SOME
BIBLICAL MODELS IN RESCUE THE PERISHING OF LOST PEOPLE
Proverbs 24:11-12 Prov 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that
are] ready to be slain;
Prov 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy
soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man
according to his works?
1. GOD
THE FATHER IS OUR GREAT MODEL.
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God’s greatest concern for the lost people not to perish in everlasting hell
fire.
( 2 Peter 3:9 ) The Lord is
not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.
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God’s great desire that all lost people might be saved.
( I Timothy 2:4 ) Who will
have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
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God’s serious commandment to all God’s people.
( Jude 1:23 ) And others
save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted
by the flesh.
2. THE
GREAT REASON FOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO COME DOWN ON THE PLANET IS TO SEEK
AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.
( Luke 19:10 ) For the Son
of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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Christ is our prime model on winning the lost at any cost and at any time.
( John 9:4-5 ) [4]I must
work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no
man can work.
[5]As long as I am in the world, I am the light of
the world.
* The
Lord Jesus Christ is our model of having burden for lost people.
( Matthew 9:35-36 ) [35]And
Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people.
[36]But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved
with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as
sheep having no shepherd.
3. THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR PARTNER IN WINNING LOST PEOPLE.
( Acts 1:8 ) But ye
shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall
be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.
* The
Holy Spirit will give us the power and wisdom to the lost people effectively
and successfully.
( 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.
* The
Holy Spirit will guide us to the right people whose heart are open to hear the
message of the gospel of Christ.
( Acts 8:30-36 ) [30]And
Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said,
Understandest thou what thou readest?
[31]And he said, How can I, except some man should
guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
[32]The place of the scripture which he read was
this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his
shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
[33]In his humiliation his judgment was taken
away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the
earth.
[34]And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I
pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
[35]Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the
same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
[36]And as they went on their way, they came unto
a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me
to be baptized?
4.
PAUL ALSO IS OUR GOOD MODEL IN WINNING LOST PEOPLE.
( I Corinthians 9:19-22 ) [19]For
though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more.
[20]And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I
might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I
might gain them that are under the law;
[21]To them that are without law, as without law,
(being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain
them that are without law.
[22]To the weak became I as weak, that I might
gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save
some.
* Paul
made the Lord Jesus Christ as his pattern of dedication of loving and winning
lost people and finished his calling.
* ( Acts 20:24 ) But none of
these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might
finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
5.
PETER IS ALSO A GOOD MODEL IN WINNING LOST PEOPLE.
( Acts 2: 36-41 ) [36]Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
[37]Now when they heard this, they were pricked in
their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and
brethren, what shall we do?
[38]Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
[39]For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call.
[40]And with many other words did he testify and
exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
[41]Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.
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Peter led Jerusalem Church to be a faithful and fruitful soulwinning Church.
( Acts 5:26-29 [26]Then
went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they
feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
[27]And when they had brought them, they set them
before the council: and the high priest asked them,
[28]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.
[29]Then Peter and the other apostles answered and
said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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Peter led Jerusalem Church to be a soulwinning and a fruitful Church in their
time.
( Acts 6:4-7 ) [4]But we
will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
[5]And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and
they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of
Antioch:
[6]Whom they set before the apostles: and when
they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
[7]And the word of God increased; and the number
of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the
priests were obedient to the faith.
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Conclusion:
* The
Lord Jesus Christ encourage His disciples to look on the fields for they are
white already to harvest.
( John 4:35 Say not ye,
There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest.
* God
bless you all always *
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