The document provides guidance on how to be an effective witness for Christ. It explains that anyone can be a witness by sharing their personal experience of how they came to know Jesus. It also discusses how our lives and sharing our testimony or story of meeting Christ can influence others. Additionally, the document notes that we should not be ashamed of sharing the gospel, as it has the power to bring salvation. Our role as ambassadors of Christ is to urge people to be reconciled to God.

1. ONE TASK
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SESSION 6

2. How did you come to know Jesus? For most of us, it was
because another follower of Christ loved us enough to want us
to know Him too.
Maybe you saw something in that person that made you wonder
why they were different. Maybe they prayed for you, or showed
you special concern. Perhaps at some point they brought you to
where you could meet Christ or shared the message of the
gospel to you personally. However it happened, now you are a
follower of Christ, too!
Now it is your turn! Just like God used someone else in your life
to bring you to Jesus, He wants to use you to do the same. He
has put you exactly where He wants you so you can bring your
family, relatives, friends, classmates, officemates, and
neighbors to Him. Jesus wants you to connect others to Him!

3. EXPLORE
Bless it Forward
Draw four (4) columns on the blank space below.
Think of three blessings you have received from a follower of
Jesus that has brought you closer to Him. On the first column,
identify the giver of the gift. On the second column, specify the
blessing received and how it has
brought you closer to Jesus. On the third column, identify a
person you would like to give the same blessing to. On the last
column, specify how you plan to give the blessing.

4. LEARNING NUGGET
We receive so many blessings each day that we
tend to take these for granted. The greatest
blessing any man, woman and child can
receive is the gift of eternal life in Christ. A
Christ-committed follower has the greatest
privilege of blessing others with the gospel of
Jesus Christ. When we share Christ with
someone else, we give them the opportunity to
also receive the greatest blessing of eternal life
that is found only in Jesus.

5. EXAMINE
I. God’s Heart
9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some
count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
wishing for any to perish but for all to come to
repentance.
Read II Peter 3:9
1. What is God’s desire for those who don’t know
Him?
He wants them not to perish, but to repent so
they can know Him.

6. Read Luke 19:10
10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save
that which was lost.”
2. Why did Jesus come to earth? What does that tell
us about His priorities? How would you compare
your priorities to His?
He came to seek those who are lost. That was
His highest priority. We should have the same
priorities as Jesus has.

7. II. Our Part
Read Acts 1:8
8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
3. What did Jesus promise would happen when
the Holy Spirit came upon them? What would be
the result?
He promised that they would receive
power from the Holy Spirit.
The result would be that they would be
witnesses, telling people everywhere
about Christ.

8. WHAT IS A ‘WITNESS’?
A witness is someone who recounts what they have personally
seen and heard. Some people fear that if they tell people
about Christ, they will not know enough about the Bible to
answer all the questions they may get. So they choose to stay
silent. They say they will just be “silent witnesses.” But God
wants us to tell something about Him.
It is not the job of the witness to know everything. In court, a
witness does not have to be a lawyer or work in a crime lab to
be credible. A witness just needs to accurately recount what
they saw and heard. It is up to the judge
or jury to come to a conclusion based on the eyewitness
testimony.

9. That means anyone is a perfect candidate to be a witness—
and that includes you! Your role is to tell people what you
have experienced – how you met Christ, and what He has
done in your life. People can debate theology or opinions
about the meaning of a Bible passage but they cannot
contest your personal experience. You are an expert when it
comes to sharing about your own life. To be a witness, you
just need to share what God has done in your life – no one
can debate with that!

10. Read Romans 10:13-15
13 for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE
LORD WILL BE SAVED.”
14 How then will they call on Him in whom they
have not believed? How will they believe in
Him whom they have not heard? And how will they
hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach
unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “HOW
BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO [a]BRING
GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!”

11. 4. What do people need to do to be saved?
What is our role in that process?
They need to hear the Word of God and call
upon the name of the Lord. We can be the
person that God uses to tell people about
Christ.

12. HOW CAN YOU BE AN
EFFECTIVE WITNESS FOR CHRIST?
I. Through your life
Read Matthew 5:16
16 Let your light shine before men in such a way
that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father who is in heaven.
5. How should your life affect those around you?
People will glorify the Father when they see
the way we live our lives.

13. II. Through your story
Read John 4:39
39 From that city many of the Samaritans
believed in Him because of the word of the
woman who testified, “He told me all the things
that I have done.”
6. What did the Samaritan woman do after she
met Jesus? What was the result?
She went and told others in her village about
what Christ had done. The result was that many
people believed in Christ because of her
testimony.

14. Sharing Your Story
Paul gives us a good example of how to tell your story. In Acts
26, while Paul was still in prison, he was invited to
speak before King Agrippa. He used the opportunity to tell the
story of his life.
He began by telling about who he was before meeting
Christ – his zealous commitment to Judaism, and his hatred for
Christians. Then he told the story of his conversion –how Jesus
appeared to him on the road to Damascus, and how he
surrendered his life to Christ. Then he told of the changes in his
life after meeting Jesus – how his life was now dedicated to
bringing the gospel of Christ to the whole world.
At the end, King Agrippa was so impacted he said he was
afraid Paul might convert him too!

15. III. Through the gospel
Read Romans 1:16
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it
is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who believes, to the Jew first and
also to the Greek.
7. How did Paul feel about sharing the gospel to
others? How do you feel about sharing about Christ
with others?
Paul was not ashamed of the Gospel because
it has power to bring salvation.

16. Read II Corinthians 5:20
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were making an appeal through us;
we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to
God.
8. What does Paul call us? As ambassadors of Christ,
what are we supposed to do?
Paul calls us ambassadors. As Christ’s
ambassadors, we are to urge people to be
reconciled to God.