Geoffrey's Notebook

Note:  These gospel friends are categorized according to the area of the heart that the Holy Spirit has prepared or is preparing. In the Lord Jesus' parable of the sower (Matt 13:3–23) , the heart is pictured as ground. Preaching the gospel is like sowing seed into that ground: if the ground is good, the word is received well and bears fruit. As those who are "sowing seeds" of the gospel, we want to sow into good ground. With our gospel friends, it is the Holy Spirit who prepares the ground of their hearts to be soft and ready to receive the gospel. Those who are wise in sowing will cooperate with Him and sow the seed in the area of the heart He has been preparing or is still preparing. So rather than categorizing our gospel friends by outward appearance or actions, we should consider which area of the heart the Holy Spirit is preparing. Sometimes more than one area is being prepared, and these areas often overlap. The Four Areas of the Heart The Conscience:  H...

Note: These 12 workshop-styled talks were covering some basic helps with evangelism. The concept with basic vs advanced is that the Holy Spirit especially continues to teach you more advanced lessons the more you witness or share. The last few talks were during the 2017 Winter Young Peoples Gathering held at Richmond VA that year. Dana Congdon was also sharing that weekend. We ended the weekend with some various testimonies and comments. All of those are included at the end here. Watch the complete series on YouTube ↗ Messages in the Series The Spirit of the Gospel Making Disciples The Fire of the Gospel The Work of an Evangelist Witnessing The Fellowship of the Gospel God’s Glad Tidings Reasoning The Way Unashamed Sowing Seeds Soul Winning Conference addendum: Dana Congdon and Sounding the Trumpet ↓ Evangelism Basics · Message 1 of 12 The Spirit of the Gospel Geoffrey Pittman Watch on YouTube ↗ Evangelism Basics · Message 2 of 12 Making Di...

10 Useful Witnesses Verses (*Note: question received via text - thought I'd post more details here.) For sharing the good news you should find some various sections to either explain or work with someone where they are. They may be dealing with the vanity of the world and you could use most of Ecclesiastes, or they may simply have the question, What is the good news? and you could use Romans 1:1-4 or 1 Cor 15:1-6. Wherever the person is, and with whatever materials you can remember, the Holy Spirit will lead with some appropriate passages and concepts to work from.  However, it's helpful to have some specific verses memorized for when it comes time to lead someone through the threshold of salvation. Those would be the first ones I'd memorize so that way you could at least help someone who asks the question, What must I do to be saved? Here are 10 of those that I'd begin with. They cover a variety of actions that help with believing for salvation: 1. Romans 10:9 Confess ...

Question:  What does it mean in Proverbs when it talks about winning souls? How were souls won in that day?  *sent via email  Geoffrey's Notes: We use this term soul-winning now to talk about evangelism, and we've borrowed it from Proverbs 11:30: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth souls. For example, C.H. Spurgeon has an excellent book called The Soul Winner  ( free on Kindle ), which grabs the title from this Scripture. Though it's a borrowed phrase, it is a good use of it. In our time, when we say soul-winning, we mean to help someone believe on the Lord Jesus and be saved. They are won  or gained for the kingdom or at least for eternity. Those souls,  people, are saved. In the time before the cross, what did this mean? "... the wise winneth souls" or "he that is wise wins souls." Today someone may be won for eternity with full assurance of heaven. But at that time, if you helped someone through the wisd...