Matthew Stuckey here and I want to make a quick video just giving you three signs that
your soul winning might need some work.
Three signs that your soul winning might need some work.
And if you're someone who loves going soul winning and loves trying to get people saved
and you're zealously knocking the doors or talking to people in the parks, you know,
obviously if you're putting in a lot of time you would be disappointed to find out that
you're not actually getting a whole lot of people saved.
And so the question is, you know, how do we know because when we're going soul winning
it's not like a light bulb lights up that shows us, hey, this person got it.
And so we go off of various things to get an idea whether or not they're getting it
or whether or not they're believing it.
Obviously man looketh on the outward appearance and the Lord looketh on the heart.
We don't know 100% for sure but there are signs that we can tell whether we're doing
a good job or whether we're doing a bad job and I want to give you in this video three
signs that your soul winning might need some work or that you're making some mistakes.
One thing is pretty simple and that is if you're not getting that many people saved.
If you're going out soul winning and, you know, you're hardly ever getting anybody saved
then other people from the church are going out and they are getting people saved.
Now this is very dependent on what part of the world you live in.
Here in the Philippines we get a lot more people saved than, you know, in any area I've
lived in before in my life.
And so I'm not saying to compare results between the area you live in if it's a hard area but
I'm saying let's say you're part of a church and there's 40 people that go soul winning
every week and other people are getting people saved and you just never get anybody saved
but everybody else is getting somebody saved.
Well that's a sign that there's a good chance you're doing something wrong.
You're probably not doing the best job explaining it or engaging the person.
There's something that you're doing wrong and, you know, I'd recommend that you pay
attention to people that are having success and that have a solid gospel presentation
and just kind of take some notes.
There's nothing wrong with humbling yourself and making some changes and just getting better.
And, you know, through the years, you know, I've changed my gospel presentation slightly
here and there to add examples and, you know, I just steal the best from other people.
You know, I hear somebody say something good.
Nothing wrong with just kind of adding it to my gospel presentation or adjusting my
gospel just a little bit.
So point number one, you're not getting anybody saved.
Point two is this, you're getting too many people saved.
You're getting too many people saved.
You say, Brother Stuckey, how could you get too many people saved?
Well, I'm not saying you're actually getting too many people saved.
I'm saying that you're just getting a really high number.
Now I want you to realize I'm not talking about if you're going out soul winning a lot
more than other people.
I mean, if you're going soul winning five times a week and other people are going once
a week, well, of course, you're probably going to get more salvation.
So that makes sense.
But what I'm saying is, you know, let's say you go out, you know, every Sunday with your
church for a couple hours or every Saturday with your church for a couple hours and there's
30 other people and you always get the high number or you always get close to the high
number and you're always getting the most salvations.
Well, that probably means that you're actually doing something wrong because of the fact
if it's so common or so easy to get that many salvations, why aren't other people getting
it?
You know, there's something that might be being done that is wrong and that could mean
a couple of different things.
It could mean that you're just being too optimistic.
Like maybe you're talking to people and you're counting the numbers or you're talking to
a large group and you're counting everybody and not everyone necessarily would have gotten
it or other people might have been more cautious to count the number.
That might be one reason.
Or it might be because of the fact your gospel presentation is too short and you're praying
with a lot of people, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they are believing it.
And so there's many different reasons why you might be getting too many people saved,
so to speak, but if you're getting a lot, you might want to ask yourself, am I actually
doing an accurate job preaching the gospel?
Because you have to realize that if you go soul winning for two hours, you know, and
let's say you have three conversations, I mean, each conversation is going to take at
least a certain amount of time to explain everything.
And you know, I believe it takes more than 10 minutes to preach the gospel.
And you know, obviously there's rare exceptions when maybe your time is limited or where maybe
they already got everything and they're just boom, getting everything.
But in general, you know, it's reasonable to spend 15 minutes depending on the conversation.
And so more or less, depending on the situation, maybe even for me, it's usually 15 to 20 minutes
to explain the gospel and make sure that they get it.
But here's the thing, if you're just always getting the most salvation, there's probably
something you're doing wrong because other people aren't getting the same results.
So point number one, if you're not getting anybody saved, you're getting very few people
saved.
