He says you are our glory and joy. You're our crown of rejoicing. Why? Because when we get
to heaven, when we see the Lord Jesus Christ one day, there's going to be great rejoicing
with the people that God used us to reach with the gospel. Think about that.
That's an important thought. I mean, imagine getting to heaven and being in the presence
of Jesus Christ and then being surrounded by people who would say, you know what,
I'm here because you preached the gospel. Thank you. And obviously Jesus gets all the praise and
all the glory, but you know what? It's going to be great to rejoice with the people who got us saved,
right? And the people that we got saved. I mean, it's rejoicing. And then the Bible also talks
about in John chapter four, the fact that, you know, one person obviously sows and another person
waters. God gives the increase. That's dealt with in other scriptures. But in John four,
he says, other men have labored. You know, other people have gone and planted seeds.
You've entered into their labors. And the Bible teaches that one day he that sowed the seed and
he that watered the seed are going to rejoice together. So one day when we get to heaven,
there are going to be people that we gave the gospel to that didn't get saved, but we planted
that seed and that seed germinated within them. And then later somebody else came and watered
that seed. And then that person got saved eventually. Obviously God gave the increase.
But let's say, for example, you know, I gave somebody the gospel and then later brother
Dominique went by and gave that same person the gospel. We're going to get to heaven and be like,
bam, we did, you know, because it was a team effort. We both accomplished something as a team.
And then think about how exciting it's going to be just to see the people in heaven that were
one to Christ through our efforts. I mean, that's going to be great. That's going to be huge.
But you know what? There's going to be some people that get there and it's like,
because they did no soul winning. Okay. Did I say there's going to be some people like that? Okay.
The vast majority of Christians could not say what Paul is saying right here.
I mean, the vast majority of Christians have never won anybody to Christ. So they, they're not even
planting the seed. They're not even watering the seed. So they would get there and, and,
and miss out on that great joy, miss out on that crown of rejoicing, miss out on that great reunion
where you get together with all your co-laborers and the gospel, all the people that you worked
with and soul winning and, and see the successes. Because, you know, it's, it's sad when you give
the gospel to somebody and they don't get saved. It's sad, right? But it's going to be great to
get to heaven and find out that some of those people got saved later. People that you thought
didn't get saved. And then it turns out that later they did get saved. And you're like, yes,
thank you, Lord. It's going to be so exciting for those who are part of the team.