Conducting The
Study
1) Be on time.
2) Take a silent partner with you. You
or your silent partner should be a
woman if you are studying with a
woman.
3) Be sure to eliminate any distractions or
disturbances. Take a baby
sitter if needed.
4) Be sure to take enough studies, pencils,
paper, Bibles.
5) Each one in the study should have his own
lesson to answer. All need
to put their names on their lesson
sheets.
6) A good place to study is the kitchen or
dining table.
7) Start with a prayer.
8) King James, American Standard, NKJV, or
NASV are preferable with
this study, but have the individual to use his own
Bible regardless of
the version.
9) You might ask them, "Do you accept the
Bible as the word of God?" &
"Do you want to go to Heaven?" "John,
if you discover something in
our study of God's word that you haven't done,
would you be willing to
change and do what God says?"
10) You might stress that "We want to
speak where the Bible speaks
and remain silent where the Bible is silent and
let the scriptures
speak to us as to what God wants us to do."
11) Tell them that if they do not
understand something or have questions
to let you know.
12) Have the individual and his or her spouse
do all the reading of
scripture. Involve the individual in the study as
much as possible.
Don't quote or read scripture to him. This can
provoke arguments.
Allowing the individual to read the truths,
especially from his own
Bible will help hold his attention and have more of an
impact on him.
13) Do not skip any scriptures or questions
and do not proceed until
agreement with scriptures is gained. If he
answers the question
wrong have him to re-read the scripture and ask, "What
does the
Bible say?"
14) Use illustrations and explanations to
help emphasize the point.
15) Do not preach to him, but let the Bible
give the answers. Never
apologize for the truth or express regret or
excuse for what the Bible
says as if we are half ashamed of it. We
should never be ashamed
to talk to a friend or acquaintance concerning his
soul, Christ, and
the gospel.
16) Don't argue - you will always
lose. We should never get angry or
argumentative when discussing a
religious point with others. We
read in 2 Timothy 2:24,
"The servant of the Lord must not strive; but
be gentle unto all
men, apt to teach, patient." When asked
questions, try as much as
possible to say, "Let’s see what the Bible
says."
17) Always show sincere concern and
interest. If we do all the talking in
the study, we will fail to get the
other person's viewpoint. If we will let
him express himself, we can
work at the problem from his point of
view and not from our own. If we
will not listen to him, how can we
expect him to listen to us.
18) Do not allow the one you are studying
with to get off of the lesson.
"Don't chase rabbits."
19) This study can be covered in one, two,
three, or four study
appointments although three is best.
20) With this study you don’t have to
remember a lot of scriptures.
21) If a person believes that his sins were
taken away before his
baptism and that he was saved before his baptism, then
he still has
all of his sins and he is still lost. The lost must
understand it is at
baptism that God forgives us of all of our sins,
gives us salvation,
and makes us one in Christ.
22) This study involves the individual,
and teaches the individual what he
must do to be saved, that denominationalism
is wrong, that the Lord
only established His one church, and what God expects
of an
individual when he becomes a Christian. Keep three things in
mind:
1. The one who has not obeyed the gospel is lost,
2. The
gospel is God's power to save the lost,
3. We are the vessels through
which the gospel is carried to the
lost.
23) In winning souls we seek by studying
God's word to
1. Arouse within the lost the realization of their lost
condition.
2. Guide them into an understanding of God's plan of
salvation.
3. Excite within them a desire for this salvation.
No
work requires so much patience and perseverance as soul
winning. We have
the greatest message the world has ever known.
Millions are searching
for it. They have not found it but have become
bogged down in
denominationalism, worldly pleasures, sin, etc.
Many would gladly give
these up for the pure gospel of Christ if they
only knew.
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Copyright © 2005 Ron Boatwright
