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Vital Truths For Effective Soul Winning
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jun 18, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: THIS SERMON HIGHLIGHTS VITAL TRUTHS FOR EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNING AND STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT IN EVANGELISM
VITAL TRUTHS FOR EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNING
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OUTLINE
1. WHEN WE SHARE CHRIST WITH PEOPLE WE MUST RELY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICT THEM OF SIN AND THEIR NEED FOR CHRIST AND REVEAL CHRIST TO THEM.
2. WE MUST BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITNESS FOR CHRIST WITH A POWERFUL ANOINTING IN ORDER TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNER
3. WHEN WE SHARE THE GOSPEL WE MUST PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL REVEAL HIMSELF AND DRAW PEOPLE UNTO HIMSELF.
4. WE MUST ENGAGE IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE FOR THE SOULS OF MEN AND BIND THE EVIL SPIRITS THAT KEEP PEOPLE IN SPIRITUAL BONDAGE AND SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS AND RELEASE THE PEOPLE FROM THE BONDAGE OF SATAN USING THE AUTHORITY THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN US.
5. WE MUST KEEP SOWING THE WORD OF GOD IN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RESPONSE.
6. PEOPLE WHO ARE WISE WILL OBEY THE WORD OF GOD WHEN THEY HEAR IT.
7. THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID TO BE A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST AND WE MUST BE WILLING TO FACE PERSECUTION WHEN WE REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WITH THE GOSPEL.
THE MESSAGE
VITAL TRUTHS FOR EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNING
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1. WHEN WE SHARE CHRIST WITH PEOPLE WE MUST RELY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICT THEM OF SIN AND THEIR NEED FOR CHRIST AND REVEAL CHRIST TO THEM.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;
in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;
and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"—
but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2. WE MUST BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITNESS FOR CHRIST WITH A POWERFUL ANOINTING IN ORDER TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNER
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor."
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
3. WHEN WE SHARE THE GOSPEL WE MUST PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL REVEAL HIMSELF AND DRAW PEOPLE UNTO HIMSELF.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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JOHN 6: 44 , 64-66
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.
He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him."
