The title of the soul-winning tip this morning is to leave them
with something to think about, to leave them with something
to think about.
When we go out, our main goal is to get people saved, right?
If they don't get saved, we try to get them to church with hopes
of that they can get saved in church.
If they get saved, we invite them to church with the
intention of getting them baptized, discipling them,
and hopefully to get them to go out and get people saved.
The purpose of Christian life is to build God's kingdom, and
also that's the purpose of the church.
The reason why I'm using this verse is to show that we all
have jobs in this business, and we all have roles to play.
So we try to plant seeds or water the seeds, and someone
else has planted.
Whether they get saved at the door or not, we wanna leave them
with something to think about or a burden.
So I have two quick points this morning.
So point number one, it's all about Jesus Christ.
So make your point about the gospel.
And by the way, this is, this should be done at the end
of the conversation.
If they get saved, I try to leave them with a burden.
I try to use Matthew 7 that not a lot of people will get saved,
so their friends or family are probably not saved.
So I try to give them that burden in their heart that it's
their job to actually get them saved, right?
And if they don't get saved because they don't have time,
I ask them if I could leave them with a verse and then
expand on it.
So point number one, it's all about Jesus Christ.
It's all about Christ and him crucified.
I've gone soul-winning with, like, a church where my
soul-winning partner would talk about everything else from the
Bible but the gospel, so we wanna make sure our, we wanna
keep our priorities straight.
We wanna keep it about the gospel.
We wanna keep it about the cross, Jesus' death,
burial, and resurrection.
We also wanna use the Bible.
The Bible says that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the
Word of God, right?
So we wanna use the Word of God and expound on it.
We also wanna keep it simple.
Why?
Because the gospel itself is simple, and that's the beautiful
thing about it, right?
And we don't need gimmicks or anything.
The Bible says in Hebrews 4-12, the Word of God is quick and
powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even
to dividing asunder of soul and spirit of the joints and marrow
and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart.
So our main priority is to point them to Christ using his Word.
So point number two, be loving.
Go to, if you could, go to the book of Jude.
Point number two, be loving.
And I have a disclaimer here to say that I'm not saying that we
always, this is always necessary.
If you don't wanna hear anything from you, just be respectful and
back off, because you'd do more by being respectful than trying
to be aggressive and forceful, right?
So only do this if they allow you to.
So point number two, be loving.
The Bible says in Jude verse number 22,
"'And of some have compassion, making a difference, and others
saved with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the
garments spotted by the flesh.'"
Jude number, Jude verse 22 demonstrate how people get
saved, especially people with hang-ups.
People get saved by showing how compassionate and fearful God is,
but sometimes, depending on who we're talking to, we kinda wanna
use more compassion than fear, right?
Or we wanna use fear more than compassion.
Those who think that they're too bad for heaven, we kinda wanna
show them how more, we kinda use, we kinda have to use more
compassion than fear, so we gotta use verses that, from the
Bible, that show that God loves them, and they can still be
forgiven, and they can go to heaven.
And others, on the other side of that is, there are others who
think they're too good for hell, or who think that they're too
good for hell, so they need to be saved with fear.
So we gotta use verses that show that it doesn't matter how big
our sin is, or it doesn't matter how small our sin is.
The Bible says, "'For all have sinned and come short of the
glory of God.'" So we wanna make sure to do this, but we wanna
make sure to do this in a loving way and not be obnoxious, right?
So point number one, we wanna keep it about the gospel, we
wanna keep it about Jesus Christ, and point number two, we
do it in a loving way.
So in conclusion, I have this question.
How do I know if it did anything to them?
If you would, you go back to 1 Corinthians chapter number three.
You know, sometimes when we don't get people saved, it's
kind of depressing, right?
And even when we do get people saved, they still don't come to
church, so how do I know if it did anything to them?
Well, sometimes we don't really get to know.
We just gotta have faith that God will do his job.
Isaiah chapter 55 and verse 11, the Bible says, God says, "'So
shall my words be that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall
not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I
pleased, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.'"
If you notice in 1 Corinthians chapter number three, the Bible
says in verse five, "'I have planted, Apollo's watered, but
God gave the increase.'
So then neither is he that planted anything, neither he
that watereth, but God that giveth the increase."
And that verse shows us that we all have roles to play in it.
When it comes to soul winning, some people plant and some
people water, but ultimately, God gives the increase.
But our main job is to point everyone to Jesus Christ.
In John 12 and verse 32, Jesus said, he's talking about his
death, the way he was gonna die, "'And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me.'"
So our job is to plant seed or water seeds that someone has
already planted and have faith that God will give the increase.
So just leave them with something to think about and let
God, you know, do his job, and let's pray.
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you for, again, for the
opportunity to go soul winning this morning, Lord.
Fill us with your spirit as we walk out, Lord.
Pray you just help us with this idea of leaving them with burden,
Lord, in their hearts, Lord.
We love you in Jesus' name, I pray, amen.