This introductory lesson is going to go over a quick overview of the soul winning ministry of Verity Baptist Church.
So you'll notice there, number one, the question is who?
And the answer to that question is you.
So if you want to fill in the blank there, you.
The question is who? And the answer is you.
Mark 16, 15 says,
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 28, 19 says,
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
So the question is, number one, who? And the answer is you.
Then number two, the question is what?
When it comes to soul winning, what is it exactly that we are doing?
And the answer is preach or teach the gospel, baptize converts, and disciple them.
Preach or teach the gospel, baptize converts, and disciple them.
So your key words there are preach, baptize, disciple.
Again in Matthew 28 verses 19 and 20, the Lord Jesus Christ said this,
Go ye therefore, and notice, number one, teach all nations.
Number two, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
And then number three, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you.
And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
So notice that we are to preach or teach the gospel.
We are to baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
And then we are to disciple them, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you.
Then number three, the question is when? How long do we do this?
Are we like Mormon missionaries that put in two years and then we're done?
And the answer to the question when is till the end of the world.
Till the end of the world, till Jesus raptures us out.
Matthew 28, 20 says, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you.
And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world, even unto the end of the world.
So the question is who? And the answer is you.
The question is what? And the answer is preach or teach the gospel, baptize, converse, and disciple them.
The question is when? And it's till the end of the world.
Number four, the question is where? Where are we to do this?
And the answer is the entire world.
In Acts chapter one and verse eight, the Bible says,
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you.
And ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
So we're supposed to reach the entire world.
And when we ask the question where, it's the entire world.
Unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Then number five, the question is how?
What is the method by which we're going to accomplish this?
And it is two by two from house to house.
Two by two from house to house.
And this is clearly taught as the practice throughout the New Testament.
Mark chapter six and verse seven, the Bible says,
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two,
and gave them power over unclean spirits.
Luke chapter ten and verse one,
After these things the Lord appointed others seventy also,
and sent them two and two before his face,
into every city and place, whether he himself would come.
Acts five forty two says,
And daily in the temple and in every house they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
And then, of course, Acts twenty twenty says,
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you,
but have showed you and have taught you publicly and from house to house.
So when we ask about how, how are we going to accomplish the reaching of the world?
It should be done two by two from house to house.
And then lastly, number six, the question is why?
Why do this?
Why spend a day learning how to go soul winning?
Why spend our lives trying to preach the gospel?
And there's many answers to that question,
but the most basic answer is this because people are going to hell.
Because people are going to hell.
Luke sixteen twenty three, the Bible says,
And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments,
and see it Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.
Second Corinthians four three says,
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.
So why should we go preach the gospel?
Because people are going to hell.
So that's just a real quick overview of the soul winning ministry of Verity Baptist Church.