Verity Fellowship Workshop May 7, 2016 Kari Felten Gospel Ministry for Others 1. Introduction & Prayer 2. The importance of knowing the Gospel when we minister to others. a. Define the Gospel b. Misinterpretations of the Gospel c. What hinders you from ministering to others? 3. Before & After - Biblical proof of men & women who were transformed by hearing the gospel. a. Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10 b. Woman at the Well John 4:1-30 c. Paul Acts 9:17-19 (story of his conversion) d. Paralyzed Man Mark 2:1-12 4. The ripple effect of the gospel in our lives. a. Changes our affections toward Christ b. Changes our affections toward others c. Changes our purpose for life d. Changes our place in this world e. Changes our focus and responses to trials 5. Personal Before & After Experiences 6. The freedom we find in the Holy Spirit when we minister to others. a. We are not the Savior. We don t get to, or need to, be the Holy Spirit. Christ ministers through us, not because of us. b. John 15:1-11 nourishment c. Practical ways to stay nourished 7. Questions & Sharing 8. Closing Prayer Book Recommendations Gospel Identity, Gospel Love, Gospel Growth by World Harvest Mission Saving Grace by C. John Miller Everyday Prayers by Scotty Smith The Gospel Story Bible, Long Story Short, Old Story New by Marty Machowski
God s Promises and Truths OLD TESTAMENT Genesis 50:20 Joseph said, You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,... Deuteronomy 31:8 It is the Lord who goes before you, he will be with you, he will be with you, he will not fail you or forsake you, do not fear or be dismayed. Joshua 1:9 you go.... Be strong and of good courage, be not frightened, neither be dismayed, for the Lord you God is with you wherever 2 Chronicles 20:12... For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee. 2 Chronicles 20:17 You will not need to fight in this battle, take your position, stand still, and see the victory of the Lord on your behalf,... Fear not, and be not dismayed, tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you. Nehemiah 8:10b... the joy of the Lord is your strength. Psalm 34:4-7,10,17-19 I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. Look to him and be radiant, so your faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord and camps around those who fear him, and delivers them. The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psalm 37:1-8 Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good, so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of you heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him and he will act. He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday. Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him, fret not yourself over him who prospers his way, over the man who carries out evil devices. Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not yourself, it tends only to evil. Psalm 42:11 But O my soul, don t be discouraged. Don t be upset. Expect God to act. For I know that I shall again have plenty of reason to praise him for all that he will do. He is my help. He is my God. Psalm 50:14-15 What I want from you is your true thanks, I want your promises fulfilled. I want you to trust me in your times of trouble, so I can rescue you, and you can give me glory. Psalm 55:22 Psalm 56:3-4 do to me? Psalm 62:5 Psalm 94:19 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you, he will never permit the righteous to be moved. When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without fear. What can flesh For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul. Proverbs 3:4-8 If you want favor with both God and man, and a reputation for good judgment and common sense, then trust the Lord completely, don t ever trust yourself. In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success. Don t be conceited, sure of your own wisdom. Instead, trust and reverence the Lord, and turn your back on evil, when you do that, then you will be given renewed health and vitality. Isaiah 26:3 Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee. Isaiah 40:27-31 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God? Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall fain and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 41:9-10 You whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off, fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed for I am your God, I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:13 For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand, it is I who says to you, Fear not, I will help you. Isaiah 58:11 And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you, says the Lord... Jeremiah 32:17 O Lord God! You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power, nothing is too hard for you! Habakkuk 3:17-19 Though the fig tree does not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. God the Lord is my strength, he makes my feet like hinds feet, he makes me tread upon my high places. Zechariah 4:6.... Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. NEW TESTAMENT Matthew 11:28 Matthew 19:26 Matthew 28:20 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.... with God all things are possible.... lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. John 14:1 John 14:27 John 15:7 You must not let yourselves be distressed, you must hold on to your faith in God and to your faith in me. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you,... Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. John 16:33 I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. Romans 8:18 Romans 8:28 I consider that the suffering of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of you mind. Then you will be able ot test and approve what God s will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will. 1 Corinthians 2:9... No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out. If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him. 2 Corinthians 1:3,4,7 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:8b-9 At that time we were completely overwhelmed, the burden was more than we could bear, in fact we told ourselves that this was the end. Yet we believe now that we had this experience of coming to the end of our tether that we might learn to trust, not in ourselves, but in God who can raise the dead.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 This is the reason that we never collapse. The outward man does indeed suffer wear and tear, but every day the inward man receives fresh strength. These little troubles, which are really so transitory, are winning for us a permanent, glorious and solid reward out of all proportion to our pain. For we are looking all the time not at the visible things but at the invisible. The visible things are transitory, it is the invisible things that are really permanent. 2 Corinthians 10:5... take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 12:9... My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Galatians 1:10 Am I now seeking the favor of men, or God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ. Ephesians 6:10... be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Ephesians 3:20 Now glory be to God who by His mighty power at work within us is able to do far more that we would ever dare to ask or even dream of... Ephesians 6:13-17 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Philippians 3:20-21 But our homeland is in heaven, with our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven, and we are looking forward to His return form there. When he comes back He will take these dying bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like His own... Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:8 I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ. Philippians 3:10 That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings. Philippians 3:13-14... but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 Delight yourselves in the Lord, yes find your joy in him at all times... and never forget the nearness of your Lord. Don t worry over anything whatever, tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer, and the peace of God, which transcends human understanding, will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:11 Philippians 4:13... for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Colossians 3:12-17 Put on then, as God s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 4:2 Don t be weary in prayer, keep at it watch for God s answers and remember to be thankful when they come. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Timothy 6:15... God, who is the blessed controller of all things,... 2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control. Hebrews 12:1b-2... let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus...
Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled. Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your life free form love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, I will never fail you nor forsake you. Hence we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid, what can man do to me? James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of you faith produces steadfastness. James 1:12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. James 4:7-8 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you... 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so far as you share Christ s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.