How to Lead Someone to Christ

How To Lead Someone To Christ

What does it mean to lead someone to Christ? In the 21st Century, when someone talks about leading someone to Christ, they are talking about "sealing the deal" at the end of a Gospel presentation. More specifically, they are talking about leading a person in or having them say a "sinner's prayer". However, you will not find an example of this anywhere in the Word of God. That evangelistic method and focus has been entirely manufactured by man.

How do we Biblically lead someone to Christ? In the Scriptures, we find that the Word of God was proclaimed and expounded. Sin was exposed, judgment was assured, and the Lord Jesus Christ was exalted. His atoning death on the cross and resurrection from the dead was preached. What was the result? Some believed, repented, and trusted all to the Lord Jesus Christ. That is how you Biblically lead someone to Christ. You preach the Gospel. You serve as a signpost to point them to Jesus.

That is the example set for us by the Apostles. They understood that if a person was going to be saved, they must repent and trust in the Lord Jesus; therefore they preached Jesus (Read 2 Corinthians 4:5). They understood that “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” (Romans 10:17). They exalted the Lord Jesus and instructed their listeners to repent and believe on Him. That was their message, and it should be our message. It is the Gospel of Christ that is the “power of God unto salvation unto every one that believeth” (Romans 1:16). We must proclaim Him, so that others may believe. When they repent and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, they receive eternal salvation.

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