Amen. 1 Thessalonians chapter 2. Let's have a look at, just starting in verse 1 here,
I want to focus really on the first sort of two-thirds of it but it's only in
verse 1. For yourselves brethren know our entrance in unto you that it was not in
vain. And the title of my sermon today is effective soul winning, effective soul
winning. Let's go to the Lord in a quick word of prayer. Father I thank you for
your word. I thank you for this gospel that we're given the duty to go
and preach to to others. Please just help everyone to have open hearts and ears
and to just want to want to learn from this, to grow from this and just help me
to preach boldly. Fill me with your spirit please and help me to preach
accurately. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. So soul winning, what is soul winning?
Well basically it's going out and winning some souls, getting people saved.
We're a group of Christians in this church that believe strongly that we
need to be going out and getting people saved because the Bible commands us to
go out and win souls doesn't it? Now you've obviously heard so many of these
churches that don't go out and save people they like to say, what's their
favorite line? You don't do the saving. Oh it's not you that saves them, it's God
that saves them and the rest of that sort of stuff. Well I have to turn there
but in Romans chapter 11 14 Paul says if by any means I may provoke to emulation
them which are my flesh and might save some of them. In 1 Corinthians 7 16 he
says for what knowest thou O wife whether thou shalt save thy husband or how knowest thou O
man whether thou shalt save thy wife. People saving people isn't it? 1st
Corinthians 9 22 he says to the weak became I as weak that I might gain the
weak I am made all things to all men that I might by all means save some. Now
you might say well that's the Apostle Paul you know the Apostle Paul's ordained
to go and save people. Well turn to Jude, don't turn to the book of Jude in verse
22 in the book of Jude only one chapter verse 22 where Jude says and of some
have compassion making a difference still going to all believers here and
others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment
spotted by the flesh. The Bible clearly tells us to save people doesn't it? Yeah
the Bible tells us it commands us to save people so why do people say you
don't save anyone? Why do they say that? Because they don't want to go and save
people do they? Because they're either lazy they're either scared they're
either they or they don't even believe that you can go out and get people saved
it's usually one of those three isn't it and it's wicked really isn't it? But a
lot of the time they will say that because for example if I never did soul
winning how can I stand at a front of a church and try and encourage people to
go out soul winning? So I'm going to make excuses and reasons why in fact well you
don't really save anyone God doesn't so it's only God's hands because then it
excuses me doesn't it? Okay and sadly this is what these preachers do and it
gets and sadly that's what the congregation then do because they want
an excuse they want a reason not to go out and win souls because for many
winning souls is a terrifying thing for many going out preaching the gospel is
at least an uncomfortable thing for some it's just a bit of a pain and they don't
want to have to do it and they like that the fluffy part they like the the
feeling that they you know some sort of better people because they are
Christians and they're gonna come and feel more spiritual and they'll feel
stronger and they'll feel but but they don't want to do the bit that God tells
him to do in fact it gives us many bits to do but this is the important bit
isn't it? Now I had a guy I had a guy at one of these churches once tell me that
he's not ordained to go and preach the gospel he was this was he was actually
going from this one wicked false church and I am going to call that it now
Bethel Baptist Church for me repent of your sins false church and and this guy
was from there but he was going to this other church who seemed to have the
right gospel it's just bizarre isn't it who were giving out free Bibles 10,000
free Bibles and I said to him well what I did when I because the time I was
involved with this church I said why don't you try maybe knocking on the door
when you go up to the doors doorstep just make use of that journey up the up
the front drive you'd think might be worth it he said oh I'm not ordained I'm
not ordained to preach the gospel well funny that because Jude in 1 1 says Jude
the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James to them that are sanctified by
God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and called that's all believers
isn't it that's all believers and Jude said some save with fear didn't they of
some have compassion make a difference and others save with fear putting them
out of the fire now again we and it's all over the Bible isn't it that's just
one just off the top of my head because it is our number one purposes Christians
isn't it that is our number one purpose that's why we're still here that's what
we command to do that's what we must do as Christians all four Gospels have the
Great Commission at the end don't know all four Gospels have some version of
the Great Commission at the end Matthews and you'd have to know Matthew's gospel
ends with in Matthew 28 19 to 20 go ye therefore and teach all nations
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you and lo I
am with you always even until the end of the world amen that's starting with
teach your nation and for me that's going out preaching the gospel mark 16
15 and he said unto them go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every
creature Luke 24 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached
in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem and John 20 21 we're going
to see later this evening then said Jesus to them again peace be unto you
as my father has since sent me even so send I you okay and that that goes
across to all Christians we're all sent out we're all commanded preach the
gospel aren't we why is it so important why is it so important well we're not
Calvinists are we people aren't just going to magically believe they're not
just well from the beginning of the world they've been told they will
believe no God knows from the beginning of the world that they will believe but
because without us preaching the gospel no one is getting saved are they okay
without us going out and preaching the gospel no one is getting saved I'm not
saying us as a church I'm saying us as Christians every single Christian in
this world has to preach the gospel otherwise people aren't getting saved
are they and that is how people get saved the Bible's clear about that turn
of Romans chapter 10 and I know this is a refresher for many but it's a good
refresher isn't it because this is the number one job this is our job this is
our role Romans 10 verse 13 says for whosoever shall call upon the name of
the Lord shall be saved been a bit of a debate about it anyone seen any of this
stuff recently this guy on his channel trying to try and claim you don't have
to call the name of the Lord funny because the Bible says I had a guy
recently actually trying to say this to me that it was that isn't it a work well
no if you believe you're going to ask for it aren't you it's pretty obvious
pretty pretty simple for whosoever shall call upon name the Lord shall be saved
how then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed and how shall
they believe in him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear
without a preacher how shall they hear without a preacher the Bible's not the
Bible knows the answer to that you know Paul here writing this under the
inspiration only spirit knows the answer doesn't he and how shall they preach
except they be sent as it is written how beautiful are the feet of them that
preached a gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things that's why
we send them well that's why we send people out to preach the gospel don't
we that's why you know churches around the country have sorry around the world
have got to the point where they're sending people or themselves if they're
sending us out from whatever it is 10,000 miles away they're sending us out
from there to preach the gospel as well and many people here were preaching
before but but we were being sent out by the churches because sadly the church
still won't send us out were they but how shall they how shall they believe in
him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear without a preacher we
