The story of the What does the Bible say tract

We have taught our Basic Evangelism Training Seminar over 50 times. Each time we teach it we get to a point in the seminar where we ask “what stops you from sharing the Gospel?” Family Feud style, the overwhelming number one answer is FEAR!

Now fear comes in several forms. It might be the fear of not knowing what to say. The fear of rejection. The fear of embarrassment. At a seminar in Rockwall, TX recently a woman in the very back row of the sanctuary raised her hand and said “the fear of man.” WOW! Bingo! She was right on.

In our seminar we have added a slide to discuss the fear of man verses the fear of God. The purpose of the seminar and the ministry ultimately, is to help remove that fear of man so that people can share the Gospel.

One effective way we have found to do that is using the Bible Bookmark tract along with a New Testament or Outreach Bible. We are sending two of these tracts in the tract club each month to encourage you to have conversations with people. There is also some more information on that on the AfterLifeCatalog site which will also be relevant to this tract.

I personally have gotten to where I will carry a New Testament with me. But, sometimes I don’t. So what about those times when I don’t have the New Testament? For those times, we have made this tract. It has the same ten questions as the bookmark. But in this case, it also has the verse right there on the card. You can use this as a pocket reference to help you memorize the verses. You can give it out to people. Or you can use it to have a one on one conversation asking them to read each verse and answer each question.

Here is how we use it. We start a conversation with someone in the natural realm just talking about anything we can. Eventually we swing the conversation to the spiritual with the specific point being to ask them what they believe happens when they die. If what they say aligns with the Bible, then we can be fairly confident that they are a Christian. If not, then we ask, “have you ever considered what does the Bible say about that?” This leads directly into the ten questions and Bible verses on the card.

At this point you can hand them the card and walk off. Or you can continue with the conversation having them read each question and verse and then answer the question.

We pray that the What Does the Bible say tract will help you overcome the fear of man and share the Gospel with people you meet. Except for the questions, the rest of the tract is entirely quoted from the Bible. We know that God’s word does not return void, we we are confident that these tracts will also be used by Him!

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