How to Use This Study Guide
This study guide is a companion to A Study Course in Online Evangelism. The chapter numbers and titles correspond. The questions here are arranged so that their answers can be found in sequence in the text.
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Some unbelievers in Christian chatrooms are not seeking God's salvation, but His help. Name three things an unbeliever might want from God.
Are lost people who visit Christian chatrooms more likely or less likely than other lost people to have strong ties with a church?
4. Who should provide immediate follow-up to salvation for someone who is saved online?
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To appeal to online seekers, what should you stress when presenting the gospel?
Who has completed the work of redemption?
What approach to the gospel can make a seeker defensive?
How much personal information usually needs to be shared in an instant message (IM) dialogue devoted to salvation?
5. What five elements of the Christian life should be discussed in the follow-up to salvation?
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b.
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d.
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What is the major hindrance to salvation follow-up when a person is saved online?
7. What Internet resource can help with follow-up?
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What is usually a better medium for a salvation dialogue than any chatroom?
What must a person know before he will seek to be saved?
Write two lines of dialogue you might use to help a seeker see that he is lost.
a.
b.
Quote a Bible verse that tells us that we all have sinned. Tell where it is found.
What is available to save a sinner?
7. Who makes the decision to receive what God has already done for salvation?
Write a line of dialogue that tells a seeker about the availability of grace.
Quote a Bible verse that tells us about the availability of God's grace to save us.
What has separated a seeker from God?
Quote a Bible verse that tells what God thinks of sin.
According to Ezekiel 18:4, what is the penalty for sin?
How does Revelation 20:14-15 explain the penalty for sin?
Can anyone be saved by his own works? Cite a Bible verse to support your position.
According to Romans 6:23, what is the wages of sin?
What other character trait balances God's love?
What do most seekers already know about Jesus Christ?
What was happening to Jesus during the three hours of darkness at His crucifixion?
What is a good modern translation of Jesus' words in John 19:30?
Is sin the issue between the sinner and God?
Who said that Jesus is God?
What must we do if we acknowledge Jesus' Lordship?
23. Write a line of dialogue that will compel a seeker to acknowledge or deny Jesus' Lordship.
What is the issue between a sinner and God?
Write a question that will test whether a seeker is putting his faith in Jesus' redemptive work.
Who is available to pray for an online seeker's salvation?
Write a question that will test a seeker's commitment to live for God.
Who enables a Christian to discern God's will and obey Him?
Who interprets the Bible to a Christian?
Read Romans 10:13-14. Will a seeker call on God to save him if he does not believe that God will do so?
31. Write a brief prayer that you can use when a seeker is ready to be saved.
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Give two reasons why a chatroom confession is important.
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b.
3. What should the new Believer type into the chatroom?
4. What should the new Believer do with his salvation IM as soon as it ends?
Name a book of the Bible that is a good one for a new Christian to read first.
Name three possible sources of a Bible for a new Christian who doesn't own one.
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b.
c.
In Whose Name should a new Christian be taught to pray?
What three elements of prayer should a new Christian be encouraged to include in his personal prayers?
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b.
c.
9. Cite and quote a Bible verse that tells a Christian to be constantly in an attitude of prayer.
List two reasons why converts from Cyberspace might hesitate to contact a local church.
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b.
Where can you or a new Christian get information about churches and denominations?
If you are trying to establish contact between a new Believer and an unfamiliar church, whom should you contact at the church?
When a new Christian contacts a local pastor, what two topics should they discuss?
If you have led someone to Jesus, who should be the new saint's mentor?
How can a new Christian know that you have sent another Christian to get in touch with him online?
If a new Believer online does not respond to your follow-up, what can you do?
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CHATROOMSAINT [7:27 PM]: Do you believe that Jesus was God in the
flesh?
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SEEKER [7:29 PM]: R u a priest?
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CHATROOMSAINT [7:47 PM]: I wish you'd give a brief testimony in the
room. It will help solidify your faith.
These excerpts are from Dialogue 2 in Chapter 5.
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SEEKER [8:49 PM]: ok ,can anyone get saved , or does God
choose who he wants?
47 CHATROOMSAINT [9:45
PM]: If you type the prayer after me, you can save it as proof of
your salvation. That will help you when doubts come. Will you do
that?
64 CHATROOMSAINT [9:52
PM]: It always solidifies faith if you confess it right away. Are
you willing to type in a quick confession in the room?
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NEWBELIEVER [10:02 PM]: do you still sin?
6
Name a book of basic Bible studies that can be partially filled out online. What is the Web address for ordering the book?
Name a Website that includes a prayer-request directory. What is its address?
Name one church where you could send a new Believer in Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA.
Write the name and Web address of a Baptist church in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
Name one item that might be included in a Christian Web Page or Website.
7. Name a company that makes Websites available free of charge.