Jesus demonstrated how to live for his disciples through prayer, use of scripture, and evangelism. He often prayed in front of his disciples and taught them basic principles of prayer. Jesus frequently referenced scripture in his conversations and teachings, showing the disciples how to use and apply it. In all his interactions, Jesus taught the disciples how to win souls in a natural way by drawing people in and inspiring their faith. He addressed any confusion from the disciples to ensure they understood. The disciples learned practically from observing Jesus's words and actions.

1. The Master Plan of
Evangelism
Robert E
Coleman

2. The Master Plan of
Evangelism
Robert E
Coleman

3. 5. DEMONSTRATION
I have set you an example that you
should do as I have done for you.
John 13:15

4. Jesus showed them how to live
Jesus saw to it that His disciples
learned His way of living with
God and man. This section will
give some important examples
for important areas of
discipleship / evangelism.
It is not enough just to get people
into spiritual communion with
Jesus - they need to know how to
maintain and share this if it is to
be continued in evangelism.

5. Jesus showed them how to live
We must breathe, eat, exercise,
and carry on work normally if
we want to grow - neglect these
and life will cease.
Jesus taught his followers the
secrets of his spiritual influence
as a deliberate strategy - he knew
what was important.

6. Jesus at prayer
Jesus often let His disciples see him
talking with the Father.
They saw it gave him strength - though
they could not understand fully what it
was all about, they must have realized
that this was part of his secret of life.
Jesus did not force the lesson upon
them, but just kept praying until at last
the disciples got so hungry that they
asked him to teach them what he was
doing.

7. More than 20X the Gospels call
attention to Jesus' practice of
prayer
It is given special mention during
events of momentous decision in
His life
- baptism Luke 3:21
- selecting the 12 Luke 6: 12
- on the Mount of Transfiguration
Luke 9: 29
- the Last Supper Matt. 26:27
- in Gethsemane Luke 22:39-46
- on the cross Luke 23:46

8. The gospel writers also record
Jesus’ prayer life:
- the confession of his Messiahship
(Luke 9:18)
- on hearing their reports of
evangelismLuke 10:21, 22
- teaching them to pray Luke 11:1
- the great high priestly prayer
John 17:6-19
- the loving concern for Peter Luke
22:32
- at the home of the two disciples
in Emmaus after the resurrection
Luke24:30

9. Prayer is prominent also in the
power-working miracles of Jesus:
-healing the multitudes Mark1:35
- feeding the 5000 Mark 6:41
- feeding later the 4000 Mark 8:6
- healing the deaf mute Mark 7:34
- raising Lazarus from the dead
John 11:41

10. Also prayer is on the lips of Jesus as
- he looks at the multitudes whom
he came to save
- before conflict with religious
leaders Luke 5:16
- he is in discussion with the Greeks
who came to see Him John 12:27
- after sending away the 5000
Mark 6:46
- when blessing little children Mark
10: 16
- for those who nailed him to the
cross Luke 23:34

11. When the opportunity came, Jesus gave
them a lesson explaining to them some
of the more basic principles of prayer,
and illustrating what he meant by
repeating before them a model prayer
Luke 11:1-11; Matt. 6:9-13
Importantly Jesus did not think this
teaching beneath them - he started with
basics - and we should note they had
asked him to teach them to pray, they
knew their prayer needed something
more! Elementary teaching is often
necessary to get people started in this
discipline.

12. One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he
finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to
pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins
against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and
you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three
loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to
me, and I have no food to offer him.’

13. 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The
door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I
can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though
he will not get up and give you the bread because of
friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e] he will
surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and
you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and
to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give
him a snake instead?

14. After this he emphasised prayer
again and again when talking with
His disciples, continually enlarging
upon its meaning and application as
they were able to comprehend
deeper realities of his Spirit.
It was an indispensable part of their
training, which in turn they would
have to transmit to others.
Coleman concludes, “One thing is
certain. Unless they grasped the
meaning of prayer, and learned
how to practice it with
consistency, not much would
ever come from their lives.”

15. Jesus teaches them how to use
Scripture
Jesus showed the disciples the importance
and use of the Holy Scriptures - seen in
his own personal devotion and in winning
others to the Way.
Often he took time to show the disciples
the meaning of a passage in the Bible,
- He regularly used the Scriptures in His
conversation with them
- There are at least 66 references to the
OT in his conversations with the disciples
in the gospels - and >90 allusions to it in
His speaking with others

16. Jesus teaches them how to use
Scripture
Counting duplications in parallel
accounts of the same event there are
altogether about 160 references in the
Gospels where Jesus alludes to the
scriptures of His day. Furthermore, 2/3
of the OT books are included in these
references. The words of Christ were
thoroughly filled with the teaching of
the old patriarchs, kings, and prophets.
His whole thought was in the spirit of
the inspired writings of His day.

