I have been trying to find easy ways to approach non-believers and then tell them the Gospel. I personally find going up to a stranger and saying the full Gospel very scary.
I read about a challenge where the stranger must name all the 10 Commandments in 60 seconds. If they get them all, then they get a large block of chocolate. This challenge makes approaching a total stranger much easier, as the stranger sees that they may win a chocolate bar. So, the stranger is happy to talk to you.
First you need to purchase 3 large sized chocolate bars and some very small chocolates as consolation prizes. Then go up to a stranger and ask them if they would like to try a 60 second challenge to win a chocolate bar. As you do this, fan out the 3 large chocolate bars in one hand. The stranger then sees all the chocolate, and most will accept the challenge thinking that this could be fun. If the stranger gets all the 10 Commandments, then they win a large chocolate bar. If they do not get them, then you give them a consolation bar. This means that no matter whether they win or lose, you are still rewarding them. You can then lead them to the Gospel by asking why God gave us the 10 Commandments.
NOTE 1: When you do this, you will find that not many people will get all the 10 Commandments. Even many believers’ struggle to get them. So, 3 chocolate bars can last a very long time. I also take extra chocolate bars encase one is given away. That way, when I show the next stranger the chocolate bars, it is still very eye catching and enticing.
Note 2: This does lead into the Good Person Test (Ray Comfort) but you will notice that in this version, that I use slightly different wording to Ray. Where he says, “So you are a lying, thieving, blaspheming, adulterer…”, I have changed this by turning it back on myself and then I get the stranger to reflect on whether they are also like me.
Note 3: Most people do not come close to getting all commandments and so I help them. Even then, when helping, they most likely will not get all 10.
So, I help them by saying, "What do you do with a gun?" or "What is special about the seventh day" or "How do you treat your parents". This makes the person that I am talking to realise that I am on their side, and I want them to win the bar. This makes it more interactive and fun.
Note 4: Here is a real easy way to memorise the 10 Commandments. Check out this video.
Here is how you do it.
Walk up to a stranger in a park and fan the chocolate bars out so that they can see all the bars. Then say: (You in Red and stranger in Green)
“Would you like to try a 60 second challenge to win a block of chocolate?”
“Yes. That sounds fun. What is it?”
"All you have to do is name all the 10 Commandments in 60 seconds. Do you think you can do that." Yes OK, “Go.” (Start your stopwatch) (NOTE: If they are hesitant, then tell them that you will help them get them by giving them prompts. Most will then want to do it.)
“Don’t lie, don’t steel, etc…” (99% of people will never get them all)
“Sorry. You have run out of time but here is a consolation prize anyway. Give them a block of chocolate if they get can name all 10 and give a little bar as a consolation if they do not get them all.
"Do you know why God gave us the 10 Commandments?”
“No”
“He gave them so we can what is right and wrong. Good and bad. So, do you think you are a good person?”
“Yes”
“Can I ask you a few easy questions to see if you are a good person?”
“I guess so”.
“OK. So how many lies have you told?”
Lots. Too many to count.
What do you call someone who lies?
A liar.
Have you ever stolen something?
Yes.
What do you call someone who has stolen?
A thief.
Have you ever used God’s name in Vain?
Yes.
Would you ever use your mother's name as a cuss word? No. Why not? Not sure. It is because you respect your mum, and you love her. But you have taken the Holy name of God and used it in place of a filth word. It is called blasphemy.
Just one more to go. Jesus said, “Whoever looks with lust has committed adultery in their heart”. Have you ever looked with lust?
Yes. Plenty of times
I asked myself these questions, and I was guilty of them all. This makes me, a lying, thieving, blaspheming, adulterer at heart. You said yes to these as well. So, if you were to face God on judgement day and he was to judge you by these standards, would you be found innocent or guilty?
Guilty
Heaven or Hell?
Hell
Does that concern you?
Yes. It does.
Can you tell me what God did for guilty sinners so they would not end up in hell?
No.
Well, God loves us so much that He sent his son to pay our fine. We’ve earned the death penalty because of our sins, but Jesus took our punishment by dying on the cross for us. So, you and I broke Gods law, the 10 Commandments, Jesus came and paid the fine.
It is a bit like, if you are in a court of law and someone pays your fine, you can legally be set free. The Judge can say, “You're guilty, but someone paid the fine, and you are out of here”. God paid the fine by sending his son, Jesus. He died, in your place, for your sin.
Does this make sense? Yes. It does.