Point number two is if you're getting too many people saved.
Point number three is if the person you're talking to just over and over again with different
conversations you have is just always missing questions or confused.
And you know, specifically at the prayer, you get to the end, you think they got it.
And oftentimes, they're just not really interested in praying and you sort of just kind of force
them to but they're just kind of like, you know, I don't know, and everything and, you
know, if they have a lot of confusion during the conversation, it probably means that you're
just not the most clear during the conversation.
And even if you're praying with them at the end, there's a good chance that they're not
actually getting it.
They might just be praying that prayer but not actually believing it on the inside.
And so the gospel is meant to be very simple.
You're explaining a free gift, you're explaining being born, and you're explaining how it's
everlasting life, eternal life, you're explaining just salvation.
And these things are not complicated.
God gave us simple examples of how to explain this.
And you know, if you're explaining accurately, people are going to understand it, you know,
by and large.
Now, I'm not sitting here saying that in every conversation, they get every question right.
Because if you're going through the gospel, you could ask them about what if you commit
a big sin like murder, and then they might miss the question because they're but but
what that's signaling is they're either not believing or not fully understanding the concept
of eternal life, because they didn't think you could lose your salvation for committing
a small sin, but a sin like murder while you would lose it.
Or if they say during suicide that would cause you to lose your salvation.
They're not making the link between spiritual versus physical life.
They're struggling with that concept.
And so there's reasons why they're not understanding or grasping eternal security.
And so it could mean that maybe they're just confused.
But if this is happening all the time with you, but it's not happening with other people,
then you're probably doing something wrong.
Or it could be that, you know, you lose the attention of people during the conversation.
And that's why they're missing questions.
Or maybe you're going through conversations with people that just aren't interested.
If I'm preaching the gospel to someone, and they're just constantly looking at their cell
phone and just, you know, turning away, and just kind of half paying attention, what that
signals is that person is not really interested.
And you could spend 15 minutes and you might actually pray with that person.
But you know, 95% plus chance, they're not actually getting it, you're actually just
wasting your time.
Because people need to actually be paying attention to get the gospel presentation.
And oftentimes, you get to the end of conversations.
And I mean, usually it goes very smoothly, you know, you say, Hey, could I pray with
you right now?
And then boom, it's really easy.
But if you constantly get to the end, and they're kind of confused, or they don't know
what's going on, or they're like, Oh, yeah, you know, I pray this prayer every night.
It's like, you know, you're doing something wrong.
And you might want to ask more questions and find out not just what the words are that
they have, but what's actually inside of their heart, you need to find that out.
Because they have to believe inside their heart.
Otherwise you're just saying vain words that mean absolutely nothing.
So the three points to see that your soul winning might need some work is point number
one, you're not getting many people saved, or you're not getting anybody saved.
But others at your church are having, you know, success as they're going soul winning.
Point number two is this, you're getting too many people saved, you're getting a huge number,
and you're always getting the big number at your church, you always have the most salvation's
well, you're probably doing something wrong.
And point number three is if there's a lot of confusion and missed questions during your
conversations with the person, they're constantly missing questions.
And then at the prayer, they don't even want to pray.
That's a sign that you're probably doing something wrong.
And look, if you spend and dedicate so much time of your life into soul winning, let's
say two hours a week for 50 weeks during the year, it's 100 hours, and you do that for
25 years.
That's 2500 hours, doesn't it make sense that you want to make sure what you're doing is
actually correct, and you're not just wasting your time?
I would hate to find out one day, I go to heaven, and then God says, actually, you were
just doing everything wrong.
You never got anybody saved.
I mean, how depressing would that be?
But see, we can actually see certain signs and have ideas whether or not we're doing
a good job.
There's not gonna be a light bulb that lights up if somebody gets saved.
But we can see based on how the conversation is going, we can find out what's actually
inside their heart and get a good idea.
Am I doing something wrong, or am I doing a good job preaching the gospel?
And if you have one of these three areas where you're struggling with, hey, just correct
it.
Just kind of work on it, just make some adjustments, just kind of practice a little bit, figure
out what you're doing wrong, because you don't want to be wasting your time.
Thank you and God bless.