What Did Jesus Do? : A Call to Return to the Biblical Gospel

by Ray Comfort

Rather than wonder “What would Jesus do?” we should look to the Scripture to What did Jesus do ? What was the way of the Master Evangelist in the most important of issues―reaching the lost? Why did He use a radically different approach than that of the modern Church?

Paul imitated Jesus, working for “the profit of many, that they may be saved .” Then he admonished, “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ” (1 Cor. 11:1).

James obeyed that command. So did Stephen, Peter, John, and Jude. So did Charles Spurgeon, John Wesley, George Whitefield, Martin Luther, D. L. Moody, and many others through the ages. Only the modern Church had drastically deviated from biblical evangelism.

In a day in which many crucial truths are neglected, Ray Comfort calls the Church back to the way of the Master Evangelist, to consider “ What did Jesus do?” and then go and do likewise.

Genres: Evangelism

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2005

About the author

Ray is the Founder and CEO of Living Waters and the best–selling author of more than 80 books, including, Hell's Best Kept Secret, Scientific Facts in the Bible, and The Evidence Bible. He co–hosts (with actor Kirk Cameron) the award–winning television program "The Way of the Master," seen in 200 countries. He is also the Executive Producer on the movies "Audacity," "180," "Evolution vs. God," and others, which have been seen by millions. He and his wife, Sue, live in Bellflower, California, where they have three grown children.

Reviews

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good book on how to evangelize. This is written by Ray Comfort, who is quite an evangelist himself. I love Ray Comfort’s own personal example of being an evangelist. He wrote this book in an manner that is easy to understand and also practical. Today’s contemporary church is often filled with bad doctrines and light on the Gospel so there’s a crisis with how Christians evangelize today in a manner that is unbiblical and unfaithful to God and the Gospel. So this work is much needed. I personally got this book as part of a discipleship tool with some of our guys in church to train them to think not only biblically about evangelism but to live it out.
Ray Comfort has written multiple book on evangelism. Readers aware of that might ask why another book and how is this different than other works he’s written? This book is more on how different individuals in the New Testament evangelized. Of course with the title “What Did Jesus Do?” a big part of the book is on Jesus’ evangelism method as recorded in the New Testament. There is three chapters on Jesus’ evangelism. This is followed by two chapters on Paul’s evangelism, and a chapter each on the Gospel presentation by Stephen, Peter, James, John the Baptist and Jude. I love how this was organized; it was somewhat like a biblical theology of evangelism though it only focused on the New Testament. This format makes readers think consciously of how the evangelism method presented is biblical and not just Ray Comfort proof texting. Also I enjoyed the last chapter “What Can you do?” which has several practical tips for witnessing including Ray Comfort’s acronym of WDJD based upon the book title’s “What Did Jesus Do?” for the types of questions to ask someone you are talking about the Gospel to.
I recommend this and I have seen God used this book to make members in my church think more biblically about evangelism and evangelistic methodology.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! A great Biblically sound book that I would say is a basic book on evangelism and the teachings of Jesus for every true Christian.

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Way of the Master explained and referenced from the Bible. An excellent, gentle way to tell people about the most important message in the world.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this small book, we are given many examples of how Jesus and many others evangelized. You must remember that in their day, there was no Bible to hold up into someone's face. So, we, too, can evangelize without the Bible but not without the gospel. We are taught over and over again how the early men spoke first of the law then of the gospel. We must help people to understand that without the knowledge of the law there can be no grace. And we all need grace and the forgiveness of the Lord to keep from spending eternity in Hell.

[Adam Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

"What would Jesus do?" is an often repeated mantra today. In this book Ray dives into Scripture to learn what Jesus did as He shared the Gospel during His earthly ministry. In addition, he traces through the rest of the NT to discover the common thread of and purpose of the Law.

[Larry Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

ray is a nice guy who has helped a lot of people learn how to share their faith