Then after Jesus paid the fine, he defeated death and rose again. And now, we no longer have to come under condemnation. God can give us grace because of what Jesus did.
So, do you know what you need to do to be saved?
No. Can you tell me?
To be saved, you need to do two things. First, you need to believe that Jesus died on the cross for you, that he died in your place for your sins, and then, you need to repent. That is, to tell God how sorry you are and then turn from your sins. Don’t be the hypocrite who says he is a changed man but then continues in his sin. Truely mean it.
If you do this, and you do truly mean it, God can wash you clean and grant you everlasting life as a free gift.
Does this make sense?
Yes.
So, are you going to think about what we have talked about?
Yes.
This is about your eternity. It is really important. The big question is, when do you think you’re going to put your faith in Jesus and turn from your sin?
Now
Can I pray for you?
Yes.
Father, I thank you for this young man and I thank you for his open heart today. I pray Lord that he finds a place of genuine sorrow and repentance. I pray too that he sees your love, and that he runs to you Lord. In Jesus name, Amen.
Thank you
So now, as soon as you can, get alone and tell God about the sorrow within you. Be truly honest. Then, choose to honour Him with your life.
It’s been great talking to you. I have really enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it too. Thank you.
After finishing, remember to give them a million-dollar Gospel tract and you may be also want to recommend a local church to check out.
One other trick is to print off the 10 Commandments and then Sellotape them onto the back of one of the blocks of chocolate. If you cover the entire piece of paper, it makes it waterproof. Make sure that the flavour is not a common one you would give away. Then you can use a kids felt and circle the commandments that the person gets right. Once finished, simply wipe off the felt with your finger and you are ready to do it again.
Note 5: Often it is scary to go out and tell the Gospel. So, I highly advise that if you do this, spend a lot of time memorising it so that it becomes natural. It took me about 3 months of practising about 1 hour every day. So, a lot of effort was put into it. But I believe that another person's eternity is definitely worth the effort. So, please, become effective and put in the time to learn.
Note 6: Please remember that your mission is to say the Gospel. So, if you said the Gospel to 500 people, and they all rejected it, that is OK. You were still 100% successful in your mission. You told them of the salvation that God offers them. 1 Cor 3:7 "So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth."
Note 7: If things do not go well while doing this, do not give up. Eveluate what went wrong and then see if you can do it better.
I read about a challenge where the stranger must name all the 10 Commandments in 60 seconds. If they get them all, then they get a large block of chocolate. This challenge makes approaching a total stranger much easier, as the stranger sees that they may win a chocolate bar. So, the stranger is happy to talk to you.
First you need to purchase 3 large sized chocolate bars and some very small chocolates as consolation prizes. Then go up to a stranger and ask them if they would like to try a 60 second challenge to win a chocolate bar. As you do this, fan out the 3 large chocolate bars in one hand. The stranger then sees all the chocolate, and most will accept the challenge thinking that this could be fun. If the stranger gets all the 10 Commandments, then they win a large chocolate bar. If they do not get them, then you give them a consolation bar. This means that no matter whether they win or lose, you are still rewarding them. You can then lead them to the Gospel by asking why God gave us the 10 Commandments.
NOTE 1: When you do this, you will find that not many people will get all the 10 Commandments. Even many believers’ struggle to get them. So, 3 chocolate bars can last a very long time. I also take extra chocolate bars encase one is given away. That way, when I show the next stranger the chocolate bars, it is still very eye catching and enticing.
Note 2: This does lead into the Good Person Test (Ray Comfort) but you will notice that in this version, that I use slightly different wording to Ray. Where he says, “So you are a lying, thieving, blaspheming, adulterer…”, I have changed this by turning it back on myself and then I get the stranger to reflect on whether they are also like me.
Note 3: Most people do not come close to getting all commandments and so I help them. Even then, when helping, they most likely will not get all 10.
So, I help them by saying, "What do you do with a gun?" or "What is special about the seventh day" or "How do you treat your parents". This makes the person that I am talking to realise that I am on their side, and I want them to win the bar. This makes it more interactive and fun.
Note 4: Here is a real easy way to memorise the 10 Commandments. Check out this video.
Here is how you do it.
Walk up to a stranger in a park and fan the chocolate bars out so that they can see all the bars. Then say: (You in Red and stranger in Green)
“Would you like to try a 60 second challenge to win a block of chocolate?”
“Yes. That sounds fun. What is it?”
