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2. What is a Shock Troop?
• A military unit which contain
assault troops typically
organized for mobility with the
intention of penetrating and
attack the enemy through its
vulnerable rear areas.
• Shock troopers specialize in the
use of various non-standard
weapons and equipment. They
were also distinguishable by
their extra heavy plate armor.
Evangelist
• A person and especially
a preacher who tries to
convince people to
become Christian
• Someone who talks
about something with
great enthusiasm
• A writer of any of the
Gospels in the Bible
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Shock Troopers For The Kingdom Of God:
• Are organized for mobility and whose sole the purpose of winning souls for Christ.
• They defend themselves, the Kingdom and all those called according to God’s purpose with
the tactics of penetration to include the attacking of the enemy through his vulnerable rear
areas, with weapons of truth.
• They pursue with great enthusiasm utilizing non-standard weapons and equipment that
include rational and irrational consistencies and inconsistencies, historical facts,
archaeological findings, the Word of God and the life, death, burial and resurrection of Christ
to collectively form a heavy plate of armor for protection and assured victory in battle.

3. Elements of an
Effective Evangelist
Jesus Was An Apologist
The most explicit example of Jesus’ offering evidence to support His
claim to deity is His response to doubting Thomas. In John 20, Jesus
first appears to the other disciples before He appears to Thomas (vv.
19–24). When the disciples tell Thomas they have seen the Lord
alive, Thomas responds, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the
nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand
into His side, I will not believe” (v. 25). In a word, Thomas would not
accept the good news of the risen Christ unless he had empirical
proof.
How did Jesus respond? Did He ignore Thomas and turn away from
him because he wanted evidence for belief? Did He say that
Thomas’s desire for proof was a sign of spiritual immaturity? Not at
all. Instead, our Lord gave Thomas exactly the kind of evidence he
requested; He responded specifically to Thomas’s particular
obstacle to faith. He appeared to Thomas and invited him to
examine the signs of His crucifixion. Thomas was immediately
convinced and pronounced the very words that Jesus calls all
unbelievers to utter: “My Lord and my God!” Afterwards, Jesus
reminded Thomas that he should have accepted the testimony of
the other disciples, but Jesus first gave Thomas the evidence he
needed to encourage a step of faith.
Story, D. (1997). Defending your faith (p. 12). Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications.
• To be an effective and effectual
evangelist, you must become an
apologist. The term apologetics is
derived from the Greek word
apologia, which is found seven
times in the New Testament (Acts
22:1; 25:16; 1 Cor. 9:3; Phil. 1:7,
16; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:15). The
English equivalent of apologia is
defense (literally, “a speech for the
defense”)
• You must be enthusiastic and
confident in the words that you
speak.
• You must always be sharpening
and perfecting your tools of
warfare.
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4. The Apostles were apologist
Like Jesus, the apostles actively used
apologetics in their evangelism. They gave
their personal testimonies, not to evangelize
or defend Christianity, but to confirm their
message. In the Book of Acts, the apostle
Paul furnishes the most explicit examples of
this.
The apostles used many other apologetic
techniques as well to make their case. They
referred to eyewitness accounts (1 John 1:1),
well-known historical data (Luke 3:1–2), the
common knowledge of their audience (Acts
26:26), fulfilled Old Testament prophecy (v.
22), and legal reasoning (25:16). The
apostles also instructed their followers to
defend the gospel as they did (see 2 Tim.
2:24–26; 4:2–5; Titus 1:9–14)
Story, D. (1997). Defending your faith (p. 13). Grand Rapids,
MI: Kregel Publications.
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This is the broken link in
most ministries. We have
many professing to be
Christians, but have no
true understanding of
Christianity.
Is it possible to become a Christian without
understanding what Christianity is all about?
The major problem with not having an
understanding of Christianity is you cannot be a
viable asset to the Kingdom.
Hosea 4:6 tells us “my people perish from the
lack of knowledge”. Without knowledge we
become a perishable people because a lack of
knowledge creates an inability to effectively
spread the Gospel or to address the disbeliefs of
others.

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The goal of a Christian apologist aka
knowledgeable evangelist is not to
coerce a person into accepting Christ
on blind faith but to lead him to make
an informed decision for the Lord.
When one takes the step from
intellectual evidences and emotional
certainty, he has taken a step of faith.
Not blind faith, but faith resting on a
foundation of truth, which will
ultimately assist in building the
Kingdom.
Informed individuals, are confident and
enthusiastic about the knowledge that
supports their confidence and are
anxious to share
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15

6. THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY
is based on the fact that God exists

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Only a small fraction of the world’s population question the existence of a deity.
For most people, the issue isn’t whether a God exists but what God is like and what’s His
role.
• Is God one or many?
• Personal or impersonal?
• Good and fair or harsh and capricious?
• Is He the God of the Judeo-Christian religion or the God of some other religion?
The only way
anyone can
prove no God
exists, is to be
a God himself.
OMNIPRESENT
(present everywhere at once)
OMNISCIENT
(have all awareness and understanding)
These are two of the primary attributes of
God that would be required for anyone to
have enough information to know that no
God exists.
Hence, no human being can prove God
does not exist

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No
fears..
When defending Christianity against atheist. We as Christians, have
a document (the Bible) that testifies to the existence of God and it
is always up to the person contesting a document to prove it is
false.
For example, in court cases, the person
contesting the document has the
responsibility to prove the document is bogus.
In the debate over the existence of God,
Christians have a historical document that
reveals God exists. If atheists wish to challenge
the existence of God, they must prove this
document is spurious.
The burden of proof rests on atheists.
They do not have to prove the nonexistence of
God, but they do have to disprove the
objective evidence offered for His existence. If
they can’t, then Christian theism is true and
atheism is false.
A document is innocent until proven guilty.

