Personal Evangelism 101: Man's Condition

I remember hearing that song for the first time. When I first

got saved, I started listening to. I'd

of concerts. And then when I got saved,

I started listening to. I was introduced

to the cathedral quartet. Hot dog boy,

up before I jump to the next section.

And we're going to do something, actually,

on the back counter by the bookstore

if you want to grab one. We're going to

three. We only have six sections, and it

we'll get finished. We will get finished

with it. And if we get finished sooner,

I'm not going to go over the whole thing.

you shall surely die. And while he did

And the curse set in. But his spirit

died. And that part of man that God used

So man's innate ability to communicate

with God was gone. And because man's spirit

and completely depraved. We talked about.

a vacuum in their heart. And a lot

of times I've heard preachers and people

It's not a God created vacuum. It's a

is more to life than what they are presently

the Bible when it says none. There's

none that seek after God. No, not one.

he drew you to him. And God does use

not by corruptible seed. So this is why.

That's why we knock doors. That's why we

for I am not ashamed of the gospel of

To the jew first, and also to the greek,

the father which hath sent me. Draw him.

through other people, and through the word

it is hid to them that are lost in whom

the minds of them which believe not.

And then secondly, he works so hard at

We don't care about those that are lost.

us to stay that way. I've often said

truth. We don't like the hard truths, but that's

to what the Bible says. There's none

is no fear of God before their eyes?

with me. But how to perform that which

is good? I find not every time I want

of it all the time. Always we try to

And so we have to make that decision.

Can you believe that? I mean, I do believe

it because I'm reading it and it's in

The Lord doesn't just put words in the

to be a spot that needs a word. Right.

Every imagination of the thoughts of his

There's some serious emphasis going on here.

512, wherefore, as by one man, sin entered

next door. Hard to believe, but it's absolutely

in the ways that it did in the days

of lot or in the days of Noah. I'm sure

not on your street, but it does. It manifests

as by one man. I just read that, but

of people in America are not saved.

They have had the privilege and the benefit

We have that legacy. We may not be christian

so this country is still considered.

You know, if you want to compare it to some

of the uttermost parts of the earth,

so that they do not reflect a nation

with judeo christian foundations. And

it might not take one more generation

for us to find ourselves in the same condition

after them which knew not the Lord, nor

did evil in the sight of the Lord and

Baal and Ashtaroth. And I'm glad that

we do live in the age of grace. I'm

But I'm glad we live in the age of grace.

he must earn his way to heaven and that

is the thought of Mandev. This is the

in America think. Well, surely God's.

go to church. I give to the church.

I give to the Baptist Mission Society or

And so I'm a pretty good. Surely all

of that counts for something. And I'm

That is how the people that we're going

to be speaking to, door to door, going

So God will not count all his efforts

as meaningless. We've got to help them

sin. I'm not talking about original sin

that everyone who is born into this world

heart breaking it can be. We have to get

the way backward equals progress is when

the wrong way, then we have to get them

going to have to turn around and go back

to move forward, you think about it.

do recognize the fact that you made

a mistake, but you just keep moving

I cannot stress this enough because

I think that we have definitely, especially

they first realize they're lost. We have

or getting a, getting a, you know, a

of salvation, it's possible to give

simply because they pray to prayer and they

as wretched. Most people don't see themselves

to people who are worse off than they

an hour in a 60 and everybody else is

a couple of verses real quick before

we move on to our next portion here.

might abound. Now turn with me to chapter

the law was that which is good made death

it might appear sin, working death in

might become exceeding sinful. See, you

It will work in a person what God intended

it to do. The law is our schoolmaster to

why we have it. God didn't give it to

think that it is. Go ahead and look at

is the back of page. This is page 16.

than in hell. Everybody wants to believe

in heaven. No one wants to believe in

just the first couple. Look at all us

has exponentially increased in the last

You know, it has decreased exponentially

in the last three years. Christian influence

in this country. And so the numbers

are probably conservative here. All right,

a little piece of it each week until

we finish it. Now, again, there are

I hope that it's a good refresher for

of if you died to heaven, are you sure you're

who don't. Honestly, I run into atheists

I'm the expert on this, but it's been

used. And the Lord has just blessed it

to Jesus Christ, then keep doing it.

with your family, in a conversation with coworkers,

we're going to use our new move in bags.

have grabbed one. What was I thinking?

I wasn't thinking. That's all right.

We don't need it. So now our new move

who is not familiar with our new move

in bags? You have no idea what I'm talking

do that, you end up with apartment hoppers

So we have put together bags of, and

to their home with a bag and we say,

is a gift from us to you, basically.

That's it, right? It's pretty simple. But

the gospel with our community that we

you have a name and you have a gift.

You have a name and you have a gift.

