Musing – What’s the best way to lead someone to in the Lord?

 Hebraic Musing – What’s the best way to lead someone to in the Lord?

You may have a third way, but my two favorite ways are (1) Testimonies and/or (2) using Biblically classic “Romans Road”.   Here’s a few observations about each of these two popular methods, recognizing that you may have experienced variations of these. 

Testimonies

There are several ways that Testimonies can be used.  Your Personal Testimony can be best delivered in person, One-on-one; or you might publish it in Tract or other written forms.   Probably the most effective is your Personal Testimony delivered personally by you, as your own, and usually done in a three-step outline –
  What was your life before? 
  What were the circumstances and what happened at that moment of Salvation? 
  What has life been like ever since?

Testimonies can also be shared in a tract form which may be your account or that of another person.  But this is nowhere near as effective as your personal version delivered one-on-one.

Biblically (like “Roman’s Road”) NKJV

Using a Bible to recognize a series of key verses:

The Bad News:
Romans 3:23 – for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  
Romans 6:23a – For the wages of sin is death,

But there’s Good News!
Romans 6:23b – but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:8 (Favorite) –  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

A Response…?
Romans 10:9 – that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  
Romans 10:13 – For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

Conclusion and objective

After going through either of these presentations and
    they are ready to accept Jesus Christ as his/her Lord… Here’s a simple prayer. “Repeat after me…”
“Dear Father:   I know that I am separated from you.”   
“I believe that Christ died on the cross and shed His blood for my sins,”   
“And I receive your forgiveness.      “I am willing to turn from my way and go your way.”  
“LORD JESUS, I now invite you into my heart as my personal LORD and Savior.”   
“And I will follow you and obey you as the LORD of my life. ”     “In Jesus name…Amen.”
“Now let’s go tell someone what you just did!”

Romans Road is best in a church setting with Bible acceptance, whereas testimonies are a more personal “testimonial”!  Which method works best?  Let the Holy Spirit AND the circumstances decide.

BTW - These two methods are not the only ones; what other methods have you experienced?  Please share. 

Points to Ponder
People argue and/or deny the Bible, but nobody can deny or argue with your testimony.

Are you working with Bible-believers or relatively unchurched?

When does discipleship begin? 
(A third person observer can approach and ask “what caused all the excitement.”)

“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:20

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                           March 11, 2025            
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
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