have to go and preach the gospel it's every single Christian in this room is
everyone's responsibility to preach the gospel okay and look if you're old
enough to be saved if you're old enough then you're old enough to tell someone
why you're saved aren't you to tell another child yeah if you're saved you
you're you're commanded to preach the gospel and look I don't care how fun
other churches are I don't care how fun they are how good the orchestra is
there's some good orchestras and pretty cool bands out there aren't there yeah
how many pictures of men in dresses the kids get to color in every week how many
coloring pencils they have to color those pretty dresses apparently men in
the Bible our job is to preach the gospel isn't it doesn't matter how it
doesn't matter because because they're failing as a church they're failing as a
church they might be they might have an array of biscuits they might have the
freshest coffee in town but if they're not preaching the gospel they're not
church they're not a church are they so our job is to is to preach gospel to go
and say people to go win some souls okay and that's an introduction for this for
this sermon because that if we're going to all be effective soul winners and
every single person there wants to be an effective soul winner don't they I would
hope everyone in here should want to be an effective soul winner we need these
sort of sermons regularly don't we okay these sermons we because it's our job
it's our role this is more important than than the rest of it look there's a
lot of good stuff in the Bible at least for me it's the most important thing it
is making sure that we're going out and getting people saved we're doing it
effectively and we have new people in this church new people that are maybe
learning how to soul win new people that maybe would like would like to so and we
have old people in this church older people that have been a while that maybe
are losing their their passion for it a little bit or maybe they're they're
losing the effectiveness of their soul winning a little bit we all need
refreshing don't we anyone if they're in a in a place of work it's not well
you've learned it that's it they're gonna be constantly refreshed aren't they
so we're gonna try and do that that's what I want to do here regularly even if
look even if this sermon results in one person one person in this room improves
something and that resulted in just one extra person getting saved this some be
worth it wouldn't it wouldn't it be worth it okay so with that in mind and
in fact as a side note if you need any more convincing let's just add one more
reason if you're still sitting there thinking well yeah but it's just not
really me well I I've just can't I still can't be bothered well Ephesians 6 15
when describing our spiritual army that I've turned there says and your feet
shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace so if you're not preaching the
gospel you've got a weak point in your armor haven't you okay if you're not
preaching the god then we need some spiritual armor don't we it's a
spiritual battle we're in as Christians every day of our lives if you've got a
weak point in your armor it's gonna get targeted isn't it it's gonna get
targeted it's gonna be a problem and and look for me there's ten other reasons
why we should be preaching the gospel but they're all good reasons but the
main reason is we're told to go and preach gospel to every creature so if we
want to improve our soul winning who best to learn from then the Apostle Paul
but the Apostle Paul but look I've been so winning for a while now and I'll be
so winning badly for quite a while as well and I've improved with time and
when I first started trying to get people saved it was it was pretty bad I
at the very beginning I was just trying to persuade them that God was real that
was my idea of evangelism and then after that I you know with time I learned okay
it's about the scriptures but even then I was just kind of reeling off
scriptures and I wasn't really explaining the scriptures and with time
and look I've got I'm gonna be improving all my life okay but let's see what the
Apostle Paul says about it let's see he gives us some great advice in this
passage we can learn so much from this passage first Thessalonians chapter 2
and from verse 1 for yourselves brethren know our entrance in unto you that it
was not in vain so the goal of any soul winning is that it's not in vain isn't
it okay the goal of us going out so winning is that it's not in vain not in
emptiness it's not pointless when Paul Silas and Timotheus when
impeached in Thessalonica it's a bit of a tongue twister but I got there they
got results they got results didn't they okay that was a strong church they got
results and we want to make sure that our soul winning isn't in vain either
don't we we want to make sure that the time we're putting in the effort we're
putting in is not in vain now what do I mean do I mean that we all just end up
getting double figures every week we're just coming back I've got this many I've
got that many that's not what I'm talking about because double figures is
one thing but and that would be great we it'll be great if they were double
figures of people that were getting saved 100% getting saved but more
importantly we want to do our best with every soul that we get an opportunity to
say don't we we want to do our best with each of those people that we don't waste
time with with false salvation okay we don't want to be getting full
salvations where look and news flash to you every single person that's been
soul winning for a while will have got people to pray with them and and later
would affect and and so it may be later they won't have found out but sadly the
truth is some of those people want to got saved okay and I don't know what
those percentages are but people will agree with you people will pray with you
people will say they believe when they don't believe that's the truth so look
we want to make sure we're possible that we can that we can be at least as sure
as we can you can never be a hundred percent sure but you can at least be
confident you've done all that you can do and you'll have some people that you
preach to and you're like I know you feel almost 100% sure don't you and then
you'll get other people where you've done all you can and you're not gonna
stop them asking the law but you're thinking you're a bit unsure again
there's nothing wrong with that you know well no no I haven't got that you know
that that full assurance look if you've done all you can they've agreed they
they agree they say they believe out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speakers what we can go on is a mouth can't we but we want to make sure we
want to make sure that we've done the best we can but that's not an hour-long
presentation because a lot of people do have attention span issues in this
probably day and age more more so hey and look most people most people I think
at the beginning when we started doing these and we're actually sitting there
through our long sermons because I know anyone ever been not many churches I
think actually maybe West phasing so he used to preach a long time sometimes but
a lot of a lot of pastors don't and it could be and at the beginning when we
first started this I remember a few people saying they were kind of reaching
for the pause button to go to the toilet and get a couple or something else
because we're not used to it are we we're not used to sitting through an
hour of someone talking at you and that doesn't mean that and and that's us who
sit through preaching and listen to preaching and have probably all come
most people are here because they've been listening to preaching for a while
and and a lot of people are here and are now listening to preaching every week
let alone some guy you've knocked on their door and suddenly you're gonna
talk at them look you've got to be able to read the signs of that don't you and
some people some people are perfectly happy and need that other people don't
do they okay and it is quite individual but that's not what I'm talking about
I'm talking about that we make the best use of our time okay so how do we make
the best use of our time well I'm gonna look at verse 2 here but even after that
we had suffered before and were shamefully and treated as you know at
Philippi we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with
much contention so there's quite a few lessons in this passage that we're going
to go through and we're gonna look at this first one now he said after we were
shamefully and treated you know at Philippi what happened at Philippi
