“Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he” (John 4:26). In the whole process of soul-winning, Christ must shine through you – his love, his compassion, his holiness, his firmness and kindness — so that the sinner will be drawn into the kingdom. Yes, the Samaritan woman became the first Gentile missionary. [...]
Soul-winning Requires Resisting Diversions
The woman acknowledged her sin, but now, as the conversation was getting “too hot” for her, she introduced a controversial subject to change the conversation: “Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship” (v. 20). When you get to the personal sin issue, [...]
Soul-winning Requires Exposing Sin
Conviction will not fall until you deal with the sin of the person you want to win. It will not do for you to talk about sin in general. You must talk about, and deal with, the sin of the person you are trying to win. It is not the world’s sin that keeps the [...]
Principles of Soul-winning
In John 4, we find some basic principles for soul-winning. 1. We must be led by the Spirit: “¦he must needs go through Samaria.” The term “being led by the Spirit” may be new to some of you, and yet it is scriptural. The apostle Paul said, “For as many as are led by the [...]
The Distinction between Witnessing and Soul-winning
For the purpose of this letter, let me define these terms: in witnessing, we identify ourselves with Jesus, and in soul-winning, we go beyond that identification, making an effort to actually lead a soul to Christ. We are encouraged to witness from many passages in the Bible, such as Proverbs 3:5,6: “Trust in the Lord [...]
JESUS A MODEL SOUL WINNER
“¦he that winneth souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:3 “He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, [...]
Mourning for an only son
Amos 8:9-10 9″In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. 10 I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make [...]
Amos the shepherd
Amos 7:12-15 12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.” 14Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor a prophet’s [...]
A plumb line
Amos 7:7-8 7This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. 8And the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line [...]
A sin that leads to death
1 John 5:16-17 16If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. [...]
Have Life Through The Son
1 John 5:9-15 9We accept man’s testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because [...]
Three that testify
For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. – 1 John 5:7
The Spirit Convicted David
But despite his extreme wickedness, David was still a believer – very disobedient one, granted, but a believer nonetheless. And in Psalms 32 and 51, he wrote about the tortured state he was in as a result of the unconfessed sin in his life. For 12 months, he fought the conviction of the Holy Spirit [...]
We just forget about Him
That is exactly what happened with David when he committed adultery with Bathsheba. He had set the scene for his defeat with things he had already done in direct disobedience to God. David had multiple wives and took concubines after he became king (see 2 Samuel 5:13). Yet God specifically warned in Deuteronomy 17:17 that [...]
