Reading Plan
Introduction: The Uniqueness of Jesus
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Step 1: The Adventure
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Step 2: The Abundant Life
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Step 3: The Holy Spirit
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Step 4: Prayer
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Step 5: The Bible
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Step 6: Obedience
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Step 7: Witnessing
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Why We Witness
Jesus Shows How to Witness
Qualifications for Witnessing
Witnessing and the Word of God
Witnessing and Prayer
Witnessing and the Holy Spirit
Step 8: Giving
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Step 9: Exploring the Old Testament
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Step 10: Exploring the New Testament
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Intro
Scripture
Questions

Lesson

LESSON SIX

Witnessing and the Holy Spirit

When you talk about Jesus, expect God to use you. The Lord Jesus promised his supernatural resources to all who join with him in helping to fulfill the Great Commission. You are assured of that same resurrection power and presence today through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our Lord honors the faithful witness of all who place their trust in him. Self-consciousness and fear of what others will say, however, will hinder our witness. Stephen was a table waiter (Acts 6:2–5), not an apostle. He was brought before the most wicked opponents of Christianity. He could have retreated because he felt inadequate to face these people, but he yielded to the Holy Spirit’s control of his life. As a result, his faithfulness to Christ, even to accepting death
by stoning, mightily moved the unbelievers and laid the basis for Saul’s conversion.

Lesson Objective: To understand and trust in the Holy Spirit’s leading as you witness

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Bible Study

BIBLE STUDY

Read Ephesians 5 and 6

Before you consider the many verses below, be sure to read the Bible passages listed above.

If you click on the verses in the study below you can see the entire verse! If you are not on-the-go, consider opening a physical Bible and looking up the passages.

Work of the Holy Spirit in a Believer’s Life

Read Acts 6 and 7, and underline every mention of the Holy Spirit.

  1. What part did the Holy Spirit play in Stephen’s life?
  2. What spiritual indictment did Stephen pronounce upon his hearers that cut them to the heart?
  3. As a Spirit-filled man, Stephen had two purposes that were his greatest concerns, as seen in his desire to witness and in his dying prayer. What were they?
  4. How do these concerns show the fullness of the Holy Spirit in Stephen? (Compare Galatians 5:22, 23; 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15.)

Work of the Holy Spirit in Witnessing

Read Acts 6 and 7, and underline every mention of the Holy Spirit.

  1. What is the ministry of the Holy Spirit (John 15:26; 16:13, 14)?
  2. How is it accomplished in a person who witnesses of Christ (Acts 1:8; 6:10)?
    How is it being accomplished in your life?
  3. What will the Holy Spirit do for the witnessing person (Acts 4:31)?
  4. What will the Holy Spirit do for the person receiving the Good News (1 Corinthians 2:10–12)?
  5. How does that passage compare with 2 Corinthians 4:3, 4?
  6. It is the Holy Spirit who brings us face to face with the facts regarding our condition and our need. This action is called “convicting, reproving, exposing, bringing to light.”
    If we were to witness on our own, we would accomplish nothing. But when the Holy Spirit uses our witness, he brings a person face to face with important facts, presenting them so forcefully that these facts must be considered.
    What are these facts (John 16:7–11)?
  7. What promise does God give us regarding his Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:21, 22)?

Application

LIFE APPLICATION

Questions

  1. Record the names of at least three persons to whom you believe God would have you speak about Christ within the next week.
  2. Ask the Holy Spirit to prepare these individuals, freeing their minds so they can make a logical, intelligent choice to receive Christ as Savior.
  3. Study “How to Share Christ With Others” on pages 433–435. Practice reading through the Four Spiritual Laws booklet with a friend.
  4. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to these individuals at the proper time, and to speak through you in giving them the message of Christ.
    As you witness, remember that it is the Holy Spirit who penetrates the mind of the other person, revealing spiritual truth.
  5. Are you sure you are prepared? If not, review the earlier lessons in this Step.

 

Memory Verse: “But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me. And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry.” (John 15:26, 27 NLT)

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