excuse me what happened at Philippi turn to Acts 16 okay so Acts chapter 16 and
from verse 16 Acts 16 16 and it came to pass as we went to prayer a certain
damsel possessed with the spirit of divination met us which brought a
master's much gain by soothe saying the same followed Paul and us and cried
saying these men are the servants of the Most High God which shine to us the way
of salvation this and this did she many days but Paul being grieved turned and
said to the spirit I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her
and he came out the same hour and when a master saw that the hopes of their gains
were gone they caught Paul and Silas and drew them into the marketplace unto the
rulers and brought them to the magistrate saying these men being Jews
do exceedingly trouble our city and teach customs which are not lawful for
us to receive neither to observe being Romans and the multitude rose up
together against him and the magistrates rent off their clothes and commanded to
beat them and when they had laid many stripes upon them they cast them into
prison charging the jailer to keep them safely who having received such a charge
thrusts them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks
that's a pretty rough time they had there isn't it that doesn't look like
much fun and I don't know if anyone here's had that when they're out
preaching the gospel I know I haven't yet I haven't been arrested and beaten
and and have my feet fast in the stocks afterwards in jail maybe at some point
in the future that might start happening but but they've just gone through that
okay that's that's terrible is it and I think probably most people here know
what happened after this the story after that and not only do they get the
jailer saved but it seems when you read it that he then puts them back in
prison as well so it's a funny story that in Act 16 but it's a great story as
well and in prison they start singing don't they they start singing and but
look that's that's tough isn't it and look at verse 2 where we were if you
yeah go back go back to verse 2 but keep a finger there because we're going to be
going back to Act 17 in a second as well okay but he said but even after that we
had suffered before more shamefully and treated as you know at Philippi we were
bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention so
basically they didn't let it phase them did they because it's easy to do that
it's easy to be out and get shamefully treated on a door by other people by
people out in the street and to let it phase you it's easy to make that for
some they might lose a bit of confidence preaching the gospel they might feel a
little bit shaken if you've been through that I think pretty much everyone here
would be feeling at least a little bit shaken wouldn't they but it didn't phase
them no excuses they were still bold in their God to speak the gospel there's a
difference when we're bold isn't there okay when you preach the gospel in your
bold when you go out and you're confident you're confident in the way
you're confident in your gospel on what you're preaching the verses you preach
your explanation of it there's a difference of people hear it isn't there
okay there's a big difference and if you're looking a bit nervous a bit oh I
don't know if they really want to hear this it makes a big difference isn't it
and all of us probably everyone here has gone out at times and they felt a bit
more bold and probably times when for every reason they felt a little bit more
insecure and when you're bold isn't it more successful yeah yeah it sure is it
says I mean here he says we were bold no God to speak unto you the gospel of God
with much contention but boldness is an arrogance boldness is an arrogance okay
just remember that when we're going to doors if we're coming across arrogant to
people do they really want to hear that I know I don't want to hear people who
are arrogant talking to me so make sure when we're preaching to people it's
boldness should be confident in the Word of God but not arrogant now you might
you might be seen they go well I'm not bold I'm just not a bold person well
then pray for boldness yeah God wants you to preach the gospel pray for
boldness like I said before there were probably people here that may be a few
years back probably could never have imagined themselves just knocking on a
door and asking some angry looking atheist with tats all over his face and
the rest of it no offense if you're watching brother Chris sometimes you
could be a bit put off by this couldn't you and you could just sing this and to
just go right when you die do you want to know that you're not going to hell
something along those lines because that's really what you're saying isn't
it and look maybe a lot of people here could think wow I could never have done
that but you are all doing it aren't you why because God's given you that
boldness okay acts in acts 429 you have to turn the disciples prayed for
boldness says and now Lord when they're praying together behold their
threatenings and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak
thy word remember we're gonna see tonight you know at the end of the
Gospel of John they're they're locked in a room scared to go out and then they're
praying for boldness and are out preaching everywhere aren't they now
Paul asks the Ephesian Church in Ephesians 6 19 to 20 and for me that
utterance to pray for him and for me that utterance may be given unto me that
I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am
an ambassador in bonds that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak
Paul had to ask for prayers for him and maybe maybe that's something we could do
for each other just think about it when I when I wrote this why don't we pray
for each other's boldness pray for everyone to be bold because when you're
bold it makes difference isn't it so being bold being confident now what you
know what also helps with being bold though is being prepared doesn't it if
you're prepared if you're going out with with a Bible that maybe it's not you
don't have it marked you're not really sure where to go you don't really have a
plan of what to do you're you're not really still a bit unsure how you're
explaining this bit or unsure if that verse really works for you or is really
explaining what you're trying to explain you're not gonna be bold are you you're
not gonna be bold you you know when you're preaching when you preach when
you preach behind a pulpit if there's something a bit unsure about you you
feel it you're not feeling as bold with it and and same here if you know when
we're preaching the gospel we need to make sure that everything we're
preaching is someone we're confident about so that's why what you don't want
to do especially people new to this don't go with you know you you go with
people great go be a silent partner but don't just copy a presentation okay it
has to be verses that you are confident in that you're confident in relaying
to people but obviously don't start going to completely bizarre verses look
you're trying to you're trying to hit some main points aren't you when you're
preaching the gospel to someone it and the main points and look there are a lot
of verse in the Bible you could go to and you know I would say maybe don't try
and go too far out there right now you could look at there are a lot of good
gospel presentations online by I would say look stick be safe stick to the
churches that our church is friends with but from that you want to know look you
want to make them make it clear to them that they're a sinner okay you might
want to make it clear that the wages of sin is death that that that's not just
physical but there's a spiritual death you want to make it clear that they're
bound for hell because they are a sinner because one sin will take you to hell
okay and look again you could go to different verses on that but the point
is as well when you're preaching the gospel it's not I'm not trying to give
them ten different verse to make a point that they got in verse one okay if
they've got it and they agree with it and they say yeah look I know I'm going
to hell I don't now have to go to like 20 verses and just try and really hammer
home that look they know they're going to hell okay they believe and they
agree and I can see that they agree they're not just saying it and yeah yeah
we're going to hell then then I might preach it a bit more but if they agree
they're there okay okay they need to understand that Jesus is God in the
flesh don't they they need to know they need to believe that Jesus is the Christ
the Son of God don't they okay and what that really means okay and for me teach
