GREAT AND STRONG MOTIVATION OF CHRIST TO WIN THE LOST WITH URGENCY
( 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.
* INTRODUCTION:
a. The Lord Jesus Christ is our prime model in soulwinning with urgency
base on the bible verses the we have read.
b. To Christ soulwinning is a Must, meaning, this very important job of
every individual Christian at the true believers of Christ.
c. To Christ soulwinning is a serious and great work of every saved and
baptized Christian is serious commitment and we are accountable to God to fulfill
the great commission of the Lord Jesus.
e. The Lord Jesus Christ gave us a clear encouragement to have an
urgency and serious focus in winning lost people when He said "As long as
I Am in the World, I Am the Light of the World."
d. To Christ soulwinning is a great and serious burden for Him. His
desire that all lost people will be saved.
1TIMOTHY 2:4 “Who will have all men to be
saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
f. Christ never stop to encourage us to Lift up your eye and look on the
field 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.”
" 6 GREAT AND STRONG MOTIVATION OF CHRIST TO WIN
LOST PEOPLE WITH URGECY."
1. BECAUSE THE COMMISSION IS GREAT
*(MATTHEW 28:19-20) 19. “Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost:
20 . Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even]
unto the end of the world. Amen.”
a. Christ gave us a very clear vision of His great Commission to Church
to how far we need to reach the lost people. It is up to the end of the World
Christ said in Matthew 28: 19-20)
b. This is a serious Commandment of the Lord Jesus to His Church.
MARK 8:36 “For what shall it profit a man,
if he shall gain and his own souls.
c. Christ gave value on the preciousness of souls. He does not want that
any one should perish in hell.
( II 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.
d. Christ great Commission is not only on our community where our Church
is located. But Christ Commission is outside the 4 corners of our Church or
Church building.
e. The greatness of Christ Commission needs the involvement of every
individual Church member to be serious to fulfill the great commission of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
f. Jerusalem Church is our good example for these. Because even though
they were warning not to share the gospel of Christ they were very, very
courageous to speak to the one that persecute that they say.
( 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.
g. The Commission of Christ is serious Commission to Jerusalem Church.
Even in Antioch Mission work. The Commission of Christ is great and a serious
Commission because there was deep persecution to them in their time, they
continue to preach the gospel of Christ and many souls got saved and they experience
the Hand of God supported them.
( Acts 11: 19-24 ): 19 Now they which were scattered
abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as
Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews
only.
20 And some of them were men of
Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the
Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was
with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
22 Then tidings of these things
came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
23 Who, when he came, and had seen
the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord.
24 For he was a good man, and full
of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
* The Commission of Christ is great and do it with urgency to reach and
win the lost people at any cost.
(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 of the World.
2. BECAUSE THE COMPASION IS GREAT
(Sapagkat ang pagmamalasakit ay dakila)
( Mathew 9:36 ) 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.
( JOHN 3:16 ) “For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.”
a. Great is the love of God to His creature and His desire that all men
might be saved He said in this bible verse
( 1TIMOTHY 2:4 ) “Who will have all men to be
saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
b. God reveal to us His big for all lost people that He do not want that
any should perish in hell forever and ever. This is reason why all genuine born
again should always ready always to reach the lost at any cost at any time and
any place and any situation either good or bad. Reach the lost at any cost.
2PETER 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.”
c. The great Compassion of God can be measured of great Mercy and His
Love to all lost sinners.
EPHESIANS 2:4 “But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he loved us
d. Paus was good model of Christian with a great Compassion to lost
sinners. Because even there was a great threat in his for his concern to win
more lost he continues and face the threat in his life just for the sake of
winning lost people at any cost.
( Acts 20:19-24 ) 19 Serving the LORD with all
humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the
lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing
that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you
publickly, and from house to house,
21 Testifying both to the Jews,
and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in
the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 Save that the Holy Ghost
witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
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.
* Paul has the heart like the Lord Jesus Christ for lost people. Paul's
conviction just to follow the step Christ of having Compassion for lost people
and win them to Christ.
( 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.
3. BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE IS GREAT
( 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.”
a. Christ challenge His disciples to lift up their eyes and look on the
field for they are white already to harvest.
b. Christ saw the Multitudes of lost people like the sheep that
scattered abroad. This now Challenge for the Christian to double our time to
reach them by the gospel of Christ.
