How to Testify...

(Taken from SOBE, Lesson 31)

Sadly, many modern converts miss the evangelistic target when they share their testimony. They say things like, “I was into drugs, etc., but Jesus filled my heart with joy.” Rather, structure your testimony to preach sin, righteousness, and judgment.

Here is a suggested way to compose your testimony:

1. Learn how to include the spiritual nature of the Ten Commandments in your testimony. (“I never understood what sin was until I looked at the Ten Commandments...”)

2. State that nothing is hidden from God—He sees even the thought-life.

3. Stress the reality of the Day of Judgment.

4. Preach the cross, repentance, and faith. (“Then I understood why He died. He was bruised for my iniquities,” etc.)

5. Explain that you weren’t “converted by the Bible” but by the power of the gospel. Emphasize that you now know the Bible is true, because when you obeyed the gospel you were transformed—taken from darkness into light, born again, a new creature with a new heart and new desires. The Bible came alive because you now have God’s Holy Spirit living in you, who leads you into all truth