them the Trinity teach them the Trinity show them that he is part of that
Trinity he is God in the flesh yeah okay Jesus is God okay teach them as well we
want to show them when we're preaching the gospel what Jesus Christ did and and
I've been with people before that maybe have forgotten that bit and preach the
gospel forgotten to even show what Jesus Christ didn't know that's that's a
really important bit isn't it that Jesus Christ died was buried and look preach
hell to him don't be shy about preaching hell to him okay because he went to hell
okay preach the gospel preach that he resurrected the third day remember
that's important okay it's important he resurrected preach it and show those
verses that that has paid for all their sins okay so we're trying to preach the
gospel show what he did and then show that that is paid for every past
present future sin and again there's many ways you could do that and there's
different analogies that might work for you we don't have to give them 20
analogies either okay if they get it they get it they understand it preach it
show obviously with that there's no way they can lose it eternal security is is
a big is a key part isn't it and they've got to really understand they got to
know that for sure and then once they've got all that and they know that and they
believe that then we have to preach with that then they have to call the name of
the Lord they have to call name the Lord in faith okay now how you get to
that point doesn't have to be a carbon copy of someone else that can be if
you're like look I like those verses I can explain those verses I can do that
like that great use them but if you can't if you just feel a bit funny and
you will you'll find verses that you can explain better verse it sit better with
you ways maybe a combat a way of doing it some people will not show the gift
first some people won't obviously a good way of showing eternal security is
chastisement as well show them about that some people don't need that hammer
because again remember attention spans as well okay sometimes you should they
get it it's really clear so you could just point out that obviously they get
you're gonna get punished in life that's clear you don't necessarily have to go
to three different verse trying their child of God and show because some
people just get other people don't other people are like what are you talking
about then they need that showing clearly don't they okay we have to be
aware of that because people do they will start to switch off and if we're
just trying to you know I'm gonna make this an hour presentation I'm gonna make
sure I'm thorough you might lose that person there okay so we and we're
dealing with a soul here so but you want to make sure they understand each point
and okay so being prepared though will make you bold won't it if you're
prepared to preach the gospel you know exactly where to go and for me I like to
have alternatives as well just and look you don't have to I was saying this
someone recently I was saying look however many I don't know I'm guessing
it maybe 10 verses 12 verse gospel presentation is enough to really answer
any contention to the gospel really isn't it so when someone says no no
because you've got to believe and do works well Ephesians 2 8 and 9 deals
with that I don't have to go to you know to Galatians 2 16 I don't have to go to
to all these different I don't have to but it's good to it's nice to have
differences sometimes a verse might speak to someone differently but you
don't have to so you don't have to think well I can't go out until I've got an
alternative five verses for every verse I use you don't have to but it does it
can be good preparation that and when you are and it's something I've noticed
in in preaching the gospel is that the more prepared I am for something or an
issue or something I learn or something I've I kind of I find a verse which helps
deal with that issue more I generally get us people quite soon afterwards but
I never had him before I don't think I can't looking back and not because I
because I didn't know and much when I was first soul winning and I and I was
preaching the gospel you know before I was going out door knocking and I was
look I was getting it wrong I wasn't very good at it but I didn't have people
going well what about this issue what about you know the Calvinism doctrine of
this I didn't get it but once I learned how to deal with that then sometimes I
would but again and don't let it derail you just because you can deal with
something you know when they go off on tangents I but sometimes someone need
does need something clearing up but you know I'm not look God wants people saved
doesn't he okay doesn't want you to just be be in front of people that are just
gonna you know not get saved look he's gonna put you for people that that
you're ready to get saved I think look obviously we still need to go out and
preach the gospel and I'm not so right everyone's just lined up for us but look
you don't have to be nervous to think I don't have that but on the flip side I
believe it is helpful to have some alternative verses if there was one
thing you spent your week doing this week what could be more important than
getting your Bible prepared to preach the gospel even if you're a silent
partner get your Bible prepared do it in pencil maybe at first because then if
you change your mind and you can rub things out it doesn't ruin your whole
thing but but as you know easy ways just putting you know know your first verse
for me it's it's Romans 3 10 yeah so there's none righteous no not one and
then after that write down each verse you want to go to but maybe having
brackets some alternatives pretty simple is it you're prepared that's gonna make
you bold isn't it if you can deal with issues you're gonna be bold for those
issues aren't you okay so practice obviously helps as well you have even if
you do preach the gospel what's wrong with practicing it so anything wrong
with that practice it practice and again not so you sound so smooth practice
gonna verses and explaining and dealing with dealing with tricky people and and
you're only going to be more effective for that and make you bolder now Acts
chapter 17 if you have a finger there go back to go forward to Acts chapter 17
now so what was the contention at Thessalonica well Acts chapter 17 says
now when they had passed through Amphipolis in Apollonia they came to
Thessalonica where was a synagogue of the Jews and Paul as his manna was went
in unto them and three Sabbath days reason with them out of the Scriptures
opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered and risen again from
the dead and that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is Christ and some of
them believed and consorted with Paul and Silas and of the devout Greeks a
great multitude and of the chief women not a few so some of the Jews got saved
and loads of the Greeks and the chief women got saved here but the Jews which
believe not moved with envy took unto them certain lewd fellows of the base
assault always like this right sure funny description but but this happened
he got lewd fellows of the base also basically your real dregs of society
down and yeah you're sort of sodomite protesters yeah lewd fellows of the base
assault they're the real depths yeah and gathered a company and set all the
city on an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason and sought to bring them
out to the people they got the scum of the earth involved and you think of like
protests with antagonists who are just in there just trying to stir everyone up
more and we see that a lot don't we in the world yeah you see it these you know
so-called righteous protests and all these scumbags they're just trying to
set things on fire and cause trouble so they're planted in there and they
attacked poor old Jason's house don't they and when they found I mean this guy
probably only recently got saved now his house is getting assaulted I mean he's
got it he's going through it pretty quickly here and when they found him not
they drew Jason a certain brethren unto the rulers of the city crying these have
turned the world upside down to come hither also so they got the authorities
involved whom Jason has received and these all do contrary to the decrees of
Caesar saying that there is another King one Jesus and they troubled the people
and the rulers of the city when they heard these things and when they're
taken security of Jason and of the others they let them go so they got a
load of money out of them in verse 10 and to the and the brethren immediately
sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea who coming thither went into the
