I am a witness 3.....pitfalls and truth

 Many of the pitfalls to being a witness of the truths of God word and presenting the gospel begin with our thinking......Thinking can be wrong and it could be right! One major reason we do not present ourselves as witnesses is because we believe that we have to know it all. We have to have all the answers to the questions. Yes, this is true that we may not be able to answer some questions but we do not have to know everything. We have to be able to say that "I do not know." The truth is that what we need to know is how to present the gospel. We should always be prepared. these are steps that can be used.
 Because of our sin, we are separated from God.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  (Romans 3:23)
The Penalty for our sin is death.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
The penalty for our sin was paid by Jesus Christ!
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
If we repent of our sin, then confess and trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will be saved from our sins!
For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.  (Romans 10:13)
...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9,10)
The Bible tells us that a little child can understand the truth.................

Another pitfall is that we are responsible for the person being saved. This is a great lie. The Apostle Paul states in Romans, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes"  We the believer/witness have no power to save anyone, that is the job and work of the Holy Spirit. Our job is to plant seeds and water them, the Lord draws a person to salvation. This lifts a great burden from ourselves to just give the truth of the gospel. 

Our thinking can be quite skewed and we must know the truth to help us give truth!!