One Verse Method

by Bill Jones

Presenting the Gospel
(The John 3:16 One-Verse Method)
By Bill Jones

What follows is a step-by-step explanation, including diagrams, for using John 3:16 to share the gospel in personal evangelism.

INTRODUCING THE VERSE
TRANSITION: John 3:16 is the most famous verse in the entire Bible. May I show you why?
ACTION: Take out a piece of paper and write the words of John 3:16 at the very top of the page in this particular order.
(To help you remember this order, note that the middle two phrases both start with the word "that" and both end with a reference to Jesus Christ.) Number these phrases in the following order: 1, 3, 4, 2.

John 3:16
1. For God so loved the world
3. that He gave His only begotten Son
4. that whoever believes in Him
2. should not perish, but have eternal life

EXPLANATION: The reason John 3:16 is so famous is because it summarizes the Bible in four spiritual truths. If you understand these four spiritual truths, you will understand what the entire Bible is all about.

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About the author

Bill Jones serves as the sixth president of Columbia International University (CIU). Known as one of the foremost missionary training centers in the world, CIU educates people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. To date, CIU has participated in the preparation of thousands of men and women for ministry with over 17,000 alumni ministering in over 150 countries around the world.

Bill also serves as chair of the International Leadership Team of Crossover Communications International (Crossover), a mission agency in Columbia, South Carolina, which he co-founded in 1987. With sending bases in Australia, Brazil, Moldova, New Zealand, as well as the USA, Crossover actively works in twenty countries to multiply church planters to plant multiplying churches among the unreached people groups of the world.

A passionate communicator, Bill has spoken to thousands of people around the world. He has also authored several books, most recently, Putting Together the Puzzle of the Old Testament and Putting Together the Puzzle of the New Testament.

Bill graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Institute of Technology and holds earned doctorates from both Columbia Biblical seminary and Gordon-Conwell seminary. Married to Debby Jones, speaker and coauthor of Lady in Waiting, they have four grown children.