synagogue of the Jews Paul's just non-stop isn't he doesn't matter what
happens he has to sneak off by night and he's straightaway preaching at Berea
okay and and that's a great inspiration isn't it for all of us and look what
he's going through here and it puts our excuses to shame doesn't it every person
here doesn't that put your excuses to shame for not going out preaching the
gospel yeah whatever your excuse is I think Paul had a much better excuse
he's literally getting beaten jailed attacked he's even got the lewd fellows
of the base assault and I know we come across those now and again but they
don't usually create a massive tumult outside while you're preaching the
gospel though we kind of have that on a small small scale don't we and that
before like when you're trying to preach that they start the fouls start flocking
and trying to get involved in nothing like this is it okay but back to where
we are so so in first Thessalonians okay so boldness boldness we're seeing there
we're seeing that that nothing's phasing nothing is putting him off for our
exhortation was not of deceit nor of uncleanness nor in guile right we need
to be straight down the line don't when we preach the gospel and again you might
find this obvious but look not promising health wealth and prosperity people can
do that can't they well you're gonna be you're gonna be a much you know you're
gonna be much happier when you're when you're a Christian you're gonna be look
that's not what the gospel is is it okay the gospel is salvation the gospel isn't
telling them how blessed their life's gonna be afterwards okay so we need to
be careful with that we need to make sure that we're not preaching any
anything extra not trying to persuade them with any guile we need to be sure
of the scriptures that we're preaching explaining don't we as well okay so if
you're using scripture you're a bit unsure is it really talking about
salvation is it really talk about it I said again that you shouldn't be using
that should you okay make sure that using clear scriptures that preach
salvation no deceit or goal and and something that's another one that we
need to watch for here is for example preaching non-stop so they don't get a
chance to say no okay is is guile okay and guys we not want to not do that
because that will a result in a full salvation okay if you're just gonna
preach it some preach some and don't let them get a word in edgeways foots in the
door I've left a verse now I'm just gonna preach preach preach preach preach
but they don't really want to hear you preach preach preach but in the end
they're just like I'm just gonna listen I just gonna need to get rid of this
person because they will do that and some people that aren't very strong
eventually they'll just listen agree agree agree and go okay what I need to
do pray okay right okay door shut go to that guy that will happen you think that
hasn't happened to Christians I bet that has yeah and that does happen and
look that's guile really isn't it okay give them a look people everyone has
free will to choose to to accept to reject the gospel and to choose to even
have it preached to them okay and I don't want to waste my time preaching
ten minutes non-stop to someone that just want to tell me to go so I can get
a quick tick box salvation because they weren't strong enough and I could feel
that my boldness is making them have to listen that then then I could have I
could have gone and got someone really saved okay and look because it doesn't
matter me coming back saying I've got one I've got five I've got none makes no
difference does it that makes no difference in eternity what what the
difference is is did I get that person saved don't waste your time we only have
limited time don't we have limited resources all of us here okay we're and
even if we're full time still don't waste your time even if you're preaching
eight hours a day don't waste your time okay and look people give them the
option and yeah look a verse will sometimes change someone's mind but give
them that opportunity to say yeah I want to hear don't just preach them a
verse and then preach the whole gospel to them when they've just said to you
no I don't want to hear the gospel okay preach in a verse and give it would you
like me to cat look and make it clear to them because you're wasting your time
you're wasting your time and you've just you could have cost someone else's
salvation that you could have gone and got saved yeah okay like I said same is
pressurizing someone to agree with you we've got to be careful that look
there's boldness and then there's bullying okay let's make sure again just
and I'm not picking on people here this is just stuff that when I'm going
through this I'm thinking look this is clear stuff that Christians can do okay
don't pressurize someone to agree with you okay you're not forcing them because
they don't want to upset you or annoy you or anything else you want them to
believe it okay you can't force someone to believe you preach the gospel you
explain it it's up to them okay so again that for me is guile okay let's
not use that when we're preaching the gospel okay forcing someone to agree
with you and look the uncleanness should go without saying I think you what about
preach it preach your uncleanness here well and look ladies and and well
especially ladies but men here this I haven't seen this before you start
getting your backs up but not chatting up the opposite sex for example some
people could be preaching the gospel at the same time be kind of just trying to
trying to flirt a bit or something else I think that would be completely wrong
yeah you're out to preach the gospel get it right you're not there to charm them
into agreeing with you okay and that would go for men and women because again
I could imagine you know a pretty lady out preaching the gospel and some men
just going yeah whatever yeah I'll agree with you when can I come to the church
you know so be careful for that and look don't preach it of uncleanness don't
there shouldn't be any of that obviously don't don't you know a lot
like I said I haven't observed this but again for singles it isn't blind date
okay preaching the gospel isn't date night okay try to see if you come across
someone who could be a good Christian partner in the future okay that's not
what it's about we're out preaching the gospel let's get our heads you know make
sure that that we're focused on that okay verse 4 but as we were allowed of
God to be put in trust with the gospel even so we speak not as pleasing men but
God which trieth our hearts okay so the only person that we should be trying to
please is God isn't it okay and and this we would hope this should go without
saying but look we could all be victim of this turn to 2nd Corinthians 10
because we've been entrusted with the gospel haven't we so we need to take it
seriously and not just aim for a prayer so that we can up our numbers it's
important isn't it and like I said doesn't mean you have to give an hour
presentation and especially not if it's for your partner's benefit so we've got
to remember this good we're going out with someone else aren't we generally
sometimes more than one person if it's crossing your mind at any point they're
gonna like this bit they're gonna be impressed with this first yeah I bet
they think I'm really thorough you know something else then you failed okay you
that should not be crossing your mind okay look I would say look I would say
men and women could be like this but men look at the end of the day a lot of men are
competitive okay we have and we've got to make sure none of that's crossing
your mind yeah you're there getting a person saved okay you're trying your
best to get them saved you're not trying to impress your soul-winning partner
2nd Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 12 says for we dare not make ourselves of
the number or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves but they
measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves
are not wise so obviously Church isn't some soul-winning league okay just in
case anyone's ever wondered that in case new people start you know I'm not
thinking of new people just anyone here I hope no one thinks it's like a
soul-winning league you know who's gonna be top of the table at Christmas you
know who's gonna have got the best of the most salvation that's not what it's
about is it because like I said we want to make sure we're getting salvation we
want to be effective and that shouldn't be crossing our minds should it okay and
look you want to look if you go out and you preach and you have just this great
moment where you're just preaching and you're preaching thoroughly and you're
