THE SECRET TO BOLDNESS PART 9 OF 10

TEXT- 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-8

INTRODUCTION

LAST SUNDAY NIGHT WE LOOKED AT WHAT IT MEANS TO PRAY EVANGELISTICALLY AND LEARNED THAT IT INVOLVES FIVE THINGS.

A. PRAYING FOR THE RIGHT KIND OF CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL SO THE PERSON WON’T BE DISTRACTED WHEN YOU ARE WITNESSING TO THEM.
B. PRAYING FOR GOD TO SEND WORKERS INTO THE HARVEST WHO ARE WILLING TO WITNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST AND HAVE GIFTS THAT CAN BE USED EVANGELISTICALLY.
C. PRAYING FOR GOD TO OPEN A DOOR FOR EVANGELISM AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WITNESSING TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST.
D. PRAY FOR BOLDNESS TO SAY THE RIGHT THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
E. PRAY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT JESUS AND BE SAVED.

TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE FOURTH POINT AND LEARN WHAT THE SECRET IS TO BEING BOLD IN WITNESSING TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AFRAID TO TELL SOMEONE ABOUT JESUS?

YOU WANTED TO PRESENT THE GOSPEL TO HIM SO YOU PONDERED IT, PRAYED ABOUT IT AND PLANNED.

WHEN YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WERE LIKE THE LITTLE BOY IN THE CHURCH PLAY WHO AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT WAS TO BOUNCE ON THE STAGE AND SAY, “IT IS I. BE NOT AFRAID.” BUT WHEN THE MOMENT OF TRUTH ARRIVED, HE APPEARED ON THE STAGE AND PROCLAIMED, “IT’S ME, AND I’M SCARED TO DEATH!”

HOW DOES ONE BECOME BOLD IN WITNESSING TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST?

IS IT JUST A MATTER OF A PERSON’S PERSONALITY OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE GIFT OF EVANGELISM?

PERHAPS THE BOLDEST WITNESS IN THE BIBLE IS THE APOSTLE PAUL.

HE TELLS US IN OUR TEXT THAT THERE WERE THREE WAYS TO BECOME A BOLD WITNESS FOR GOD.