17. This showed the disciples how they
should know and use the Scriptures in
their own life.
The principles of Bible exhortation
were practiced before them so
repeatedly that they could not help but
catch on to at least some of the rules for
basic Scriptural interpretation and
application.
Moreover, the ability of Jesus to recall
so freely Old Testament passages must
have impressed the disciples with the
necessity of learning the Scriptures by
heart, and letting them become the
authority for their pronouncements.

18. Jesus made it very clear that the
Word written in the Scriptures and
the words he spoke did not
contradict but complemented each
other.
What Jesus believed was also to be
cherished by His disciples - so the
Scriptures, and his own words,
became the objective basis of their
faith in Christ.
Jesus made it clear to them that if
they were to continue in his
fellowship by the Spirit after he was
gone from them in the flesh, they
would have to abide in his Word
John 15:7

19. Jesus taught them to win souls
We should remember that in
all of his life Jesus’ ultimate
purpose was to teach the
disciples how to win souls.
Practically everything that
Jesus said and did had some
relevance to their work of
evangelism - e.g. by explaining
a spiritual truth or revealing to
them how they should deal
with men.

20. Jesus taught them to win souls
Jesus took advantage of
teaching situations as they
developed about him - though
for the most part, the disciples
were being trained as
evangelists without even
knowing that they were being
trained to win people for God.

21. Jesus taught naturally
Jesus was so in control when teaching
that he did not let his method obscure
the lesson - the truth called attention
to itself, and not the presentation.
He did not show that he had a method
of teaching: he was his method.
Today we use techniques and gimmicks,
well-illustrated handbooks or multicolored charts. The disciples never had
any of these things now considered so
essential for training.

22. All the disciples had to teach them
was Jesus - who practiced with
them what He expected them to
learn.
Evangelism was lived before them
in spirit and in technique.
They watched him and learned
what it was all about. He helped
them to recognize the need
inherent in all people, and the best
methods of approaching them.

23. They observed how he drew
people, won their confidence and
inspired their faith; how he opened
them up to salvation and called
them to a decision. This took place
in all types of situations and among
all kinds of people, rich and poor,
healthy and sick, friend and enemy.

25. With the masses and with individuals
the disciples were always there to
observe Jesus in word and deed.
On a number of occasions the disciples
were unclear and so asked for
clarification:
e.g. after Jesus told the story of the
sower, Luke 8:4-8, the disciples asked
Him what this parable meant Luke 8:9.
Jesus then explained in detail the
meaning of the analogies used in the
illustration. It appears he spent 3x
more time explaining this story to the
disciples than in giving the initial lesson
Luke 8: 9-18

26. If the disciples did not admit to not
understanding Jesus often took the to
clear up the problem.
e.g. the rich young ruler - Jesus dealt
with him rather sternly, and he went
away sorrowful because He loved His
riches more than the KoG. Mk 10:23,24
And Jesus looked around and said to his
disciples, “How difficult it will be for those
who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
And the disciples were amazed at his words.
At length Jesus explained the reason for
His approach to this good moral man,
and also applied the principle to their
own faith Mark 10:24-31

27. THE PRINCIPLE IN FOCUS
Jesus did not preach a continuous sermon;
it was an object lesson as well. This was
the secret of His influence in teaching. He
did not ask anyone to do or be anything
which first He had not demonstrated in
His own life, thereby not only proving its
workability, but also its relevance to His
mission in life. Everything which He said
and did was a personal lesson in reality the disciples were learning practically
every moment of their waking day.
Remember: People are looking for a
demonstration, not an explanation.

28. THE PRINCIPLE APPLIED
TODAY
Those of us who are seek to train
men must be prepared to have
them follow even as we follow
Christ, 1Cor. 11:1
We are the exhibit Phil. 3: 1 7;
1Thess. 2:7, 8; 2Tim. 1:13
They will do those things which
they hear and see in us Phil. 4:9

29. THE PRINCIPLE APPLIED
TODAY
We must live this truth - we cannot
avoid it - we must include the
practical outworking in life of the
deeper realities of the Spirit.
Knowledge is not enough - there
comes a time for action.
Knowledge unapplied to life can
become a stumbling-stone to
further truth
Jesus saw to it that the disciples did
something about it - they knew and
did.

30. So another
section is
finished and we
are one step
closer to the end
of this course