getting these salvations there's nothing wrong with coming back and sharing that
is there okay I'm not saying right you got no comment no comment I'm gonna tell
anyone and look we're amongst Christians and we should be able to enjoy and have
the joy and salvation but what it's what's in your heart that's important
isn't it if you're coming back and you're feeling they're gonna think I'm
top dog now yeah then you got it wrong haven't you okay and I think sadly that
would that will affect your soul-winning because then you might stop being so
thorough you just want to get that that prayer don't you okay so but again when
I say thorough like I said I'm not saying long okay just just to make that
clear some people can get saved in a short amount of time I'm sure you've all
had that people who just get everybody's get it straight away like the lowest
hanging fruit and they just get it get it get it sometimes they're in a rush
and look you know there's two ways of looking at some people say look I've
literally only got a few minutes and I'll just preach the best I can and
preach the best cat and if they're getting every point there then I'm not
gonna move on if they're like no no no don't believe in hell well anyway you
know but are you ready to pray no you don't move on but if they're getting
every point they've only got a short amount of time I believe yeah look go
for it go for it but other people other people have a lot of time and other
people aren't rushing you but it's what they get you remember you're going
point by point make sure they get if they got it move on okay so look at
2 Corinthians 10 and verse 17 it says if you're competitive soul winner then
you're not wise we just saw didn't we in the verse before but 2 Corinthians 10 17
says he but he that glorith let him glory in the Lord for not he that
commendeth himself is approved but whom the Lord commendeth so that should be
our goal shouldn't it and God knows your heart we want it fixed on getting people
safe for the right reasons don't we okay he he trieth our hearts doesn't he so we
saw that you know in Thessalonians he he wants to see you respond in the right
way doesn't he okay it's a law that trieth our hearts so he he's gonna see
he's gonna allow sometimes that temptation to want to impress others
he's trying your hearts and he wants you to come out Trump's with that he wants
you to really no I'm not I'm not here to impress I'm not here to impress whatever
so I'm not I'm not here for that person come with me and go oh he's so good he's
so knowledge really so what oh wow what an obscure verse what an amazing
analogy look it's a word of God that saves explain it get him saved yeah and
and do it right okay verse five here back in 1st Thessalonians in chapter 2
and verse 5 says for neither at any time use we flattering words as you know nor
a cloak of covetousness covetousness God is witness so that
includes not trying to please a person that you're preaching to as well and
that might sound obvious but again that could sneak in where you think hey but
they think I'm really really spiritual wow they must really rate my knowledge
because look I'm just answering all these questions and if that again if
that's going across it starts going into your mind cut it out yeah pretty
forgiveness on that because we're just trying to get him saved aren't we it's
not about whether they think that we're some spiritual you know powerhouse when
we're there preaching to them or but here he says and neither use at any time
we flattering words so maybe trying to appease them with their false religion
or belief trying to appease you know remember they have to they have to turn
from what they did believe to faith in Jesus Christ alone don't they there's no
merging it together there's no flattering someone oh yeah that's good
yeah well that's okay but and but you've got to put your faith in Jesus Christ
no look you've got to make it clear don't you okay so here he's saying they
didn't use flattering words they didn't use a cloak of covetousness and and
obviously we're not preaching the gospel for our own gain are we and okay you
might think well what gain are you gonna get you could see a pastor doing that
maybe thinking they're gonna get more people in the church and they're gonna
get more money so it doesn't really just get him in the church somehow somehow
and then again it starts to taint really just trying to get that person saved
because that's the goal isn't it we're trying to get him say we get him in the
church great but it's not about their money is it okay that's not why we're
trying to get him in the church trying to get in church we want to build them
up to go out and preach the gospel as well yeah job done more people say verse
six law of men sought we glory neither of you nor yet of others when we might
have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ so obviously we're not trying to
get the glory from other people for our soul winning includes family and friends
and stuff outside of the church people can do that maybe want to show what a
good person how charitable they are they're out so when you know nothing when
we talk about soul we need to try and encourage them to to believe the gospel
I used to do that I used to talk a bit about it to then show look people get
saved and then try and get into preaching the gospel to people when they
asked me what I did or what did I do yes so actually I went out and did this but
obviously you all have your heart right there it's not to show off it's not to
try and appear to be something you know something special and and look here he
says no of men sought with glory neither of you like I said that's also the
people that are out preaching to it's not to get their glory it's to get them
saved and like I said telling all our friends and families about what good
Christians you are it's not about that now look at verse seven here but we were
gentle among you even as a nurse cherishes her children so being
affectionately desirous of you we were willing to have imparted unto you not
the gospel of God only but also our own souls because you were dear unto us we
need to still have that compassion for the people we're trying to save don't we
okay make sure that you still have that compassion it's a funny thing is it
preach the gospel because in a way as well you sometimes have to be a bit
thick-skinned to some of the more wicked people don't you and it's trying to get
that balance right where though the people that you're trying to get saved
have that compassion for them because sometimes it's almost like a defense
mechanism where you can get a bit hard with it because you deal with a lot of
idiots don't you but look people can see it when you really care about their soul
don't they people can see it when you're there and you're just you just you're
pleading with them you want to get them saved they can see that and they I think
they appreciate that and I think that comes across doesn't it when you really
feel that when you when you really want you really care about that soul and and
but here where he says we were gentle among you he says even as a nurse
cherish with her children I would add into that about manners as well okay
don't forget manners when you're out preaching the gospel look although we're
quite a multicultural society it's still British this is still Britain okay
and just to give you a heads up anyone the British love manners all right and
there's a few cultures around but British culture is still the dominant
culture and we love manners okay and if someone comes comes to my door whatever
they're doing and I see a lack of manners I'm gonna get angry quickly okay
that's what we're like the Brits are shouting please and thank yous to their
babies before they could even talk you must say please like the first word we
want out of their mouth isn't it please and thank you we love manners so when
you're out knocking on British anyone's doors yeah let's make sure we're polite
okay we're polite you've come to their door don't forget that okay they didn't
invite you to their door you come to their door please be polite to them
please show them show them the manners show we're ambassadors for Christ in
Luke 10 you don't have to turn about when sending out the 70 Jesus commands
them and into whatsoever house you enter first say peace be to this house
okay and enough for me I think that's a nice thing to start with isn't it I
don't think you necessarily have to say exactly those words but just trying to
be polite trying to be kind trying to be nice to people you've knocked on their
door haven't you've stopped them in the street okay they didn't come up if they
