another little jewel

I thought that I had a copy on my bookshelf, but I am mis-remembering. I probably ran across one in someone else's library. It is a good witnessing tool.

Early on, when I still needed help in witnessing, I marked up my Bible with a series or numbers that lead through the plan of salvation, sort of a "turn to page XXX" deal, where the verses for a salvation plan were underlined.

These days, all that is committed to memory, and I modify my witnessing encounters to deal with the worldview of the person to whom I am sharing.

Also, I have found a "canned" presentation, such as EE, CWT, FAITH, etc., to be less than productive. We can no longer assume that our opening the Bible will actually matter in the initial witness encounter, as many people no longer give the Bible the weight or authority it deserves.

On more than one occasion, I've been stopped cold with a statement like, "I don't give a care for your church or your Bible." At that point, we can either get Arminian and figure that we did not give a great "presentation" and therefore we did not convince the person, or we can get all Calvinistic, and imagine that that person was "not of the elect." In truth, neither may be right. It just may take a different approach, more time, more love and relationship, getting past a sticking point, etc., and using the Bible like a magic incantation, won't help to deal with those sort of issues.

I expect, on this board, to get a little flack for my statement above, but I am a continuous evangelist who often sees people come to faith in the Lord, so I know that I am not off the wall in my approach in any means. I've built churches with the people that I have (with the Lord's grace!) evangelized.

 

The NT and Psalms version is available on Christianbook.com

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KJV Christian Workers New Testament with Psalms

 

I have a copy of the original Open Bible published by Thomas Nelson. It has (a) between the Testaments the section "The Christian Study Outlines and Notes," (2) underlined verses in New Testament to use for witnessing, and (c) "A Guide to Christian Workers" in the back of the Bible before the Concordance.

I have used my Open Bible for many years. I really like it.

...Bob