracts are great for a few reasons. Number one the
emergency situation if you're a beginner and you don't know how to give the
gospel. Tracts are also great because when you knock on someone's door they
might take a tract off you. They can have a lot of information about how to be
saved but they themselves may not give you the time you know they may only give
you a few seconds or a few minutes to give the gospel. So that you know with
a tract at least they can get the whole picture if you weren't able to get
through the whole thing. And number three it's also great as a refresher
for someone that has heard the gospel in the past may not may or may not have
received Jesus Christ as their Savior but for them to reread it and to be
refreshed with all that information once again. So if they weren't saved the first
time they can at least you know the second time be reminded and hopefully
call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. So you know these are great but if
you knocked on a stranger's door and all you did was pull out the tract and
read it directly from the tract that wouldn't be very impressive. You know it
would look like you're under prepared. People want to see you you know be able
to speak boldly and with confidence and naturally directly from the scriptures
directly from the Word of God. So that's what I want to train you up to be able
to do. And so I'm gonna basically give you you know different verses that you
can use to present the gospel. But before I do that I just want to read a couple
of verses to you. The first one comes from Hebrews chapter 4 verse 12. It reads
So you know the Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. It is
powerful. It is alive and that's what's that's what's great about having the
Word of God as a tool is that you don't need to be you know the wisest man on
the earth to give the gospel. You don't have to be an eloquent speaker. If you've
got the words of God you've got the power of God on your side to be able to
convince someone that they need to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Another verse is from the book of Romans. Romans chapter 10 verse 17. It reads
So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. So where does
someone get their faith? If they're going to put their faith and trust on Jesus
the Bible says it comes from hearing the Word of God. So never get to a situation
where you try to give the gospel without using the Word of God. You know
it'll be impossible because the power is in the Word of God. It doesn't come from
you. Okay you're just a tool that God can use to see many souls saved. Okay now
there are four books of the Bible that you're going to be be using in this
presentation. Okay should you follow this presentation as I'm giving it to you?
Four books of the Bible. Let me give them to you. The four books are the book
of Romans, the book of Revelation, the book of Acts and the book of John. I'll
just tell you again. Romans, Revelation, Acts and John. Now the reason why the
book of John is so important I'll just read to you John chapter 20 verse 31. The
Bible reads but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the
Christ the Son of God and that believing you might have life through his name. So
the book of John is specifically written so that somebody would believe on Jesus
Christ. Someone would believe on the Son of God and so always make sure that your
gospel presentation has the book of John in it, included in it. Okay now let's get
started. The first reference. The first reference comes from Romans. Romans
chapter 3 verse 23. Romans 3 23. Now this first video I'm not going to tell you
how to give the gospel. I'm just going to give you the Bible verses that I want
you to to memorize. I actually want you to memorize these verses. Okay most of
these verses are really easy to memorize. There's probably just one that's a
little challenging and I'll show you which one that is later on but you see
sometimes as you preach the gospel people aren't going to give you the
opportunity to pull out your Bible and if someone doesn't give you that
opportunity to pull out your Bible if you've got the verses memorized it's
going to give you a huge advantage because you're still going to be able to
give them the gospel just by speaking the Word of God rather than reading it
from the scriptures. Okay so I'm going to give you the verses that you can use for
this plan of salvation and to memorize but also say that you can write down the
references next to the previous reference. Okay so let me explain this to
you. The first reference. Okay always start with Romans 3 23. The Bible reads
for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. For all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God. Now next to Romans 3 23 in the margin I would
like you to write Romans 6 23 because that will be the next reference that you
turn to. Now if you don't want to write it in the Bible you read from at home or
that you study from I would really recommend that you get yourself a a New
Testament you know a Bible which contains just a New Testament something
small something that you can fit into your pocket and use that to write in.
Okay so next to Romans 3 23 please write the reference of Romans 6 23. Now if I
turn to Romans 6 23 we're only going to be reading the first part of this verse.
Okay I'll just read the first part to you. Romans 3 23 for the wages of sin is
death. For the wages of sin is death. Now obviously there's more to this verse and
we will read the rest of this verse at a later part in this gospel presentation
but you just want to read that first part right now. Now the reference that
you want to write down next to Romans 6 23 is Revelation. Revelation chapter 20
verse 14. Revelation chapter 20 verse 14. The Bible reads and death and hell were
cast into the lake of fire this is the second death. Okay and death and hell
were cast into the lake of fire this is the second death. So those are three
verses you'll notice right away they're quite short and they're going to be
really easy for you to memorize. Okay now it's the next verse that's a little
challenging. So next to Romans 20 14 you want to write down the reference
Revelation 21 verse 8. Revelation 21 verse 8. So it's just across the page to
the next chapter. Revelation chapter 21 verse 8. The Bible reads. Now the reason
why this one's a little challenging to memorize is because it has a list of
sins that makes you deserving of hell. I mean every sin makes you deserving of
hell. But Revelation chapter 21 verse 8 has a list of sins and what I
personally found challenging was having that list in in the right order.
Okay that list of sins. I'll just read it to you. Revelation 21 verse 8. But the
fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and
whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. Which is the second death. Okay
but the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and
whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. Which is the second death. Now
you might be saying boy you know these verses they're pretty depressing. You
know it talks about being a sinner. It talks about hell the lake of fire. You
know these verses that I've given you that's the bad news. We need to tell
people about the bad news so we can then tell them about the good news. I mean the
gospel means glad tidings or good news. So we do want to get to
the gospel. We do want to get to the good news. But they'll only understand the
good news once they've understood the bad news. So next to Revelation chapter 1
verse 8. The reference that we want to go to next that you want to write down in
that margin and go to next is Romans chapter 5. Romans 5 verse 8.
