Have You Met Jesus?
Introduce others to Jesus!
1. Notice people seeking
2. Share your life
3. Invite personal encounters
4. Welcome hard questions
Discussion questions available here.
Introduce others to Jesus!
1. Notice people seeking
What do people look for?
- Happiness/satisfaction – I want to enjoy
- Meaning/success – I want to matter
- Acceptance/companionship – I want to be liked
- Security/peace – I want to be OK
The fulfillment: Jesus has come; let us come to Him!
2. Share your life
What does life with Jesus look like?
Jesus demonstrated hospitality and invited the disciples into His life.
We also can demonstrate Jesus by knowing others and being known by them.
Evangelize not as a passerby but as a participant!
3. Invite personal encounters
We all must find out about Jesus for ourselves!
Jesus uses us to call others to follow Him.
- Who is He?
- How did you meet Him?
- How has He impacted you?
Who can you invite?
4. Welcome hard questions
What makes someone skeptical?
- Incredible claims of the Bible
- Misunderstanding
- Pain in life
- Cost of following
Good hard questions:
- Protect against false belief
- Enable careful consideration
- Build bridges for understanding