HOW TO LEAD SOMEONE TO JESUS PART 10 OF 10

Text- Acts 8:26-40

INTRODUCTION

TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONCLUDE OUR STUDY ON THE TOPIC OF BECOMING A FISHER OF MEN.

LAST SUNDAY ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, BROTHER JUAN CARLOS IN THE SPANISH DEPARTMENT, INVITED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY TO ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES WITH HIM.  WHEN THE INVITATION WAS GIVEN 8 OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WERE SAVED.

THE CARLOS CHILDREN FIRST STARTED COMING TO OUR CHURCH AS A RESULT OF OUR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL.

EVENTUALLY THEY BROUGHT THEIR PARENTS WHO ACCEPTED THE LORD AND WERE BAPTIZED BY OUR CHURCH.

NOW, 8 MORE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY HAVE BEEN SAVED.

THE SUBJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER TONIGHT IS, “HOW TO LEAD SOMEONE TO THE LORD.”

DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO HELP CHRISTIANS LEAD LOST PEOPLE TO CHRIST.

ONE METHOD IS CALLED THE “ROMAN ROAD” WHICH USES VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

ANOTHER METHOD INTRODUCED BY BILL BRIGHT OF CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTRODUCED A METHOD CALLED, “FOUR THINGS GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW” WHICH USED THE SAME BASIC OUTLINE AS THE ROMAN ROAD BUT DIFFERENT VERSES.

THE PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR JAMES KENNEDY CREATED A PLAN CALLED, “EVANGELISM EXPLOSION.”

BUT I WONDER, HOW DID THE EARLY CHURCH AND APOSTLES EVER LEAD SOMEONE TO CHRIST WITHOUT ONE OF THESE METHODS?

THEY NEVER HAD A CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE THEY COULD GO TO BUY A BOOK ON HOW TO LEAD SOMEONE TO JESUS.

THEY DIDN’T EVEN HAVE THE NEW TESTAMENT TO CARRY AROUND WITH THEM IN ORDER TO QUOTE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

PERHAPS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW SOMEONE IN THE BIBLE LEAD A LOST PERSON TO JESUS IS FOUND IN ACTS 8:26-40 WHERE WE FIND PHILIP THE EVANGELIST LEADING THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH TO CHRIST.

AS WE STUDY THIS PASSAGE THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER ABOUT HOW TO LEAD SOMEONE TO JESUS.