The Basics of Sharing your Faith

The Basics of Sharing your Faith
Pastor Blake Hanson | 12.20.23

 Matthew 28:19–20 (NLT)

19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

people are interested in you.  

Acts 26:1–3 (NLT)

1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak in your defense.” So Paul, gesturing with his hand, started his defense: 

2 “I am fortunate, King Agrippa, that you are the one hearing my defense today against all these accusations made by the Jewish leaders, 

3 for I know you are an expert on all Jewish customs and controversies. Now please listen to me patiently!

a bridge of connection to your audience. 

Acts 26:9–11 (NLT)

9 “I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene. 

10 Indeed, I did just that in Jerusalem. Authorized by the leading priests, I caused many believers there to be sent to prison. And I cast my vote against them when they were condemned to death. 

11 Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus. I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.

your conversion story. 

Acts 26:12–16 (NLT)

12 “One day I was on such a mission to Damascus, armed with the authority and commission of the leading priests. 

13 About noon, Your Majesty, as I was on the road, a light from heaven brighter than the sun shone down on me and my companions. 

14 We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is useless for you to fight against my will.’ 

15 “ ‘Who are you, lord?’ I asked. “And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting. 

16 Now get to your feet! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and witness. Tell people that you have seen me, and tell them what I will show you in the future.

Acts 26:17–18 (NLT)

17 And I will rescue you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am sending you to the Gentiles 

18 to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’

the difference Jesus has made in your life. 

Acts 26:19 (NLT)

19 “And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.

Acts 26:22 (NLT)

22 But God has protected me right up to this present time so I can testify to everyone, from the least to the greatest. I teach nothing except what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

an invitation to know Jesus. 

Acts 26:24 (NLT)

24 Suddenly, Festus shouted, “Paul, you are insane. Too much study has made you crazy!”

Acts 26:25–26 (NLT)

25 But Paul replied, “I am not insane, Most Excellent Festus. What I am saying is the sober truth. 

26 And King Agrippa knows about these things. I speak boldly, for I am sure these events are all familiar to him, for they were not done in a corner!

Acts 26:27–29 (NLT)

27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do—” 

28 Agrippa interrupted him. “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?” 

29 Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.”

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