All posts by BENARD CHIMA

RECEIVED SALVATION

WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO HAVE SALVATION.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (NKJV)

Romans 10:9-11,13 – Confess and believe that Jesus is Lord (NKJV)

Romans 2:13 – For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (KJV)

John 17:3 – The way to have internal life is to know the only true God… (NLT, NKJV)

Amos 5:6,14 – Aim your life at doing the right thing (NLT, GBN)

John 3:3 – you must be born again
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (KJV)

ABOUT BEING BORN AGAIN
John 3:1-6 – Unless one is born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (NKJV)

2 Corinthians 5:17 – Old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new (KJV)

Ephesians 4:17-32 – The new life in Christ.

Ephesians 5:1-20 – Living in the light of new life as a child of God

Colossians 3:1-17 – Living the new life

1 John 5:3-4 – Living without sin is no longer a struggle! Keeping God’s commandments is not difficult at all to the new man because, he is now a child of God, and obeying God becomes part of him

1 John 3:8-9 – Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him (NKJV)

1 John 5:18 – We know that none of God’s children keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe (GNB)

GOD NEVER CHANGES
Hebrews 6:17-18 – God cannot change His purpose for what He has promised and vowed to do

Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance (KJV)

Numbers 23:19 – God is not a man that He should lie (NIV)

Psalms 89:33-35 – God has promised not to fail in His promises.

1 Samuel 15:29 – God doesn’t change His mind. (NLT)

2 Timothy 2:13 – God is always faithful even when we are not (NLT)

1 Samuel 15:29 – God is not a man, he does not change his mind.

Romans 4:21 – Abraham was sure that God would be able to do what he had promised.

DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED – JOY AHEAD
Hebrews 12:2 – Jesus did not give up the cross because of the joy that was waiting for Him.

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 – Temporary trials we suffer will bring us glory at last.

2 Samuel 16:10-12 –
Commit your oppressions/Affliction to God and He will bless you in return.

Job 8:7 – All the wealth you lost will be nothing compared with what God will give you then (GNB)

James 1:2-4 – Count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations; enduring in patience will later make you perfect in all things, lacking nothing.

Hebrews 6:10-12 – God is not unfair! He will surely pay you back.

Romans 8:18 – What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory that God will reveal to us.

DO NOT BE HOT-TEMPERED / KEEP GRUDGES
Ecclesiastes 7:9 – It is a foolish thing to be angry and keep grudges (GNB)

Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God (KJV)

Proverbs 14:29; 15:18; 22:24 – Hot temper (NLT)

Proverbs 29:22 – People with quick tempers cause a lot of quarrelling and trouble (GNB)

THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
Romans 6:23 – The wages of sin is death.

Jeremiah 15:1-3 – Sometimes God allows punishment on sinners.

Acts 5:2-5, 9-11 – Ananias and Sapphira’s deaths.

Matthew 26:52 – Those who kill by the sword will die by it

Genesis 2:17 – Except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day (GNB)

Romans 5:12 – Sin came into the world through one man, and his sin brought death with it. As a result, death has spread to the whole human race because everyone has sinned (GNB)

THERE IS ALWAYS IN ABUNDANCE TO THOSE WHO CARE FOR THE NEEDY
Proverbs 28:27 – He who gives to the poor will lack nothing (NIV)

Proverbs 19:17 – If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord and He will repay you! (NLT)

Luke 6:30, 38 – Give, and it shall be given to you in full measure.

Acts 20:35 – It is more blessed to give than to receive (NIV)

Job 41:11 – Giving is like lending to God who will pay you back.

Isaiah 58:7-10, 14 – Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless.

Deuteronomy 15:10 – God rewards free and unselfish giving.

Proverbs 11:24-25 – some people spend their money freely and still grow richer…Be generous, and you will prosper (GNB)

Proverbs 14:31 – If you oppress the poor, you insult the God who made them (GNB).

HE LOOKETH UNTO THE HEART
1 Samuel 16:7 – He looketh unto the heart

1 Corinthians 3:20 – God knows the thoughts of men

Jeremiah 7:11 – God’s temple is the heart; He knows what you do

Isaiah 29:15-16 – You cannot hide your plans from God

John 2:24-25 – There was no need for anyone to tell him about them, because he himself knew what was in their minds(GNB)

EVANGELISM GUARD

MINISTRATION GUARDS


I would like to pen down a few guidelines I feel are worth considering during ministration.

➡️First, have the Christ-like passion for the unsaved souls.

➡️Prepare fully with the word of God before ministering.

➡️Try to know/greet the people you minister to by their names.

