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How to Be a Soul Winner He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126: 6 thesoulwinner. org

The Urgency of Soul Winning Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you DAMNED? - Leonard Ravenhill thesoulwinner. org 2

Soul Winning is Witnessing w A witness is a person who tells something that he or she saw and knows. w The purpose of our witness – to bring people to Jesus A true witness delivers souls (Proverbs 14: 25) thesoulwinner. org 3

Soul Winning is Introducing People to a Person In a way. . . introducing Christ to a person is the same as any other introduction. thesoulwinner. org 4

Soul Winning is Planting and Harvesting w In the Parable of the Sower, the Seed is the Word of God. w Some of the Seed grew; some didn’t. – The sower was always the same. – The Seed was the same. – The ground where it was planted varied. thesoulwinner. org 5

Why God Wants You to Be a Soul Winner God commands it • And he said unto them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16: 15) • But ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1: 8) • A true witness delivers souls (Proverbs 14: 25) thesoulwinner. org 6

Why God Wants You to Be a Soul Winner w People are going to Hell without Jesus – If your neighbor’s house was on fire, wouldn’t you try to save them? – Why would you do any less for the people who are going to Hell? thesoulwinner. org 7

The Dynamics of Soul Winning I have planted, w One or more people Apollos watered; can be used of God but God gave the to witness to a increase. . . For we person are laborers w Another soul winner together with God. can harvest (1 Corinthians 3: 6, 9) w God is the One Who gets it done! thesoulwinner. org 8

How God Can Multiply Your Work for Him Edward Kimball D. L. Moody F. B. Meyer J. Wilbur Chapman Billy Sunday Mordecai Ham Billy Graham thesoulwinner. org 9

How to Make Soul Winning Part of Your Christian Life w Make a list of people you are concerned about w Pray every day for them to get saved w Invite them to an evangelistic event w Have them over for coffee or dinner if you can thesoulwinner. org 10

You Can Be a Soul Winner! He said, “Bob, God will give you souls. You just have to want them badly enough. ” thesoulwinner. org 11

How to Mark Your Bible Just as a chef needs to sharpen his knives, you need to sharpen your Sword in order to use it effectively. w Draw a red box around 1 John 5: 13 w In the margin next to the verse write “Romans 3: 10” w Draw a red box around Romans 3: 10 and write “ 3: 23” in the margin next to the verse. w Use this procedure for all the verses in the presentation. Presentation Scriptures: 1. 1 John 5: 13 2. Romans 3: 10, 23 3. Romans 6: 23 4. Romans 5: 8 5. 2 Corinthians 5: 21 6. Romans 10: 9 -10 7. Romans 10: 13 thesoulwinner. org 12

How to Explain the Gospel Clearly w Don’t assume the person is a Christian. w Use words the lost person understands and would likely be comfortable with. w Point out the verses in your marked Bible. w Remember: your job isn’t merely to “tell the Gospel” but to help the person understand the Good News and make a decision for Christ. thesoulwinner. org 13

X-Ray Question #1 If you were to die tonight, do you know for sure that you would go to Heaven? If they answer “No, ” they are either lost, backslidden or misguided. If they answer “Yes, ” they may or may not be saved. Regardless of how they answer, go on to Question #2. Our job is not to judge people, but, like a doctor, to diagnose people so we can determine how to help them. thesoulwinner. org 14

X-Ray Question #2 Suppose you did die tonight, and God asked you, “Why should I let you into My Heaven? ” – What would you tell Him? Their answer to this question will tell you a lot about their spiritual Condition. Their answer will fall into one of two categories: WORKS or GRACE thesoulwinner. org 15

The Promise 1 John 5: 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Important Truths w You can have eternal life. w You can have it now (you don’t have to wait until you get to Heaven to get it). w You can know that you have it. thesoulwinner. org 16

The Problem Romans 3: 10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, not one” Romans 3: 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God w That means I’m a sinner, doesn’t it? w The problem is, no one—including you and me–deserves to go to Heaven. w Everybodyincluding you and me- is guilty before God. thesoulwinner. org 17

