The Cause Circle Friendship Challenge Part 3: SHARE

Introduction:

Q. What is one thing that you enjoy telling people about?

Ex. Nintendo

w/ passion

The Gospel

Prayer, Care, Share (quick overview)

Now: SHARE

Body:

Share the Gospel

*Watch video*

Go over steps

G.O.S.P.E.L. Acrostic

1. God created us to be with Him.

Psalm 100:3 NLT

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Q. What does this verse say about being created to be with God?

“he made us, we are his”

Reason for existence

Access to God (Bridge)

Adam and Eve

2. Our sins separate us from God.

Romans 3:23 NLT

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

Q. What does this verse say about being separated from God?

Fall short = separation

Adam and Eve

Bridge falls

EVERYBODY

3. Sins cannot be removed by good deeds.

Isaiah 64:6 NLT

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Q. What does this verse say about sin and good deeds?

Righteous deeds = not enough

Go to church, read Bible, etc.

Not enough for bridge

4. Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again.

Romans 5:8 NLT

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

Q. What does this verse say about Jesus paying for our sins?

Christ died for us (while sinners)

Wages of sin = death

Jesus pays the wage

5. Everyone who trusts in Him alone has eternal life.

John 3:16 NLT

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Q. What does this verse say about people trusting in Jesus and having eternal life?

“Whoever believes”

Fixes the bridge

Q. What does it mean to “trust” or “believe” in Jesus?

To trust Him as Lord.

6. Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever.

John 17:3 NLT

And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

Q. How does this verse indicate that life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever?

“Have” = present tense

“Eternal” = future (infinite)

Don’t have to wait

That’s sharing the GOSPEL

2. Ask if he or she would like to become a Christian

Romans 10:9–10 NLT

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

Can’t force

The Lord reaps; we plant

God brings life

If they say no, continue circle

If they say yes, they begin circle (cyclical)

Conclusion

App

3 friends

This semester

Accept the Challenge

PRAY

Small Group Questions

1. How has praying and caring for your three friends gone so far?

2. What do you think is most helpful about the G.O.S.P.E.L. acrostic when it comes to sharing your faith?

3. What is your greatest fear when it comes to sharing the Gospel with your unsaved friends?

4. What can you do to overcome those fears?

Acts 1:8 (NLT)

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

5. What about this verse is helpful when it comes to sharing our faith?

ANS: The Holy Spirit empowers you to share; rely on Him

6. Out of the friends that you listed, who do you plan on sharing with first?