"All you have to do is name all the 10 Commandments in 60 seconds. Do you think you can do that." Yes OK, “Go.” (Start your stopwatch) (NOTE: If they are hesitant, then tell them that you will help them get them by giving them prompts. Most will then want to do it.)
“Don’t lie, don’t steel, etc…” (99% of people will never get them all)
“Sorry. You have run out of time but here is a consolation prize anyway. Give them a block of chocolate if they get can name all 10 and give a little bar as a consolation if they do not get them all.
"Do you know why God gave us the 10 Commandments?”
“No”
“He gave them so we can what is right and wrong. Good and bad. So, do you think you are a good person?”
“Yes”
“Can I ask you a few easy questions to see if you are a good person?”
“I guess so”.
“OK. So how many lies have you told?”
Lots. Too many to count.
What do you call someone who lies?
A liar.
Have you ever stolen something?
Yes.
What do you call someone who has stolen?
A thief.
Have you ever used God’s name in Vain?
Yes.
Would you ever use your mother's name as a cuss word? No. Why not? Not sure. It is because you respect your mum, and you love her. But you have taken the Holy name of God and used it in place of a filth word. It is called blasphemy.
Just one more to go. Jesus said, “Whoever looks with lust has committed adultery in their heart”. Have you ever looked with lust?
Yes. Plenty of times
I asked myself these questions, and I was guilty of them all. This makes me, a lying, thieving, blaspheming, adulterer at heart. You said yes to these as well. So, if you were to face God on judgement day and he was to judge you by these standards, would you be found innocent or guilty?
Guilty
Heaven or Hell?
Hell
Does that concern you?
Yes. It does.
Can you tell me what God did for guilty sinners so they would not end up in hell?
No.
Well, God loves us so much that He sent his son to pay our fine. We’ve earned the death penalty because of our sins, but Jesus took our punishment by dying on the cross for us. So, you and I broke Gods law, the 10 Commandments, Jesus came and paid the fine.
It is a bit like, if you are in a court of law and someone pays your fine, you can legally be set free. The Judge can say, “You're guilty, but someone paid the fine, and you are out of here”. God paid the fine by sending his son, Jesus. He died, in your place, for your sin.
Does this make sense? Yes. It does.
Then after Jesus paid the fine, he defeated death and rose again. And now, we no longer have to come under condemnation. God can give us grace because of what Jesus did.
So, do you know what you need to do to be saved?
No. Can you tell me?
To be saved, you need to do two things. First, you need to believe that Jesus died on the cross for you, that he died in your place for your sins, and then, you need to repent. That is, to tell God how sorry you are and then turn from your sins. Don’t be the hypocrite who says he is a changed man but then continues in his sin. Truely mean it.
If you do this, and you do truly mean it, God can wash you clean and grant you everlasting life as a free gift.
Does this make sense?
Yes.
So, are you going to think about what we have talked about?
Yes.
This is about your eternity. It is really important. The big question is, when do you think you’re going to put your faith in Jesus and turn from your sin?
Now
Can I pray for you?
Yes.
Father, I thank you for this young man and I thank you for his open heart today. I pray Lord that he finds a place of genuine sorrow and repentance. I pray too that he sees your love, and that he runs to you Lord. In Jesus name, Amen.
Thank you
So now, as soon as you can, get alone and tell God about the sorrow within you. Be truly honest. Then, choose to honour Him with your life.
It’s been great talking to you. I have really enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it too. Thank you.
After finishing, remember to give them a million-dollar Gospel tract and you may be also want to recommend a local church to check out.
One other trick is to print off the 10 Commandments and then Sellotape them onto the back of one of the blocks of chocolate. If you cover the entire piece of paper, it makes it waterproof. Make sure that the flavour is not a common one you would give away. Then you can use a kids felt and circle the commandments that the person gets right. Once finished, simply wipe off the felt with your finger and you are ready to do it again.
Note 5: Often it is scary to go out and tell the Gospel. So, I highly advise that if you do this, spend a lot of time memorising it so that it becomes natural. It took me about 3 months of practising about 1 hour every day. So, a lot of effort was put into it. But I believe that another person's eternity is definitely worth the effort. So, please, become effective and put in the time to learn.
Note 6: Please remember that your mission is to say the Gospel. So, if you said the Gospel to 500 people, and they all rejected it, that is OK. You were still 100% successful in your mission. You told them of the salvation that God offers them. 1 Cor 3:7 "So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth."
Note 7: If things do not go well while doing this, do not give up. Eveluate what went wrong and then see if you can do it better.
