Evangelism Tips with Damon Hinkle-CMAW146

What You'll Hear:

• After getting saved, Damon prayed and wanted to evangelize the way the Bible says to
• Gifted evangelists naturally without any training go out and evangelize and develop over time their techniques
• Most people who say this is not their gift, it's an excuse not to go out and share the Gospel
• Tracts is one of the easier ways to evangelize because you're giving them the Gospel in a written form in a smaller form.
• A tract can get somewhere we cannot.  
• Whenever I receive a no-postage required envelope I throw in a gospel tract and send it.
• Tracts are great if you're shy and introverted, or if you're in a hurry
• Most people who are against tracts aren't evangelizing in other ways besides their lifestyle
• It's the Gospel message that separates from other religions
• We're supposed to be faithful and God brings the increase
• We should be nice as well as share the good news, in some circumstances we can't do both
• Be mindful who you're talking with, don't give a money tract to someone who's homeless or in a restaurant
• Today we have a tendency to assume things without asking questions, but we should ask a lot of questions
• You don't have to build a friendship with a person to evangelize.  His goal is not to fellowship or get them to church but to share the Gospel, what if they die while you're waiting to fellowship?
• See www.tractplanet.com or www.livingwaters.com (Ray Comfort)
• Relationships take time, you can get overwhelmed just thinking about that
• If he senses that it's not going anywhere, he takes people to the law and leaves them there.  For example, he uses springboards or questions, like "what do you think happens when we die?".  It exposes their worldview.
• If they're hostile to God in response, he doesn't give them the Gospel because Jesus said not to cast pearls before swine.
• Without God we don't have a standard for morality
• We are made in the image of God.
• You're trying to put the battery back in the smoke detector to wake them up with the alarm, awakening their conscience
• If we just tell them that God loves them, why should they make a change and come to repentance?  By saying that, we're only focusing on one attribute of God
• Just like a painting bears witness to a painter, creation bears witness to a Creator
• At work, you have to be mindful that you are being paid for your time, but also note that people are talking about all sorts of things in the workplace
• Since we're commanded to share the Gospel, we don't have to wait for the Holy Spirit to convict us
• Questions are not offensive, because it leads to the other person to feeling like they're in control of the conversation, you'll feel like you're developing a relationship with them
• A question pulls out their worldview and it causes them to reflect on their on views
• See book called "Tactics", if someone makes a truth claim they have a responsibility to defend that claim
• contact Damon through the Abolitionist Society of Thomasville and an email tasot.inc@gmail.com 
• Be faithful and do what God has called us to do.