come up to you sure be right now don't be like oh you got more chance to say
to be more polite but we should just be polite should we we should be polite
when people you know either come to us or we go to them just be polite be be
nice to people it look every potential soul should be dear unto us shouldn't
they every potential so for you remember brethren verse 9 here our labor and
travail for laboring night and day because we would not be chargeable unto
any of you we preach unto you the gospel of God if you want to be successful
successful at preaching a gospel you have to put the work in don't you okay
and that from from people that haven't preached the gospel the work goes into
preparing to be able to do it to learning to do it to going out being a
silent partner to the people preaching the gospel you have to put the work in
and if you stop putting the work in you'll become less effective won't you
it goes without saying the more you're preaching the gospel the more effective
you're going to be and look you'll get people you might get Chris and well I'm
just not very good at preaching the gospel but you've only been out what for
59 minutes and 59 seconds once every month or something okay that's not
putting the work in is it like we saw at the beginning it's so important isn't it
it's so important that that we all every single person goes out and preaches the
gospel as much as they can look look obviously some we all have
responsibilities we have jobs we have families okay I'm not saying you have to
write men that's it you know after work there's no more family preach the gospel
you come home you eat dinner you get up in the morning you go to work you preach
the gospel okay because then you're basically gonna fail your family and
you're really gonna probably fail in the possibility to have a load of soul
winners coming out of your family okay and then you probably actually lessen
the amount of people that could have got saved in the future so look I'm not
saying that and same with women I'm not saying right just forget forget the
housework forget everything else just go out and preach the gospel okay I'm not
saying that but what I am saying is that we should try and find we should make
sure that we put time in a soul winning and find what we can physically do we
can we can consistently do and do it yeah do it get people saved because it's
so important and ticking the box so I do it once a month so I just wonder I just
don't really get many people so we'll go out and do it look at Paul here he says
for laboring night and day because we would not be chargeable unto any of you
so he's basically working and preaching the gospel okay he's doing a probably
making tents and then he's out preaching the gospel he's doing a hard work hard
labor and he's preaching the gospel and we should all be fine finding how we can
fit it into our routine and make sure we're preaching the gospel and good with
that you need to get busy if you want to serve God don't you okay look come in a
church well I can't I drive a long way to church well I come for a day on a
Sunday so what you know you know would be do what about the rest of it yeah
what about going out and preaching the gospel what about doing it week in week
out turning up to the sole winning going out preaching the gospel learning how to
do it practicing how to do it getting people saved because we've all just
agreed I heard some amends at the beginning that without us preaching the
gospel no one's getting saved are they okay they have to have it preached and
no the excuse isn't make a YouTube video and I've done that okay cuz look look
let's be honest the vast majority of people need someone in front of them
don't they need someone in front of them preaching the gospel unto them look at
verse 10 here ye are witnesses and God also how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe as you know how we
exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you as a father doth his children
that you would walk worthy of God who has called you unto his kingdom and
glory because once we get people saved we have the opportunity to disciple them
as well don't we okay and I know that that can be difficult and it's not
always easy is it and especially in this nation of seems to be very thorny
Christians it's not always easy excuse me but we do have we do have that
opportunity and there's a responsibility there though isn't there so if we do do
that and you get someone saved remember they but they're your spiritual child
okay and you can't force them okay you can't force them to want to do want to
get involved with the things of God just because they're saved the Bible's clear
you know you know if you continue my word then are you my disciples indeed
they're not automatic disciples okay and a lot of them look at least are
saved but but we have a responsibility there and that means to not be a bad
influence isn't it you get someone saved don't start trying to appeal to them
more there and I'm not saying you have to be holier than now and start
everything that comes out your work out of your mouth is a Bible scripture but
but try and be a good influence try and encourage them because we're trying to
help and encourage them to live for God aren't we and that's what Paul's saying
here and that's why they ended up with it with a good church there didn't they
that because that like I said there are spiritual children we have a
responsibility there don't we okay so we want to try our best to do that verse
13 for this cause also thank we God without ceasing because when you
receive the Word of God which he heard of us you received it not as a word of
men but as it is in truth the Word of God which effectually worketh also in
you that believe what did they receive the Word of God and how do they receive
it they heard it didn't they it was preached unto them the Word of God was
preached unto them here it says it says they thank God without ceasing because
when you receive the Word of God which he heard of us you received it not as a
word of men but as it is in truth and that's what we're trying to preach to
people aren't we we're preaching them the Word of God for them to receive it
as a Word of God aren't we and they need it explained but really is the word is
it's a word that gets people saved and we need to make sure we're preaching the
word when we're out okay don't get look obviously we have to explain verses but
we don't we don't want to just go into long ramblings and you know long-winded
analogies and ten analogies and everything else has preached the gospel
preach the gospel explain it if you want to use a quick analogy to explain
something do it make sure they're involved make sure that they're
listening make sure they understand it before you move on yeah
first Corinthians 1 17 says for Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the
gospel not with wisdom of words lest the cross of Christ should be made of
none effect okay so again it's not our wisdom of words is it it doesn't have to
be some amazing explanation it just has to be the Word of God clearly concisely
with explanations if you do the rest of this you're gonna be better off than if
you're only you know you okay well I've got this great you know I sound so wise
I sound so eloquent and I sound you know so smooth and everything else but
I'm forcing people to listen but I'm bullying people and listen but I but I
won't take no for an answer but I won't whatever you just you just waste your
time it's very janglings preach the gospel to people that don't want to hear
you know so we want to make sure that we're doing the rest of this make sure
that we care make sure that that we're seeing those signs and make sure that
we're being polite and we're being and that we that people are there wanting to
hear us okay they want to hear the gospel because there's plenty of people
that do in this country aren't there plenty of people that want to hear the
gospel no let's not waste our time with people that don't and what was the
result of all of that then preaching the Word of God well he says here which
effectually worketh also in you that believe they believe present tense yeah
okay they believe because once you believe if you really believe you
believe don't you okay there's no well they used to believe okay they believe
the people that he's talking to hear that were preached the gospel to they
believe and look like I said ten people praying it doesn't matter do they
believe do they believe and again you can't be you're never going to be
hundred-percent sure but you want to make sure you've done your utmost don't
you okay not just try and get the number turn of 1st Corinthians 15 acts 837 says
