Chapter 4 - The Real Thing
Summary
The chapter talks about how the one thing applies to us spreading the word of God and building the kingdom through evangelism. I related our evangelism efforts to my sales experience and made a statement that Christian evangelism is suffering from supplier indifference. In other words, we haven’t done a good job of separating ourselves from the other religions in the world. Our message blends in with the rest of the world’s religions when we mix our works and self-righteousness into the equation. The world still wants the real thing. The problem is the real thing is not being preached to them for the most part. We need to be preaching a clear consistent message, not only in church, but outside of it as well.
Scriptures
John 14:6
Romans 10:11-15
Philemon 1:6
Ch. 4 Outline -
The Real Thing Talked a lot about how this applies to evangelism and the state of Christianiity today The real thing song. My mission trip to Costa Rica Sales analogy - supplier indifference - blending in w the world Placebo analogy - that affect people bc they don’t the real thing but they think they do, then they think something must be wrong with God but it’s not God that is the problem, it’s the message they’re hearing
Questions
* How did you come to Christ? Share with the group your testimonies if you’re comfortable * What is the language God speaks? Share with the group how you feel God speaks to you and/or how you hear from God. * How is the message of Christianity different from other religions? * How is it that the devil gets Christianity to blend in with other religions? * What could help people understand what differentiates Christianity better? * Why are we afraid to tell people about God sometimes? * What could make our evangelism efforts more effective? * What do you think is the realest thing about God? The thing that just really does it for you and makes you feel loved? * How does the one thing apply to people knowing about the real thing? * If anybody if your group has been on a mission trip, have them share their experience. If not, discuss where you would want to go if you did go on one or would want to go as a group Download the book for free and read the entire chapter 4 here http://www.godneedsnewpr.com/onethingbook. #Jesus #God #Church #BibleStudy #OneThingBibleStudy #GodNeedsNewPR
