Girls Life Application Study Bible - Flipbook - Page 55
You know the truth about Jesus and his message of salvation,
and you want to share it with others.
You know that people can’t have eternal life with God if they
don’t know Jesus. You want them to know the forgiveness,
peace, and purpose that you have found in the Savior.
THE APPROACH
Before getting into the specifics of what you might
say when you share your story of faith with others, we need
to look at what the Bible says about how we should say it.
First Peter 3:8-16 lays everything out clearly:
How Can I SHARE
THE MOTIVATION
means we
humble attitude.” This
Verse 8 says, “Keep a
as though
act
or
ers
sw
an
all the
shouldn’t claim to have
n nonbelievers.
Christians are better tha
?
You know that Jesus told his followers to spread the word
about him (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8).
You know that the love of God, which he has shown to us in
Jesus, can completely change people’s lives, meet their needs,
and heal their hurts.
According to verse 9,
we should not “repay
evil with evil”
or “retaliate with insult
s.” In other words, we
should keep
our tempers in check
and not respond in an
ger when
we are put down for wh
at we believe. Beyond
this, we
should be different tha
n the world around us
and act like
Jesus. And we should
pray that others will be
attracted to
him through how we
live.
life.” This
Christ as Lord of your
mber
Verse 15 says, “Worship
nu
’s
(he
be living for Jesus
.
means that we should
him
ve
ser
to
ies
opportunit
one!) and looking for
Verse 15 also tells us tha
t we should “always be
rea
to explain” our faith “if
someone asks about [ou dy
as a believer.” “Be rea
r] hope
dy” means that we ma
y have to
think through and pra
ctice what we will say.
“Hope as a
believer” refers to the
eternal life we have thr
ough Christ
.
and
d, “Do this in a gentle
Then in verse 16 we rea s we shouldn’t be loud,
an
respectful way.” This me
.
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pu
or
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