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The Bible is divine revelation and a true testimony
to the existence of God. The Bible is truthful in all areas
open to investigation. It is philosophically consistent,
prophetic, historical, geographical, and can be
scientifically verified to be factual.
If the Bible is reliable in all these areas and other forms
of investigation can be applied, it is logical to assume
that, in areas of religious truth (such as God’s existence),
it is equally reliable and truthful.
There is no one is alive
today who witnessed the
assassination of Abraham
Lincoln. However, we can be
certain that the event
occurred because of the
vast amount of historical
evidence that confirms it.
The probability that Lincoln
was assassinated is
overwhelming.
The testimony of Scripture
is the most potent weapon
in the Christian’s arsenal.
The Bible offers objective,
testable evidence for God’s
existence. The Bible does
double duty: it brings the
atheist face to face with the
fact that God exists, and it
reveals the true nature of
God in the person of Jesus
Christ.
“For truly I tell you, until
heaven and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not
the least stroke of a pen, will
by any means disappear from
the Law until everything is
accomplished.” Matthew 5:18

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Atheists reject the Bible because they reject the existence of God. For atheists to
consider the testimony of Scripture involves presenting philosophical and historical
evidence for God’s existence..
The
Universe
Created
Itself
(atheist
belief)
The Universe
Created by God
(Christian belief)
Self-caused,
violates the
laws of logic
The Big
Bang theory
violates
scientific
evidence
Evidence of
Cause and
Effect points to
God’s existence
Evidence of
designed order and
harmony in nature
points to God’s
existence
Evidence of human
morality points to the
existence of God
1. If the universe had in fact created itself, it must
have both existed and not existed at the same
time.
2. And nothing can exist and not exist at the same
time.
3. Further evidence that the universe had a
beginning is the fact that it is aging, indicating
then there must have been a starting point.
4. Another piece of evidence is the principle of
contingency, which states that everything in
the physical universe is dependent upon
something else for its existence.
5. Thus, for the universe itself to exist, there must
be a cause for its existence. Logically, the
universe cannot be self-creating if something
else caused it to come to be.

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The Bible states
that God is holy,
eternal,
omniscient,
omnipresent,
omnipotent, and
omnibenevolent. It
tells us that God is
triune—Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit
The scientific principle of
cause and effect, tells us that
any thing that exists does so
due to a cause. And since no
effect can be greater than its
cause, whatever caused the
universe must be greater
than the universe itself. That
greater cause must be God,
the first cause.
Nothing in the universe exists
that is not dependent on
something else. A tree’s
existence is contingent on seed
from another tree, as well as,
water, minerals, and sunshine.
Absolutely nothing in the
universe is able to declare total
independence or explain its
own existence
The only way we can know for sure that God exists is if He reveals Himself.
Without realizing it,
many atheists
acknowledge the concept
of an intelligence behind
nature when they use the
term Mother Nature. It
plainly carries the idea of
a creator who designed
and maintains the
natural world.
Mother Nature
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The Bible reconfirms:
• Something or someone
outside of the universe
caused the universe to be.
• Creation out of nothing is
the only plausible
explanation for the existence
of the universe.
• Only God, a Being who is
Himself uncaused, eternal,
and all-powerful, could by
definition be the Creator of
The Universe.
Everywhere we look, there is interdependence,
harmony, order, and purpose. These
characteristics indicate the work of an
intelligent and supernatural being.

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Common
Objection To
The Existence
of God
If there is a God why does he
allow suffering and evil in the
world. And if He does exist,
why doesn’t he put an end to
suffering and evil?
1. The very fact that we as human possess a moral
standard that can decipher evil and suffering is
proof of God’s existence.
2. We possess a generic moral code manifested in
every human regardless of race, creed or color that
makes murder, stealing, lying, rape, infidelity and
so on unacceptable.
3. The moral standard (The Ten Commandments) was
written in the Bible over 3500 years ago and this
standard is embedded in every culture creating a
universal standard for moral behavior.
4. The only reasonable explanation for a universal
moral standard for behavior must be derived from
a moral absolute and this could only be God.
5. By nature, God is perfect in love, wisdom,
goodness and righteous, thus the only being able
to judge perfectly what is right and what is wrong.

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We still have so much to cover.
The lessons to come will cover:
1. A further look at “why evil
and suffering”
2. The reliability of the Bible
3. Who was Jesus, really – The
Evidence
And so much more
Please do not forget to
complete this week’s lesson
in “Evangelism In Action”