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Posted By Larry Moyer On June 29, 2011
EvanTell’s Bad News Good News approach [1] to presenting the gospel that is presented in our May I Ask You a Question booklet has been very helpful to many. Believers have found it to be very effective when presenting the gospel to the lost.
I’ve been asked, “Suppose you are talking to a Jewish person who only accepts the Old Testament. How could you present Bad News Good News from the Old Testament?” These would be the main points and the verses I would use:
[2]Bad News #1 – We are all sinners
(Ecclesiastes 7:20) For there is not a just man on earth, who does good And does not sin.
(Ecclesiastes 7:20) For there is not a just man on earth, who does good And does not sin.
Bad News #2 – The penalty of sin is death
(Ezekiel 18:4) Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul that sins shall die.
(Ezekiel 18:4) Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul that sins shall die.
Good News #1 – Christ (the Messiah) died for you
(Isaiah 53:6) All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
(Isaiah 53:6) All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Good News #2 – You can be saved through faith
(Genesis 15:6) And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
(Genesis 15:6) And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
The good news of Jesus Christ is the same, but you can easily use verses from the Old Testament to walk through a gospel presentation such as the Bad News Good News approach. One can see that the entirety of Scripture points to Jesus; He truly is central to the message within the Bible.
The method can change (and yes, even the Scripture verses referred to), but the message is the same:”Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead.”
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