THE ART AND METHOD OF SOUL WINNING - Acts 2:41-47

INTRODUCTION

     Every member is a minister.  How can they minister if they also in need, if we wait the rest, how can be benefit it.  This is a great difference of being parasite and being a minister, parasite expects to receive, the minister wants to share.  What is the difference of parasite member and a ministering member.  To be a minister we must receive first the grace of God is the

Source of our ministry.  A member who wants to minister without the grace of God will surely fail.  Grace first before ministries. 1 Cor. 12

They must receive the grace of God in order to share.

Note:

The soul winners must learn and recognized individual

1. FRUSTRATION  
2. LONELINESS
3. SENSE OF GUILT
4. FEAR OF DEATH

Preposition…

Every Christian is responsible to live a life that glorifies God and to be true ambassadors but how, where do I start? What is involve?

Lets found out Philip and the Ethiopian official:

1. Philip witness to Jesus Christ a chosen worker because of this character – Acts 6:3-5
2. The Holy spirit and Philip life's ministry 
3. Knowledge about the scripture – Acts 8:3-5

I.                    ELEMENTS OF PASSION FOR SOULS

1.      Love for Christ

2.       Concern for souls

3.       Sense of urgency – Eph. 5:15-17

4.       Sense of responsibility

5.       Sense of call

II.                  DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL WORKER

1.                   Heart of people

2.                   Vision of multiplication

3.                   Voluntary spirit

4.                   Servant hood spirit

5.                   Productive witness – meaning transmission by example

6.                   Spirit of whole heartedness

III.                PROCEDURE TO SUCCESSFUL SOUL WINNING

1.       From the word of God, show the need of salvation.  Rom. 6:23;  Isa 53:6;  Rom. 5:12;  Eph. 2:1, 8-9

2.       Show the word of God, that we cannot save ourselves.  Titus 3:5

3.       Show from the word of God the way to be saved is to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Mark 1:14-15;  Acts 16:30-31;  John 1:12;  John 6:36

4.       Show the word of God that assurance of salvation does not depend upon feelings, but upon what God says.  John 6:37

5.       Show from the word of God that open confession should follow believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.  Matt. 10:23-33;  Rom. 10:9-10

APPLICATION

     A fully surrendered Christian is an individual who never complains in what the Lord’s work place to Him.