Romans chapter 5 verse 8. The Bible reads,
But God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ
died for us. One more time. But God commendeth his love toward us in that
while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Okay so in the margin next to
Romans 5-8 you want to write down Acts 16. Acts 16 verse 30 and 31. Acts 16
verse 30 and 31. And look no gospel presentation should go without Acts 16
30 and 31. It's the clearest passage about salvation. How to be saved.
Everybody I've ever read it to understood it perfectly. Please never go
without this reference. Okay no matter how you develop your gospel presentation
always contain this reference. Acts 16 verse 30 and 31. Let me read them to you.
And brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house.
I mean that's that's that's straightforward. Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ. I'll just read it again. Acts 16 30 and brought them out and said,
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Verse 31. And they said, Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house. Okay now from there
you want to write in your margin the next reference. It's John 3 16. John 3 16.
The most famous verse in the whole Bible. It's again a great reference to turn to
because a lot of people have already heard it. A lot of people are already
familiar with it. So as you read it they're going to be assured that it's
coming straight from the Word of God. Okay John 3 16. For God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish but have everlasting life. Now please if you're going to
memorize just one verse it ought to be John 3 16. It's going to have multiple
uses and I'll explain that in future videos why it's such a good verse. But
the best way that I learned to memorize John 3 16. I was a child and I was taught
you know the song Holy Night. Silent Night Holy Night. Using that same tune I
learned how to memorize John 3 16 and I'll just I'll sing it to you. Now I'm
not a great singer but I think it's such a great way to memorize John 3 16. So it
goes like this. John. There goes my voice. It goes like this. John 3 16. John 3 16.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. So that's a really
easy way to memorize John 3 16. Now the next reference you may or may not want
to write this down in your Bible. I guess as a beginner you want to but it's only
two verses down. It's John 3 18. John 3 18. The Bible reads he that believeth on
him is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
That's John 3 18. He that believeth on him is not condemned but he that
believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name
of the only begotten Son of God. Now at this point you're really close to the
end. We've only got two more references to turn to. So next to John 3 18 you're
going to want to write Romans 6 23. Romans 6 23 and yes that's the reference
that we read from earlier. The second reference and it's the second part of
Romans 6 23 that you'll be reading to the person. So remember Romans 6 23 the
first part was for the wages of sinners death okay but the second part says this
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord okay but
the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord and now we're on
to the last verse. So next to Romans 6 23 I mean you already made a reference to
the book of Revelation so you might want to write this underneath that reference.
We're going to turn to John chapter 1. John chapter 1 verse 12. John chapter 1
verse 12. The last verse of this Gospel presentation John chapter 1 verse 12
says, but as many as received him to them gave you power to become the sons of God
even to them that believe on his name. I'll read it again John 1 12 but as many
as received him to them gave you power to become the sons of God even to them
that believe on his name and that's it. If you're able to memorize all these
verses or at least have the references start there memorize the references
write them down in the Bible you're going to be using to preach the Gospel
with and I promise you once you've got this down pat once you've nailed it down
you're going to have the confidence to give a very clear Gospel presentation
you'll know what to cover okay because the Word of God will be what leads you
to what you're going to be discussing to that person at the door. Now for example
obviously the Gospel is easy you know it's believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved right the Lord Jesus Christ came died on the cross for
our sins was buried and rose again from the dead and it's a matter of putting
your full faith and trust on Jesus Christ his death buried in the
resurrection him alone and that's your way to heaven. Now as someone that's a
Christian as someone that's saved a believer that's very easy for you to
understand right but you must understand that the person you speak to does not
understand you know what's easy to you don't take it for granted the person at
the door will not understand these things. Most people you talk to at the
door if you ask them what do you think it takes to get to heaven they're gonna
tell you be a good person you know keep the Ten Commandments something like this
and they're gonna think they've done you know pretty well that they think
they're gonna get to heaven because of their performance so that's why it's so
important for you to you know have to show them that they're a sinner number
one that they're on their way to hell they're deserving of hell because
they've sinned against God they've offended against God they've broken
God's laws and it's when they realize that they are a sinner and they come
assured of God's glory that they understand that they need a Savior all
right and again people understand that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross
many times I'll say to you yeah he died for my sins he died for the sins of the
whole world but they don't understand how that applies to them personally all
right they don't understand if they try if they think they're gonna be good
enough to get to heaven they don't understand how that fits with Christ
dying for their sins so yes many people understand what Jesus did and that he
was dead for three days and three nights and then he rose again from the dead but
you need to explain to them why he did that for them and once you've explained
to them why he died on the cross for their sins then they'll understand why
salvation is by placing all their faith and trust on Jesus Christ alone and not
upon themselves and not upon their church or their false religion they'll
understand if you've given them a clear presentation of the gospel why they
must put their faith on Jesus Christ alone so again please memorize these
verses at least write down these references in your Bible please memorize
John 3 16 if that's the only verse you're gonna memorize make sure it's
that one and then you're gonna be ready to give a gospel presentation in the
next video what I want to show you is with the verses that we've listed how to
give the gospel from start to finish thank you for your time