Personal Work.QUALIFICATIONS needed.If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification that we need.1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with Paul.I KNOW whom I have believed, and am persuaded thathe is able to keepthat which I have committed unto him against that day.II Timothy 1:12.Or to exclaim with the blind man.WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not:one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind,now I see.John 9:25One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the gospel message to lost souls.2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren.I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myselfwere accursed from Christfor my brethren.Romans 9:2-3.3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, andlose his own soul?Mark 8:36.WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;if thou dost not speak to warn the wickedfrom his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; buthis blood will I require at thine hand.Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.Ezekiel 33:8-9.4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, andnot man’s word.AND take the helmet of salvation, and thesword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Ephesians 6:17.STUDY toshow thyself approved unto God, a workmanthat needeth not to be ashamed,rightly dividing the word of truth.II Timothy 2:15.SO shallmy wordbe that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, butit shall accomplishthat which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Isaiah 55:11.Through the use of theword of God, you are to seek to accomplish the following things.1st. To show men theirneedof a Savior.2nd. To show themJesusas the Savior they need.3rd. To show themhow to makethis Savior their own.4th. To meet thedifficultiesin the way of their accepting Christ.5th. The one who would havereal successmust live alife of prayer, and bebaptizedwith the Holy Ghost.Notice what the Lord is saying to us, toencourage usin our efforts to save souls.HE thatwinneth souls is wise.Proverbs 11:30.AND they that bewise shall shineas thebrightnessof thefirmament; and they that turnmanytorighteousnessas thestarsforeverandever.Daniel 12:3.LET him know, that he whichconverteth the sinnerfrom the error of his way shallsave a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.James 5:20.God help us to be faithful to our trust!
Personal Work.QUALIFICATIONS needed.If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification that we need.1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with Paul.I KNOW whom I have believed, and am persuaded thathe is able to keepthat which I have committed unto him against that day.II Timothy 1:12.Or to exclaim with the blind man.WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not:one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind,now I see.John 9:25One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the gospel message to lost souls.2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren.I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myselfwere accursed from Christfor my brethren.Romans 9:2-3.3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, andlose his own soul?Mark 8:36.WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;if thou dost not speak to warn the wickedfrom his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; buthis blood will I require at thine hand.Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.Ezekiel 33:8-9.4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, andnot man’s word.AND take the helmet of salvation, and thesword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Ephesians 6:17.STUDY toshow thyself approved unto God, a workmanthat needeth not to be ashamed,rightly dividing the word of truth.II Timothy 2:15.SO shallmy wordbe that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, butit shall accomplishthat which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Isaiah 55:11.Through the use of theword of God, you are to seek to accomplish the following things.1st. To show men theirneedof a Savior.2nd. To show themJesusas the Savior they need.3rd. To show themhow to makethis Savior their own.4th. To meet thedifficultiesin the way of their accepting Christ.5th. The one who would havereal successmust live alife of prayer, and bebaptizedwith the Holy Ghost.Notice what the Lord is saying to us, toencourage usin our efforts to save souls.HE thatwinneth souls is wise.Proverbs 11:30.AND they that bewise shall shineas thebrightnessof thefirmament; and they that turnmanytorighteousnessas thestarsforeverandever.Daniel 12:3.LET him know, that he whichconverteth the sinnerfrom the error of his way shallsave a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.James 5:20.God help us to be faithful to our trust!
If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification that we need.
1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with Paul.
I KNOW whom I have believed, and am persuaded thathe is able to keepthat which I have committed unto him against that day.
II Timothy 1:12.
Or to exclaim with the blind man.
WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not:one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind,now I see.
John 9:25
One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the gospel message to lost souls.
2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.
Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren.
I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myselfwere accursed from Christfor my brethren.
Romans 9:2-3.
3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.
FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, andlose his own soul?
Mark 8:36.
WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;if thou dost not speak to warn the wickedfrom his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; buthis blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel 33:8-9.
4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.
It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, andnot man’s word.
AND take the helmet of salvation, and thesword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:17.
STUDY toshow thyself approved unto God, a workmanthat needeth not to be ashamed,rightly dividing the word of truth.
II Timothy 2:15.
SO shallmy wordbe that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, butit shall accomplishthat which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11.
Through the use of theword of God, you are to seek to accomplish the following things.
1st. To show men theirneedof a Savior.
2nd. To show themJesusas the Savior they need.
3rd. To show themhow to makethis Savior their own.
4th. To meet thedifficultiesin the way of their accepting Christ.
5th. The one who would havereal successmust live alife of prayer, and bebaptizedwith the Holy Ghost.
Notice what the Lord is saying to us, toencourage usin our efforts to save souls.
HE thatwinneth souls is wise.
Proverbs 11:30.
AND they that bewise shall shineas thebrightnessof thefirmament; and they that turnmanytorighteousnessas thestarsforeverandever.
Daniel 12:3.
LET him know, that he whichconverteth the sinnerfrom the error of his way shallsave a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James 5:20.
God help us to be faithful to our trust!