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How To Share The Gospel

Jonathan Pickens

Passion City Church • Apr 6, 2025 • 37 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Pickens highlights the essential responsibility every believer has to share the gospel. Drawing from Colossians 4:2–6, he explains that sharing faith is not an optional suggestion but a direct command from Jesus that requires devoted prayer, wise living, and intentional speech. Believers are encouraged to rely on the Holy Spirit, live lives that reflect God's love, and boldly tell others how Jesus transformed their lives.

Themes

Evangelism and WitnessingDevotional PrayerSpiritual AlertnessWisdom in Christian ConductGracious SpeechGod's Mercy and Salvation

Pastor's Points

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1. Pray: The Holy Spirit is the greatest evangelist

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2. Walk in wisdom

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3. Speak

Key Points

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Sharing the gospel is an explicit command given by Jesus to make disciples, not an optional activity for Christians.
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Believers must engage in a consistent rhythm of prayer because God's people need God's divine power and equipping to fulfill His work.
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Reflecting on God's mercy—remembering that we were spared the eternal judgment we deserved—produces deep gratitude that makes us spiritually alert to the lost around us.
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Effective prayer shifts our priorities away from personal comfort and preferences toward advancing the gospel mission in every area of life.
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Christians are called to walk in wisdom toward non-believers, ensuring that daily actions and conduct do not contradict the message of Christ.
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Unconditional and unexplainable love from believers can soften hardened hearts and overcome intellectual barriers when arguments fail.
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Believers are commanded to actively speak and share the gospel graciously and winsomely rather than making excuses to remain silent.

Sermon Moments

“If you consider yourself to be saved by God, then you must also consider yourself to be sent by God.”

“God's people need God's power to do God's work. You can't do what God's asked you to do without the God who equips you to do it.”

“Mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve. What we deserved was eternal punishment, and that gratitude stirs in us a sense of being alert.”

“No one wants a gospel that we speak with our mouth but forsake with our life.”

“While logical arguments won't always win hearts, often times a love that doesn't make sense will.”

“God can't use your words if we won't use our words.”

“God is not asking you to be eloquent; He's inviting you to be honest.”

“It is not weird for you to tell other people about Jesus. It is very weird if you have been literally dead and brought back to life, indwelt by the living God, and yet remain silent.”

This Week

Devote daily time to a consistent rhythm of prayer, asking God for open doors and boldness to share the gospel.

Cultivate spiritual alertness by regularly reflecting on God's mercy and salvation in your own life with gratitude.

Align your prayers for your family, career, and circumstances with God's primary mission of gospel advancement.

Audit your daily conduct and interactions with non-believers to ensure your life consistently reflects Christ's love and wisdom.

Prepare your personal testimony using a simple three-part structure: life before Christ, encountering Jesus, and life transformed by Him.

Look for natural, everyday opportunities to initiate gospel conversations with neighbors, co-workers, family members, or service workers.

Use practical steps like offering to pray for restaurant servers or hosting non-believing friends for dinner to build bridges for faith conversations.

Remember This

Because Jesus saves, believers are called and empowered to pray, walk in wisdom, and boldly speak the gospel to a world in need of eternal hope.

A Challenge for You

Focus first on loving and enjoying Jesus, because when your heart is truly captivated by Him, sharing His love with a dying world flows naturally out of that joy.

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