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The Styles of JB, JC, and JDMatthew 3 JBCharacteristics of his evangelism to the general publicVerses 1-2: he preached repentance, and he immediately linked the need for repentancewith the reason for repenting the kingdom of heaven is near. There was no time to sit

on the fence, to play both sides of the good and bad life, to delay repenting until onesdeath bed. The kingdom is near you must repent!Verses 5-6: he was an open air preacher. His style resulted in people confessing their sins.Characteristics of his evangelism to the religiousVerses 7-8: he showed them much less mercy in his speech. These men were treated assuch because they should have known better. He follows his first principle of teaching tothe general public repent because of coming wrath. Notice the difference now though

produce fruit in keeping with repentance. The religious wouldve counted themselves past repentance already thus the need to explain to them that if they were reallyrepentant they would show it by the way they live. Many people claim to be Christians

but few live the lifestyle of a Biblical Christian.Verse 9: he removed all their excuses. Today many people have the Im a good personmentality that needs to be dispelled.Verse 10: he reminded them that there are only two options repent of sins and receiveforgiveness or live your life and go to hell.John 1:29 John the Baptist preached that Jesus was the only way to have mens sinstaken away.

Johns evangelism is most closely related to the guy on the street corner today telling youto turn or burn isnt it interesting that no Christians criticize John but so manyChristians criticize those on the streets today?

Matthew 4 JCCharacteristics of his evangelism to the general publicVerses 12, 17: His message was identical in form to that of John. He preachedrepentance, and he immediately linked the need for repentance with the reason for repenting the kingdom of heaven is near. There was no time to sit on the fence, to play

both sides of the good and bad life, to delay repenting until ones death bed. Thekingdom is near you must repent!Verse 23: He goes a step further than what we know of John He tells of a kingdomfilled with hope, a kingdom of good news, a kingdom loaded with power. Then Hedemonstrates the power of this kingdom He is professing by healing every disease andsickness. The characteristics of Jesus evangelism to the general public are twofold:

proclamation and demonstration. Tell the people about a glorious kingdom of God; thenshow the people you arent making it up.Verses 24-25: His style resulted in many people being healed and following Him. (Johnsstyle was effective brought repentance and baptism; Jesus separate style was alsoeffective brought healing, forgiveness and belief)Matthew 7

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Verses 28-29: He preached with authority. Dont be wishy-washy about your faith.Believe every bit of it and stand upon that truth with authority. When people ask you,Do you really believe Jesus is the only way to heaven and everyone else who doesnt

believe in Him is going to hell? Answer, YES! Dont waver in your authority toknow and speak the absolute truth.

Matthew 9Verses 1-8: Jesus forgave men their sins.

Characteristics of his evangelism to the religiousMatthew 12Verses 33-37: Jesus continues with the original mission statement repent for thekingdom is near. This time He does so in the same manner John used: Produce goodfruit. Just as John was less merciful in his speech to the religious, so Jesus too calls thema brood of vipers. His evangelism to the religious is abrasive. His evangelism to the

public is kindhearted. Religious need to be shaken out of their stupor, public need toknow they have a loving Savior.

John 14:6 Jesus taught that He was the only way to heaven.Jesus evangelism is most closely related to power evangelism. A well known power evangelist today is Reinhard Bonnke. This evangelism technique has saved billions.

Matthew 10 - JDCharacteristics of their evangelism to the general publicVerses 7-8: They give the same hook that Jesus and John give. No time to ignore God the kingdom is near. They are also given the same authority Jesus has to heal the sick,raise the dead, drive out demons. Their message is a proclamation demonstration.

Why is their ministry just like Jesus? Verses 24-25: They are to mimic the style of Jesus, and by extension all of us who call Jesus our Master and Teacher are to mimic Hisevangelistic style.

Characteristics of their evangelism to the religious

Acts 2The most important characteristics of any gospel proclamation Verse 22: Jesus proved His divine nature by the miracles, signs and wonders He

performed.Many people will say Jesus was a good man, a prophet, a teacher; but we must make theclaim that Jesus is God Himself.Verse 23: Jesus was put to death on a cross for our sins.Some religions claim that Jesus never died on a cross. We must explain that His death onthe cross was for the salvation of the world.Verse 24: Jesus rose from the dead.

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A man who dies for his friends is certainly a noble man, but a man who then rose fromthe dead by His own authority is able to give us an eternal hope of resurrection from thedead also, and into His promises of eternal life in a wonderful kingdom.Verse 38: Jesus is the only way to have sins forgiven.John, Jesus, and later His disciples all make the claim that Jesus is the only way to have

sins forgiven and ultimately the only way into heaven. If you are a Christian then this isyour most core belief. There is no compromising, no wavering over this fact Jesus isthe only way to heaven, no ifs, ands, or buts.Verse 38: You must repent of your sins, and turn away from that lifestyle (verse 40).Lukewarm Christianity allows a sinners prayer and then a return to the same old habits,

but the Bible makes it clear that we are to be a new creation where the old has gone,the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17) and we are no longer to be sinners because wedied to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

Different styles for General Public and ReligiousPublic:

Matthew 14:14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion onthem and healed their sick.A message of love and restoration, of healing and freedom.

Religious:Matthew 3:7 You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Matthew 23:13-36 Religious kill evangelists. (talk about 1,000 Muslims with rifles)A message of coming wrath and shame, of sorrow and gnashing of teeth. (Jude 1:12-13)