Appendix A

This list is not exhaustive and it may change from person to person. An adult should have a concept of what sin is but a child might not understand. If you are speaking to a person who grew up in the church versus a person who has never stepped foot within a church, you should understand that there will be different levels of understanding of some of these terms.

The point this list should get across is that not everyone understands the terminology we sometimes use when evangelizing. If you wish to use a difficult term, be sure to explain thoroughly. Jesus often used terms that were misunderstood by his hearers but he went on to further explain what he meant. See Jesus conversation with Nicodemus in John 3 and his conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 for examples of this.

• Saved • Born again • Justified • Made righteous • Blood washed • Invite Jesus into your heart • It’s right there in the Bible • Come to Christ • Cleansed • Circumcised heart • Trinity • Godhead • Holy • Consecrated • Holy Spirit (or Ghost) filled • Be transformed • Speaking in tongues • Atonement • Baptized in the Spirit • Anointed

• Chosen • Dying to one’s self • Conversion • Redemption • Heathen • Propitiation • Regeneration • Lost • Wait on the Lord • Deliverance • Bought with a price • Wash away our sins • Ransomed • Purified • Power of the blood • Walking in the Spirit • Reconciliation • Eucharist • Apostate • Pagan

• Get right with God • Bread of life • Predestined • New life • Elected • Transgression • Child of God • Set-free • Saint • Yahweh • Messiah • Dying to the flesh • Blood of the lamb • Rebirth • Iniquity • Heresy

Commonly Faced Questions When Evangelizing - Appendix B