Apologetics Class 8/13/2017

Today in the Apologetics Class, we watched Hell’s Best Kept Secret – Ray Comfort / Kirk Cameron:

Here is the note-taking form:

Hell’s Best Kept Secret (Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron)

1. The “fall-away rate” – 80-90% of “decisions” fall away from their faith. In other words, there are 80-90 “backsliders” for every 100 decisions for Christ.
2. The Church has strayed away from the b_______________ way of presenting the Gospel.
3. Mark 10:17-22 – Jesus’ approach with the rich young ruler. He was using a principle that prepares the heart for g______________.  It shows people why they need the Savior.
4. Psalm 19:7 – “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul…”
5. Civil law example – someone paid $25,000 fine on your behalf… (doesn’t make sense)
6. Telling a person precisely what they’ve done w_______ first, makes the good news make sense.
7. Romans 3:19 – One function of God’s law: “…that every mouth may be st____________…”
8. More about the law – Romans 3:20, 1 John 3:4, Romans 7:7, Galatians 3:24
9. The law doesn’t help us, it just leaves us h_______________. The law doesn’t justify us, it just leaves us g______________ before a just and holy God.
10. We are not saved by the law, we are saved by God’s grace, through faith.
11. Modern evangelism tries to attract people to Jesus with the promise of “life e______________”.
12. Modern Parable about 2 passengers on an airplane that are told to put on a parachute for different reasons – one to improve his flight, the other to prepare for a 25,000 foot jump.
13. Modern Gospel says, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and He will give you “Love, Joy, Peace, Fulfillment and Lasting Happiness” (i.e. Jesus will “improve your flight”)
14. The sinner responds and puts on the Savior in an ex___________ fashion and gets just what Jesus promised – trials, tribulation, persecution (other passengers mock him). He’s offended, disillusioned and bitter – he was promised Love, Joy, Peace, Fulfillment and Lasting Happiness
15. Instead of telling sinners that Jesus “improves the flight”, we should be warning them that they’re going to have to j_____________ out of the plane. (Hebrews 9:27)
16. When a sinner understands the horrific consequences of breaking God’s law, he will flee to the Savior solely to escape the w______________ to come.
17. It’s not an issue of happiness, but of righteousness. It doesn’t matter how happy a person is or isn’t in their current lifestyle, without the righteousness of Christ, they’ll p____________ on the Day of Judgment. (Proverbs 11:4)
18. If a person comes to God looking for peace and joy in their life, but they’re not broken in their heart, repentant over the fact that they’ve s______ against Almighty God, they won’t find peace with God! They won’t know the joy of the Lord – they’ll remain e________ of God in their mind.
19. If we continue to give people a wrong reason to come to Christ, they’ll respond with the wrong motive – lacking r_________________.
20. If you and I have put on the Lord Jesus Christ for the biblical motive to flee from the wrath that’s to come, when tribulation strikes (“flight” gets bumpy) we won’t get a_____________ with God or lose our joy or peace – why should we? We didn’t come to Jesus for a happy life-style, we came because we’d sinned against God and needed a Savior to save us from the wrath to come.
21. If anything, tribulation drives a true Christian c______________ to the Savior.
22. One of the functions of God’s law: it c_______________.
23. Wooden table analogy, looks dust-free until the sunlight shines on it. Did the light create the dust?  No, the light merely ex_______________ the dust.  In the same way, when the light of God’s law shines upon a sinner’s heart, all that happens is that he sees himself in t___________.
24. People can hardly name any of 10 c______________, but can name a lot of b________ brands.
25. If someone does not know God’s law, they will not see their sin as being exceedingly sinful.
26. Modern evangelism takes the good seed of the Gospel and casts it on the hard, unregenerate h_____________ of humanity.
27. Biblical evangelism, without exception, is always “Law to the p______, Grace to the h________”
28. With the law, He (Jesus) breaks the hard heart and with the Gospel, He heals the broken heart.
29. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble (James 4:6b).
30. What doctor would give a c_____ to a patient when the patient is not 1^st convinced of his disease
31. The disease is s__________, and the cure is the G________________.
32. John 4 – the women at the well (they call it “the W____ of the M___________”). Jesus does this:
    1. Starts out with the n________________ conversation
    2. Then swings the conversation to the s_______________ realm
    3. Then, brings c_____________ of sin using the commandments
    4. Finally, reveals Himself as M_________________.
33. Show a person they’re not a “g__________ p____________” by looking at the commandments (lying, stealing, adultery, etc.) and showing them they’ve not kept them perfectly.
34. God is forgiving – try that in a court of law. Someone charged of murder says to judge, “because you’re a good man, and therefore, you’ll let me go…”  That wouldn’t be a good j_____________.
35. If God is good, then by nature, He will make sure that j______________ is served and that people are punished for what they’ve done. If God gave you justice, you wouldn’t be headed for heaven but for h_________.
36. We broke the law and Jesus paid our f____________ – it’s as simple as that.

Discussion Questions

1. According to this video, what is a “biblical motive” for salvation?
2. Modern evangelism attracts people by promising what unbiblical motive?
3. What does the phrase “Law to the Proud, Grace to the Humble” mean? How would this work in an evangelistic encounter?
4. Explain the parable told in this video about the 2 passengers on the plane and the parachute. What does it mean?
5. Explain the analogy about a dusty table and the morning light. What truth is that trying to communicate?
6. According to this video, what is the “Way of the Master” and what Scripture is it based on?
7. What opportunities do you have for evangelism at your work, school, neighborhood, family or circle of friends and acquaintances?
8. According to this video, what is “Hell’s Best Kept Secret”?