Gospel Witness, What Do Soul Winners Do?
BY PGF2 years, 7 months ago
Note: Instead of linking these posts about being a witness for Jesus Christ, we’ll tag them “Gospel Witness” at the bottom. You’ll find them all, by clicking this Tag, as we post them over time on no particular schedule.
But don’t wait; here is some background about being a witness for Jesus Christ. (I was tired when it was written; it ain’t pretty, but the info is solid.) And here is specific technical instruction on how to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the form of a Gospel Primer. Get started right away, souls are dying and you’re losing your civilization.
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“He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.” Proverbs 10:5
It is a high privilege and an unspeakable honor to be given the precious opportunity to lead a lost soul into the Kingdom of God. Through opening our Bible and sharing the Word of God, we offer opportunity after opportunity for lost sinners, under the power and conviction of the Holy Spirit of God, to come to the fullness of faith in Jesus Christ and get saved. Soul winners gather the Lord’s harvest. When He points out that you failed even to enter the battlefield, what will you say? Don’t bring shame to your Father.
You can learn how to be good at sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You can be a soul winner. You are already the exact right witness for a whole host of people that need to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You need a few tools, putting your hand to the plow so that Holy God can more fully put you to use for His preeminent glory.
Being good at soul winning is more about being faithful to the Lord than talent or ability. God brings fruit through our faithfulness to go and tell the Gospel to whoever will listen.
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” John 15:16
Soul-winning is a mission-specific ordination of the Father through His Son to all Christians (Acts 1:8). We are to bring forth good fruit for the glory of Father God. Some of the fruit that remains are new converts, true converts to Jesus Christ.
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8
And so there you are, at the uttermost part of the earth, right where God put you. All Christians are witnesses for Jesus Christ. You are either a bad witness or a good witness in all that you do. We should be good witnesses and endeavor to get better at witnessing. We become soul winners by being good witnesses through taking our Bible and sharing verses with lost sinners.
Sharing verses with lost sinners from the Bible invites the Holy Spirit into a conversation to bring conviction to the heart of the lost sinner. By this means, they realize their need for Jesus, trust Jesus through the cross, and accept the offer of salvation. (Romans 10:17)
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10
Soul winners seek that which was lost. Please don’t show up before the throne of God Almighty empty-handed. Soul winners bring in the Lord’s bountiful harvest of precious souls.
“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.” John 15:8
Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not a passive state of being. It is an active faith while being about the Father’s business. One primary task in this business is to share the Gospel with everybody to bear fruit for the King.
Jesus, in Mark 16, commands us to fulfill the Great Commission:
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15
The very first duty under this commission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with lost souls. If they have faith and believe in Jesus Christ, they will get saved.
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11
As witnesses for Jesus Christ, we often share our testimony. As messengers of Christ’s Gospel we tell the simple Gospel truth; Christ’s crucifixion for our sin, death, burial, and resurrection. As soul winners we plant those precious seeds from the Word of God by being prepared and regularly seeking opportunities to share the Gospel. Soul winners bring lost sinners all the way to the point of asking Holy God for salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. A soul winner tells people what great things Christ has already done for them by sharing verses of scripture that show the lost sinner his need, and specifically the Gospel.
“And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.” Matthew 4:19-20
The fruit of the Christian is to be fishers of men, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ while bringing lost sinners to the foot of the cross so that Holy God can convict them of their eternal soul’s condition. A soul winner is a fisher for those souls Holy Father God desires to save.
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he that winneth souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30
“He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalm 126:6
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” Romans 10:14-15
The glad tidings of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ to bring eternal life are the greatest thing that a Christian can ever share with a lost sinner, “so shall ye be my disciples.”
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