How to Witness to Anyone: A Guide to Effective Evangelism

by R. A. Torrey

Overview

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,” Jesus commanded His disciples. Anyone who is committed to bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to the world hears dozens of excuses and objects.
This easy-to-use handbook quickly points to the Scriptures that answer the questions and settle the doubts of people who have not yet met Christ.
Compiled by R. A. Torrey, one of the greatest evangelists of modern times, this valuable ministry tool will teach you how to:

• Become a successful soulwinner
• Use God’s Word to answer difficult questions
• Show the self-righteous their need of God
• Help believers mature in Christ

 In addition, you will find helpful soul-winning hints and faith-strengthening Scriptures. The limitless power of the Word of God is available to help you become an effective worker in the harvest field of this world.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780883681701
Publisher:	Whitaker House
Publication date:	01/01/1986
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.19(w) x 6.88(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

R. A. TORREY (1856–1928) is respected as one of the greatest evangelists of modern times. After his graduation from Yale Divinity School, he was selected by D. L. Moody to become the first dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Dr. Torrey spent the years of 1903–1905 in worldwide revival campaigns, winning thousands of souls to Jesus Christ. He continued worldwide crusades for the next fifteen years while he served as the dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and pastored the Church of the Open Door in that city.

Read an Excerpt

Chapter 1 You Can Be a SoulwinnerCertain requirements must be fulfilled for real success in leading lost souls to Christ. Fortunately, these are few and simple, and anyone can meet them.

First, be a born-again believer. If you desire to bring others to Christ, you must turn away from all sin, worldliness, and selfishness, allowing Jesus to be Lord over your entire life.

Second, truly love others and long for their salvation. If you have no love for other souls, your efforts will be mechanical and powerless; however, if you, like Paul, have great heaviness and continual pain in your heart for the unsaved (Rom. 9:2), the earnestness in your tone and manner will impress even the most uninterested person. Furthermore, you will be watching for opportunities to tell people about Jesus.

Third, have a working knowledge of the Bible. The Word of God is the "sword of the Spirit" (Eph. 6:17), which God uses to convict people of sin, to reveal Christ, and to regenerate the lost. You must use the Bible to bring people to Christ.

Fourth, pray frequently. Pray about whom you should speak to, what you should say, and that you will speak powerfully.

Fifth, be baptized in the Holy Spirit. After Jesus gave His disciples the Great Commission, He told them: "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).

The next two chapters contain promises from God’s Word that explain His plan of salvation. Several chapters that follow give specific verses to answer the many objections that unbelievers have to God’s plan. Then, there are chapters containing verses to help the new believer to become stronger and to weather difficult times. The final chapter gives valuable hints for you, the soulwinner.

Table of Contents

IntroductionYou Can Be a SoulwinnerThe Promise of SalvationDealing with the OpenheartedDealing with DifficultiesDealing with the Self-RighteousDealing with the Uncertain and with BackslidersDealing with SkepticsDealing with ObjectionsSpecial Texts for Special PeopleBecoming a Mature BelieverStrength for Difficult TimesHelpful Soul-Winning HintsAbout the Author