The Holy Spirit and Evangelism

I started a new book last night, The Heart of Evangelism by Jerram Barrs. I didn’t get too far, but I enjoyed chapter two were Barrs reminds us of “The Power of the Holy Spirit” in evangelism. Barrs points out seven ways that the Holy Spirit works in evangelism.

 1. The Holy Spirit bears witness to Christ

                - John 15.26-27

 2. The Holy Spirit convicts people of guilt and sin, therefore we don’t have to

                - John 16.8

 3. The Holy Spirit aids our memories and helps us recall scripture

                - John 14.26

 4. The Holy Spirit guides us and enables us to speak the truth

                - John 16.13

                - James 1.5

 5. The Holy Spirit gives us the words to speak

                - Mark 13.9-11

 6. The Holy Spirit helps us to speak clearly and graciously

                - Colossians 4.4

 7. The Holy Spirit opens doors for us to share the gospel

                - Colossians 4.3

 Anyways, I thought this was a good reminder and should give us more confidence as we struggle with the unnatural and unordinary of sharing our faith for the supernatural and extraordinary God we want to see glorified.