(Sobrang nagpapasalamat sa Diyos na kabilang ako sa simbahan na nag-aakay ng kaluluwa)
1THESSALONIANS 1:1-2 “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the
Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
1Thes 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in
our prayers;”
Introduction:
a. The church at Thessalonica was known to be a soulwinning
church and Paul was so grateful that he was in the church that he valued the
lost people.
1THESSALONIANS 1:3 “Remembering without ceasing your
work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;”
b. Paul started this church and trained them to be a
soulwinning church. Evidence of this is that they were able to reach many places
and share the gospel of Christ with their community.
Ø Paul gave them good comments that they are good
example of a soulwinning church that they can able to saturate the neighbor
community so that even Paul does not have to go to those communities.
1THESSALONIANS 1:7-8 “So that ye were ensamples to all
that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
1Thes 1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia
and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so
that we need not to speak any thing.”
Four (4) reasons
why we should thank the Lord in a soulwinning church:
I. SO THANKFUL TO GOD
BECAUSE CHRIST ESTABLISHED THE FIRST CHURCH TO BE A SOULWINNING CHURCH
(Kaya't
nagpapasalamat sa Diyos sapagkat itinatag ni Kristo ang unang iglesya bilang
isang nag-aakay na simbahan.)
ACTS 5:28-29 “Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not
teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,
and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to
obey God rather than men.”
a. The Lord Jesus Christ being the pastor of the
church is a perfect example of being a soulwinner.
LUKE 19:10 “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which
was lost.”
b. The Lord Jesus Christ was a faithful
soulwinner during His earthly ministry. He won even the most wicked man. He won
the even most criminal of the times on the cross of Calvary. He won even the
most corrupt public officials of their time named Zacchaeus. He won even the
most immoral woman of their time and many more individuals who are more wicked
in their time.
LUKE 23:42-43 “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest
into thy kingdom.
Lk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise.”
LUKE 19:1-9 “And [Jesus] entered and passed through Jericho.
Lk 19:2 And, behold, [there was] a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief
among the publicans, and he was rich.
Lk 19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press,
because he was little of stature.
Lk 19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for
he was to pass that [way].
Lk 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said
unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy
house.
Lk 19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
Lk 19:7 And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to
be guest with a man that is a sinner.
Lk 19:8 And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of
my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by
false accusation, I restore [him] fourfold.
Lk 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house,
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.”
c. The church in Jerusalem which was the first church
established by Christ was a soulwinning church.
ACTS 2:41 “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and
the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.”
II. SO THANKFUL TO GOD BECAUSE CHRIST SUPPORTS THE
SOULWINNING CHURCH BY THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Kaya't
nagpapasalamat sa Diyos sapagkat sinusuportahan ni Kristo ang iglesyang
nag-aakay ng kaluluwa sa pamamagitan ng presensya ng Banal na Espiritu.)
JOHN 14:16-17 “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Jn 14:17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it
seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.”
JOHN 16:13 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will
guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he
shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”
a. The Holy Spirit is our perfect partner for
effectively winning lost people.
b. The Holy Spirit will give us power for
effective and fruitful soulwinning.
III. SO THANKFUL TO GOD BECAUSE CHRIST SANCTIFIED THE
LIFE OF THE CHRISTIAN FOR EFFECTIVE SOULWINNING
(Kaya't
nagpapasalamat sa Diyos sapagkat pinabanal ni Cristo ang buhay ng Kristiyano
para sa mabisang pag-aakay ng kaluluwa)
1PETER 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready
always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope
that is in you with meekness and fear:”
a. So thankful to God because He will always
clean the church to ensure that the church is fruitful.
JOHN 15:1-3 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Jn 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch]
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Jn 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
b. Thank God for being in a soulwinning church
for we have all the reason to live a holy and clean life.
2TIMOTHY 2:21 “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a
vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, [and] prepared
unto every good work.”
JOHN 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
c. Praise God we can present our body before God
as a living sacrifice and acceptable before God.
ROMANS 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which
is] your reasonable service.”
IV. SO THANKFUL TO GOD BECAUSE CHRIST SUPPLIES ALL
OUR NEEDS FOR BEING FAITHFUL IN SOULWINNING
(Kaya't
salamat sa Diyos sapagkat si Kristo ay naghahatid ng lahat ng ating mga
pangangailangan dahil sa katapatan natin sa pag-aakay ng kaluluwa.)
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 “But my God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
a. The church at Philippi was a known supporter
of Paul for the mission work and efforts of church evangelism.
PHILIPPIANS 4:15-16 “Now ye Philippians know also, that
in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
Php 4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.”
b. Christ promise to answer the prayer of the
faithful and fruitful soulwinners.
JOHN 15:16 “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should
remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
you.”
Conclusion:
I am so grateful to God that our church is a soulwinning
church and I rejoice in this blessing and in God's approval of His church.
ACTS 2:47 “Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And
the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”
▪GOD BLESS YOU ALL▪
》Let Us Pray One For Another《
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