Secret Church 16 – Session 6: What Do Buddhists Believe?

About this sermon

In this session of Secret Church 16, David Platt encourages Christians to share the gospel with Buddhists by providing them with an overview of Buddhism. In this session, he deals with Buddhism, a religion with over 250 million people from 62 countries. Of the 354 people groups that are Buddhist, 296 of them are labeled as unreached with the gospel. In response to sin and suffering, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhism’s founder, claimed to find Enlightenment while meditating, and he taught others this path until his death. The two primary schools of Buddhism are Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, and Buddhists have a variety of sacred texts. In fact, Buddhism is often mixed with atheism or animism. Buddhists believe that suffering is the main problem for man and that it can only be overcome by getting rid of selfish desire through the Eight-Fold Path. Salvation for Buddhists is a matter of self-effort. In this session, David Platt offers suggestions for sharing the gospel with Buddhists, including questions to ask in order to transition into a gospel conversation. For more information visit https://radical.net/?session=session-6-buddhism Chapters: 0:00 - Debunking Myths About Buddhists 5:34 - What Do Buddhists Believe? 5:42 - Four Noble Truths 8:22 - The Eightfold Path 11:57 - What Do Buddhists Believe and what is Enlightenment? 13:38 - Salvation through Self-Effort 14:11 - Buddhist Belief is often Mixed with other Beliefs 14:57 - How Do We Share the Gospel With Buddhists? 16:39 - Realize there are Substantial Differences 19:39 - Be Wise in your Language 24:22 - Be Winsome with your Life 26:02 - Be Patient and Prayerful 28:11 - Appeal to the Heart 31:24 - How to Hold out the Hope

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• Faith
• Church & Fellowship
• The Church