and Philip said if thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest and he
answered said I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God Romans 10 9
says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe
in thine heart that God is raising from the dead thou shalt be saved and 1st
Corinthians chapter 15 says moreover brethren verse 1 I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you which also ye have received and wherein ye
stand by which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you
unless ye have believed in vain okay it's not they've lost their salvation
it's because they never really believed they believed in emptiness they didn't
but they didn't really believe and many people go yeah yeah yeah I believe we've
had it haven't we I've had it I had it recently yeah I believe believe okay you
ready to call the name of the Lord no you don't believe you don't you don't want
to put your trust you don't want to really believe put your trust your your
faith in Jesus Christ if you're not going to ask him are you and when we
preach the gospel we want to we want to make sure that they that they want to
that they that they really want to put their faith in Jesus Christ okay and
when we do that pastor Thompson links mentioned this a bit he mentioned it
when he's here as well it's something I think maybe he said from Deacon Corbin
wrestle maybe something they're doing a lot and and I like this is at the end of
preaching you know before off the tick box it doesn't really matter but what do
you believe what do you believe okay and you can prompt them so what do you do
you know what do you believe do you think we're all sinners you know and
then start to try to encourage them to give the answer what they really believe
what do you think you've got to do to go to heaven and and let them answer yeah
rather than do you believe do you believe you know and I used to this
myself you know right do you believe there's any way do you believe there's
any way you can lose their motion no right tick tick tick right let's pray
and that's wrong isn't it now look some of those people might be saved but I
reckon sadly quite a few won't what do they believe because I've had that with
people I've had that with people already where I've been using that and then at
the end I've said to him but what do you believe do you believe that in your
heart well and they've just ticked the boxes they've answered the questions
they've done the questionnaire but then at the end well I'm not sure though I
still think you got to do something okay and that person I could have prayed with
and come back and gone way number 10 okay and we don't want to do that do we
so we want to make sure make sure they believe in their heart okay okay now one
other point here and on that by the way we like I said we can't be sure but we
we want to be confident we want to be confident that we've done the best we
can now one other point of that whole passage there is notice how this passage
the whole passage is constantly talk refer Paul's talking about we us and
our okay not once did he say me not once he say I was all we us and our okay
because it's a team game isn't it it's a team game preaching the gospel and we go
out in pairs because we we consider that to be the biblical way and sometimes
that'll be threes and fours with kids and and other people involved but he's
talking here I think you know about Silas in in Timotheus here and maybe
he's just talking about Silas I don't know what point Timotheus is getting
involved with it there but look it's a team game there and so partners okay and
I think everyone knows this and we look again nothing wrong with refreshing as a
silent partner you're silent unless you have to talk for some reason to either
deal with the distraction to deal with something else but otherwise you're
silent okay and and remember that because it can be hard if you preach the
gospel if someone's getting involved in saying things and trying to trying to
point out other things and all answer questions that that's really hard when
you preach the gospel okay so please if you're gonna and all of us because a lot
of people talk will be silent partners as well and you've got to remember to do
that okay just be silent just pray unless you get to something where maybe
your partner might turn around and ask you and I've done that with people I've
turned around and said you want to add anything or they've said that to me and
then that's time for that but until then let them do their job obviously though
if you're with someone and they do miss something that's very important out
because some people do that or they've said something that that you're like
well no that's not right then you have a responsibility for that soul and people
will make mistakes people will say something a bit off remember you've got
to say something then okay that's an important time to interjective like I
had it with someone recently where like I said they forgot to they just forgot
that you know because it could be hard sometimes you can be a bit nervy maybe
they haven't preached gospel for a while they forgot the gospel and we're nearly
praying you know I cut in and said look they need to understand this first or
someone else I was with a while back and they they forgot to preach I think to
preach the Trinity and just preached that he was God so I just stopped and
said look they need to understand that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh yeah
and look there's nothing wrong with that you should do that as a silent partner
that's more important than the awkwardness and maybe embarrassing them
do that please but otherwise keep quiet yeah keep quiet but it is a team game
and look we need people with us we need silent people if you're new to it you've
never sold win before please just come out because every for every one person
that's another pair isn't it or for every two we got a new pair so you could
have five people that never preached the gospel they could come and be five
silent partners and that's double the amount of people out preaching the
gospel that's double the amount of people getting saved yeah okay and you
can be a silent partner for years you're still a soul winner you are a
soul winner if you're out as a silent partner if you're going out and preach
it and helping someone preach the gospel because it's a big responsibility but
it's a great privilege isn't it isn't it a great privilege to go out and preach
the gospel to be responsible because we are look okay we don't want to go too
far yeah Jesus Christ he did the hard part didn't he he did the much harder
part but we still have to go out and preach it to get people saved don't we
and what a responsibility what an honor but let's make sure we give it a respect
it deserves okay because it is important isn't it we want to make sure that we're
getting it right that we're doing our best that we're improving regularly
with it that we're keeping up good standards because all of us everyone
included here can easily just start slipping and and and not being as an
effective soul winner as they could be and it's the most important job isn't it
you'd have to turn it down your twelve three to finish says and they that be
why shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars forever and ever and I want to shine like the stars
forever and ever and to do that I need to keep making sure that I'm doing the
best I can with soul winning and what a great person learn from the Apostle Paul
there showing us how it's done on that let's pray
father I thank you thank you for you I thank you for this church thank you for
this great group of soul winners I pray that you just inspire other Christians
you know listen to this and watch this and others just around the world to want
to go out and preach the gospel and do that the commandment that you've given
us to do the the first commandment of you know the most important commandment
to go out and preach the gospel and pray that you just help us all to be
effective with it help us all to take this in the right spirit every single
one of us here to want to improve to want to learn to want to get more
effective to want to make sure that we that we that we get those souls saved
and that we don't just start start wanting to just just get the numbers and
that we just do the thorough job and do our best to become better soul winners
and pray that we'll start that this afternoon and go out and just just you
know go and preach the gospel get people saved lead us to receptive people please
and help us to just give a good account of your gospel and in Jesus name we pray
all of this amen