➡️Take them as your own disciples unto Christ.
Be ready to listen to their physical/material needs as

➡️you are led of God.
Be encouraged to re-visit/follow-up after ministration.
Include them in your prayers.

➡️As you study your bible quietly, jot down ministration topics/scriptures so that you can be ready to minister anytime.

➡️Pray that God will go ahead to “possess the land” for you before embarking on any evangelism work (Psalms 2:8; Matt. 12:29).

➡️Preach that, “All have sinned” (Rom. 3:23).

➡️Preach that, “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom.5:8).

➡️Take yourself in the position of the people you are ministering to (1 Cor. 9:19-23).

➡️Take notice of their level of understanding/assimilation.

➡️Explain scriptures that may not be clear in their ears before preaching.
Preach the gospel in humility.

➡️Use simpler versions of the bible where necessary.

➡️Be grammar conscious.
Be friendly so to ease their minds as they listen to you.

➡️Paint to them the good picture of Christianity so they can develop love for God.

➡️Open up your old life to them and how you got changed. Share your experience, which may give them hope to change.

➡️Be not too spiritual! They will eventually get to this level with time; so that you do not scare them away with Christian acts such as this.

➡️Be not overwhelmed with speaking in tongues, except that it will profit the ministration at that moment. – 1 Cor. 14:2-5.

➡️You must not administer alter call, except it becomes necessary and will profit the
ministration at that moment.

➡️You can lead them to Christ when necessary – individually or as a group.

➡️Do not place yourself better than them, thereby condemning them.

➡️Preach that no one is perfect except God – we’re all striving for perfection.

➡️Encourage them to attend any bible-believing church.

➡️Do not dwell much on church denomination.

➡️Do not take the doctrine of your church denomination as a standard of measurement.

➡️Take the bible as your authority and standard.
Preach Jesus as the perfect example.

➡️Do not impose payment of tithes on them at this level – they will understand it bye and bye.

➡️Encourage them to acquire and read the bible daily.

EVANGELISM PLANS (ONE)

BIBLE VERSE GOOD FOR EVANGELISM
 
TOPICS; GOD’S GLORY

EVANGELISM BIBLE VERSES

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his hand work. Psalms 19:1
You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Leviticus 19:2
Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. Revelation 4:11
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30

TOPICS: MAN’S SIN

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalm 51:5

your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. Isaiah 59:2

None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.  All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Romans 3:10-12.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. Romans 3:19

everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:15

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. James 2:10

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment Hebrews 9:27

CHRIST’S ATONEMENT 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. John 3:36

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21

TOPICS:CONVERSION

Me, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom1 of God. John 3:3
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.  John 1:12
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  John 14:6
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:23
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Luke 13:3
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

TOPICS:ETERNAL LIFE 

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

John 6:37
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:12-13

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.  Romans 8:16

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17.

(1) Romans 3:23 – Every person has sinned and is therefore separated from God.

(2) Romans 6:23 – We have earned an eternal death penalty because of our sin.

(3) John 3:16-18 – We were under condemnation, but because God loves us so much, He sent Jesus to provide a way of salvation.

(4) Romans 5:8 – God showed His love for us by sending Jesus to die for us.

(5) 2 Corinthians 5:21 – Sinless Jesus, took our sin, so we could have His righteousness.

(6) 1 Peter 3:18 – Jesus, who was completely righteous, died for us, the unrighteous, so He could bring us to God.

(7) Ephesians 2:8-10 – We cannot do anything to earn our salvation. God saves us by His grace through faith in Christ.

(8) Romans 10:9-10 – We are saved through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus.

John 14:6 – Jesus is the way to God the Father.

Acts 4:12 – Jesus is the only name that can save us.

Hebrew9:27 it is appointed unto man once to die, after this, the judgement.

Isaiah 1:18 Come now let’s reason together, says the lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson,they shall be like crimson.

Revelation 3:20 behold I stand at the door and knock and if anyone’s hear my voice and open it I will come and eat with him.

John 3:3-Jesus said unto him,verily,verily,I say unto thee,except a man be born again,he cannot the kingdom of God. Roman3:23 for all have sinned,and come short of the glory of God.

2Corinthins 5:17 if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things become new…..

Matthew 11 28 come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

(2 Cor. 7:1) Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Isaiah 43:25) I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins Amen

2Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,and will heal their land.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ephesians 1:4.
4. Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:2

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)

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord , “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18)

John 14 :6 Jesus said to him,I am the way,and the truth and the life.No one comes to the father except through me.

John 11:25 “I am the resurrection & the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.