The Effect of Sin w Suppose you had a 10 gallon jug of clean water. w Someone put 1 drop of poison into it. Would you drink it? w Sin is like poison. One drop can pollute us and make us unfit for Heaven. The next verse I’m going to show you has some bad news and some good news. I’m going to show you the bad news first. thesoulwinner. org 18

The Condemnation Wages—that’s Payday. Romans 6: 23 a Work for a week and For the wages of sin is you get wages for your death. . . work. Live a lifetime as a sinner and your payday is death. Not just death of the body, but eternal death of your soul in judgment for your sin. thesoulwinner. org 19

The Gift Romans 6: 23 b. . . but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. w The Good News is that God provided the Remedy for your sins. w If I were to offer you a gift, would you have to work for it, or pay me for it? w What do you have to do to receive a gift? w If you didn’t take the gift, would you have it? w Eternal life is a Gift from God. He paid for it. But if you never take it, you will never have it. thesoulwinner. org 20

God’s Love for You w What was the wages of sin? Death. What did Jesus do for you? He died. He took your punishment for your sins. w How many people do you know who love you enough that they would die for you? w That’s how much Jesus loves you. He died for you. thesoulwinner. org 21 Romans 5: 8 But God demonstrates his own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God’s Perfect Substitute Jesus took the 2 Corinthians 5: 21 punishment that you For He made Him and I deserve so we who knew no sin to be could go to Heaven. sin for us, that we might become the You Jesus righteousness of God in Him. w. Sin w. Perfect w. Lie w. Deceit thesoulwinner. org w. Righteous w. Holy 22

Believe in Your Heart Romans 10: 9 -10 w Believe – not enough to that if you confess with believe the facts about your mouth the Lord Jesus. Trust Him to and believe in your heart save you. that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation. thesoulwinner. org 23

The Invitation (Rom 10: 13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. w Does this make sense to you? w Would you like for us to bow our heads together while you let God know you want to receive the Lord Jesus as your personal Savior? thesoulwinner. org 24

How to Draw the Net Is there any reason why you would not want to receive Christ now? thesoulwinner. org 25

Assurance: Where Is Jesus Right Now? w How do you know He is in your heart? w Did He promise to come in? w Would He lie to you? w If everything goes wrong tomorrow, and you don’t feel like He is still there, is He still in your heart? w How do you know? thesoulwinner. org 26

Happy Birthday Remember today’s date and write it in your Bible. The Bible says that you are Born Again when Jesus comes into your life. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (1 Pe 1: 23) thesoulwinner. org 27

Read the Bible and Pray Every Day The Bible is how God talks to you. – Start with the Gospel of John – Read through to the end of the New Testament – Then start with Matthew and read the New Testament again. – Read 3 chapters a day and you will read the New Testament in 3 months. Prayer is how you talk to God. – – Adore Confess Thankgiving Supplication – Prayer, in a very real sense, is asking God and receiving from Him. thesoulwinner. org 28

Get Involved in Church Why? – – – Obey God Learn the Bible Encouragement Fellowship Worship Forsake not the assembling of yourselves (Hebrews 7: 25) thesoulwinner. org 29

Confess Christ Publicly Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will confess before my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 10: 32) thesoulwinner. org 30

Baptism Get baptized as soon as possible Baptism is like putting on the wedding ring. It identifies what you have done. Of course, it doesn’t save you any more than a ring marries you. Baptism is important as a first step of obedience, though. thesoulwinner. org 31

Tell Others About Jesus w Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4: 19) thesoulwinner. org 32

How to Handle Questions and Objections w Be confident – There are only a few objections that people raise. You’ll hear the same ones over and over. w Don’t let them get you off track – “That’s a great question. Can I address that in a minute? ” w Compliment them w If you don’t know the answer, don’t panic. – Tell them you’ll find out and get back to them. – This will give you another chance to reach them if they don’t receive Christ when are talking to them now. thesoulwinner. org 33