Becoming a Witness:  Here is a lesson from John chapter 9 on simple witnessing.  Read the chapter and see this great story about the healing of the blind man.  Then understand this simple pattern to giving your testimony to anyone.  See how simple and fool proof this is.

 John 9:1  Understand that we entered our relationship with Christ not because we were looking for Him but because He was looking for us.  We could not see Him, but He saw us. 

John 9:3  Salvation is His work in us.  We are His workmanship  Ephesians 2:10.  As His work is manifest in us, it begins to show. 

 

John 9:8-9  Even though all the changes happen on the inside, they cannot help but show themselves on the outside.  His neighbors knew that a change had taken place.  It was the same man, but there was definitely something different.

 

Testimony Part 1:  John 9:9  I am he.  People noticed that a significant change had taken place and that something was noticeably different.  This is an attention getting circumstance.  Go ahead and fess up that its you but there is something new.

 It begs the question that changes the focus from me to Christ. John 9:10  How were thine eyes opened? John 9:11  The answer was comprised of the basic and exact components of the event.  They had no spiritual explanation with them and he offered no additional information.  It was a basic account of what happened.

  1. Weird sounding cure.  They will think the change is due to some new diet or a new attitude.  They will be a little shocked when you tell them the nature of the change.
  2. Identified Jesus by name.  This is the name above all names.  Philippians 2:10
  3. Talked about the command and his obedience.  Simply that he was obedient to the call of Christ.

John 9:12  How to answer questions that you do not know the answer to.  I dont have all the answers and neither does anyone else.  The man that was born blind was given a question that had nothing to do with receiving his sight so he answered by saying.  I don’t know.  That is an acceptable answer for Bible questions you don’t understand. 

John 9:15  He repeats the story.  That is because it says all he needs to say.

 John 9:21  No one else can tell your story like you.  In this aspect you are the most credible witness of what happened to you. John 9:25  There will be some in every crowd that will dispute our testimony and try to make us think that there is some flaw because we cannot explain all the details.  He merely responded by saying what no one could dispute.  I used to be blind, but now I see. John 9:34  Old associations begin to break away.  They cast him out for no fault of his own but because of the change that had taken place.  He was asked to deny the virtue of the one that had healed him in order to stay in the synagogue.  His decision, though right, had sorrow with it.  That sorrow worked a greater relationship with Christ. John 9:35-38  The relationship grows between Christ and us as we witness.  We find a greater worship. 

The Great Commission,  Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Luke 24:47, John 20:21, Acts 1:8

 

This is the lesson from the Bridge Builder’s Sunday Business Seminar at Vision Baptist Church.