How many of you are afraid to witness to others? You don’t want to be that guy/girl, the “bible thumper”, “pushing” your faith on other people. I know I’m guilty of that far too often. It’s not that I don’t show God through my actions, I just don’t go the extra mile many times to actually share my faith. Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about that, and I wanted to share with you all a way I’ve found that will make it easier. You’ve still got to make some effort, but let you bible do the work for you. All you have to do is ask questions.

Earlier this year, I was taking a class from CedarCreek on Acts, and somehow the topic of sharing your faith came up. Our pastor, Mark Bernard, went through a pretty straightforward way of having the person you’re talking to do all the work. (Part of this does require writing in your bible, and I promise you won’t go to hell for it.)

• Look up Romans 3:23. Underline it, note what page it’s on, then go to the very front of your bible, maybe inside the cover, and write “Romans 3:23″, and the page number.
• Now find Romans 6:23. Underline it, note the page, then go back to the actual page of Romans 3:23 (for me, that’s page 939), and write the page number of this new verse in the very top corner of the page.

Are you getting the hang of it? So basically, you start in the front of the bible, with Romans 3:23, flip to the page listed, and then after reading that verse, look at the next page number you wrote at the top of that page, and go to it. What this will do is take you through the entire sin story, verse by verse. Let’s keep going.

• Starting with Romans 3:23
• Next is Romans 6:23
• 1 Peter 3:18
• John 14:6
• Romans 10:9-11
• 2 Corinthians 5:15
• Revelation 3:20

Now we’ve got it. So when the time comes, you open your bible to the front cover, find the page for Romans 3:23, flip to it, and hand it to the person and have them start reading. It’s a no pressure situation for you (mostly). After each verse, you simply ask the person “What does that mean to you?”, and listen to their answer.

So now, maybe the next question your wondering is, “How do I get myself into a situation where I’m pulling my bible out with one of my coworkers that seems to have cornered the market on four letter words you can’t plan in Scrabble?”

First off, one of our biggest problems when we share the gospel is that we do all the talking. This puts a huge weight on all of our shoulders, when instead, if we just ask questions, let the other person talk, I think we might really be surprised. So you have your friend, who seems to have expressed some interest in why you live your life the way you do, or why you act the way you do, and has finally asked you about it. Try out these five questions on them:

1. Do you have any kind of spiritual belief?
2. To you, who is Jesus?
3. Do you think there is a heaven and a hell?
4. If you died right now, where would you go? (If they answer not sure, you can ask “Would you like to know for sure?”, and break out the bible and Romans 3:23)
5. If what you believed is not true, would you want to know it?

At this point, if the say yes, break out the bible and Romans 3:23. If they say no, YOU WALK AWAY FRIENDS. Yes, that’s right, walk away. Don’t pressure, don’t freak out, don’t scream and them and hit them with your bible. Walk away. God did not ask you to save every person. Your responsibility is to present the gospel to them, God will take care of their end of things. It’s not us that get people into heaven, we’re just the messenger.

In my next post…they read the verses, now what do I do?

What terrifies you about sharing your faith? Have you tried this, or has it worked for you? I would love to hear other ideas too!