So it immediately turns into a warm

door. It's a stranger, but you know their

and I'll back it up here in just a second.

know the name of the occupant, you are

me wrong. It's never wrong to do right.

the bag and leaving it at their door

lot better if you can give them the track

I will absolutely sound like a broken

I will sound mechanical each and every

in bag. Now, our new move in bag has

a cup, a nice cup with Heritage Baptist

I gave her the bag. I handed the bag

But I asked her, I said, well, don't

you drink coffee? I got a nice mug in

But I've only one time I've given a.

I don't know how many of these away.

but I'm not sure exactly how to pronounce

of course it says don't ring the doorbell.

I got baby sleeping and they're out

I think sometimes those come standard

with new homes. Now ring the bell first,

you like talking to doorbells. I refuse

to talk to a doorbell. So if it's a

I hate that. I hate it. I won't talk

So listen for the ring. If you don't

my pocket knife out of my pocket before,

do it. I'm telling you. You just want

I'm looking for tice Rippy. Now, tice

is an uncommon name. Is it nothing.

So I don't know if that's a man's name

or a woman's name. So I'm not going

to come up and say, I'm looking for

I don't know if that's a man's name

or that's not a common name, so I'm

I'm not going to say Mister tice Rippie,

or I'm not going to say, hello, tice,

name and you've already strike one? You're

do this. Hi, tice. And I try my best

to shake his hand. Hi, I'm tice. Actually,

I don't shake his hand. I'm holding

a bag and I've got a track in one half.

and a bag and. Hi, Tyce. My name is James

or they'll leave the dog inside and

to fight the dog and use that as an

who come to the door with a phone in

nobody even on the phone. They just, they

or they're going to give you an opportunity

to see whether you're worth their time

I know if they're fighting with the

what I do. I have dogs and they want to

Ippy, when we get, when we get this list

a month or two behind. So you probably already

if we're not behind on our list. All

I just love your home. I love this

and you've imposed anyway. You don't know what

or two. So my next question immediately

is going to be, have you had a chance

to find a church for you and your family

up so they can hear you. We don't go

to talk right now. He said, I don't

have time to talk right now. I'm not even

I don't like to use the term, but it

to somebody who wants to talk to you.

to have some excuse. Oh, I don't have

if he says, we don't, you know, he could

ways. Do you have a church? Did you grow up

We just don't believe. What's my answer?

All of these are great answers. The fact

He tells me that he believes in praying to

for me because I know how to approach this

in here would love to lead someone to

And you're never going to get to do that

and I. So let me extend an open invitation

to you. Our number is in the bag, and

the door. You took my bag. I want to

I would say, man, that's great. I hope

A brief summary of the church. Well,

coming to HBC. Just visiting with us. We've

24 years and we've got something for

or do you have anything for middle aged?

But you've just given them something,

you've just thrown something out there.

And if they start asking questions, that's

of the parks. Fact is, that's a non denominational

this is what I've experienced. Non denominational

I know what they believe. I know what

I can back it up. That circle is pretty

the fellowship of the parks. Where do

Man, that's great. Mister Rippie, I'm

You know what that tells me? That tells

is to win them to Jesus Christ. Mister

it is. I guess it is. I'm not going

to lie. It is a little. It is for a

the means. All right, so listen to what

on what church we went to. I know what

I've never had anybody say, yes, he will.

I say. Okay, so let me back up, I'll

how many people don't. Don't even believe

on what church we went to, right? Yeah.

to you? If you died today, are you 100%

I'm not exaggerating that you're going

to pass out. You're going to go out

is a Shaleen Steiger out there, right?

I thought I was going to get to. I

Was that helpful? Okay. I still believe,

I really, truly believe that the new

tool we have because you have a name and

to this home, and it's a warm call.

And whether they're home or not, if they're

to a cold call. How do I do that? Because

like, well, they don't look like Jehovah's

I guess I'll go ahead and I'll open

your curiosity is up because how does

he know my name? He knows my name. So

to let him go to the next step. But

a bag and you knock on the door and

can I help you? They already know they're

No, thanks. Not interested. Or if they

And so anyway, I hope that's helpful.

We're going to go over a little bit of

no way to anticipate every direction

that that's going to go. You just, you

By the way, this is my final, by the

an extra person. If you're coming by

Let us know ahead of time that you want

be willing to say, hey, I'm available.

I'll take somebody with me, man, that

get to go with Brother Frius. We've been

All right, I'm done. 759. All right,

let's stand together. We will not have

an invitation tonight. I hope that that

to be instructional. This is a taste of

have opportunities to ask questions not

Hell. He's saying now he gets to pray to.

us in prayer. Once again, I hope that

Let us pray. Dear gracious heavenly Father, we thank you for

And dear heavenly Father, whether you're

a new approach, a new angle, a new

one of us will apply it to our daily

in gas station conversations, in any

I just pray that you would burden our

are suffering. Pray that for our missionaries.

We always lift them up. And, Lord, we

Amen.