you know and let me ask you this are you are you one of the people that's winning
somebody the Lord every year and I mean obviously there are a lot of people in
our church who win somebody Lord almost every week because why you say why are
certain people winning somebody Lord every week because they're actually out
putting in the most hours of doing it you know the people that are having
people saved on a monthly basis it's because they're out soul winning a lot
in the course of that month and the people that even bring forth in a year
it's because they're putting in time and you know it doesn't always happen after
just an hour two hours three hours you have to with patience go out there and
bring forth fruit and go out there week after week after week and keep doing it
look somebody is dropping the ball big time in Phoenix Arizona I bet there are
a whole bunch of independent Baptist churches that are dropping the ball not
doing the soul winning there are people in our church that that look they're a
withered branch and let me tell you something tonight I'm preaching this
sermon for a couple reasons number one is because we need to be fruitful as
Christians in order to glorify the Lord and what he said here it is my father
glorified that you bring forth much fruit so shall you be my disciples you
want to glorify God be a soul winner number two people are dying and going to
hell out there we need to be a soul winner so winning works anybody who says
it doesn't work doesn't understand math and doesn't understand the Bible and is
just not willing to go out there and roll up their sleeves and do the work
because it's hard work why am I preaching this tonight a third reason
not only because we want to glorify the Lord and obey him not only because of
the fact that you know people are dying going to hell and soul winning is the
answer to get them the gospel but thirdly because if you do not
participate in bringing forth fruit you are in danger of falling away and I'm
not saying you're gonna lose yourself you can't lose your salvation it's by
faith it's eternal life you shall never perish but you are in danger of getting
backslidden and quitting the church and washing up and you may not even be here
a few years from now you say well I'm here now I'm an active member of the
church I don't go soul winning but I am an active member of the church you know
what I hope you stay for as long as possible but honestly I'm predicting
that if you never get out soul winning you're I'm predicting you're gonna fall
away you know I mean you got to have some soul winning in your life