( Mathew 9:36-38 ) 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.
37 Then saith he unto his
disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of
the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
c. Another Challenge and request of the Lord Jesus Christ is to pray for
more soulwinners to help Him to harvest more lost people that need to be saved.
d. The Lord Jesus Christ gave also the effective strategy on effective
way to reach more perishing to the regions beyond. The two-by-two strategy to
reach the lost at any cost.
( LUKE 10:1-2 ) 1. After these things the Lord
appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into
every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The
harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord
of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
(MATTHEW 9:37-38) Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly
is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of
the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
* We need more dedicated and God-fearing soulwinning in the harvest
( Acts 6:5-7 ) 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.
* The Challenge is great Christ saw the Multitudes of sheep the
scattered abroad that need to be saved we need more dedicated soulwinners of
the Lord Jesus. We to use effective strategy to win the lost at any. To have
more fruits in the Ministry of the Lord is the reward of God to a Soulwinning
Church.
( Acts 2:46-47 ) 46 And they, continuing daily with
one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their
meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour
with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be
saved.
4. BECAUSE THE COMMITMENT IS GREAT
( IITIMOTHY 4:2 ) “Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrine.”
a. We have many committed soulwinners the bible Peter is one of them.
Peter was very courageous to hold an outdoor evangelistic meeting and the great
is 3000 got saved and baptized.
( 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.
b. Another good example is Paul. His desire that many will be saved.
( 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.
c. Philip also is our good model of Committed soulwinners of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
* He was led by the Holy Spirit in a remote place where an Ethiopian Eunuch
was reading a piece of the word of God.
( Acts 8:26- 36 )
26 And the angel of the Lord spake
unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth
down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and,
behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of
the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to
Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in
his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said unto
Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
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?
d. The Jerusalem soulwinners was committed also to fulfill the great commission
of the Jesus even though there is great to them if they continue to preach and
share the gospel of Christ to lost people in their community.
( 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.
* The Commitment is great and we need faithful Christian to do the great
commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
( II Timothy 2:1-2 )
1 Thou
therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast
heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who
shall be able to teach others also.
* The Commitment is great we Challenge to be faithful to God being
committed soulwinners of Christ.
5. BECAUSE THE COMPITION IS GREAT.
( 2 Timothy 4: 1-5 )
1 I charge
thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick
and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their
ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things,
endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
* Our enemy the Devil work double time and we are genuine Christians
should be the one doing the work of an evangelist double time.
a. The Competition is great because the enemy of the gospel are so many
and their main goal is deceiving lost people and lead them to choose the wide
road that led them to destruction.
( Matthew 7:13-14 ) 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and
many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
* The false Christians are winning to deceive many and they work double
time
( II Corinthians
11:13-15 ) 13 For
such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the
apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing
if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose
end shall be according to their works.
c. The genuine Christians are aggressive and courageous to win lost
people. This is now the reason and purpose of having Soulwinning revival.
d. The Church needs this kind of Soulwinning Revival.
* That the Church are always awake and alert in winning lost people.
( Ephesians 5:14 ) 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou
that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk
circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, :
16 Redeeming the time, because the
days are evil.
* That the Church should redeeming time and be ready always to answers
those that asketh the hope that is in us in meekness and fear.
( I Peter 3:15 ) 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:
* Time will come that the lost sinners will not be interested anymore of
our goodness to them because our enemy the false Christians are double time to deceive
many lost people
* The Lord called all Christians His evangelist that are committed to
share the gospel the gospel of Christ.
( II Timothy 4: 5 ) 2 Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their
ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things,
endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
* The Competition is great our enemy are working double time.
( II Corintians
11:13-15 ) 13 For
such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the
apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing
if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose
end shall be according to their works.
Conclusion:
* Church we need to have an urgency to reach the lost at any cost.
* When Paul received the Vision to the Macedonians call asking help for
them to be saved Paul immediately respond or with urgency he went to the place
where precious need to win for Christ .
( Acts 16:9-10 ) 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in
the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over
into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the
vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering
that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
* We need to have an URGENCY to reach the as long as the enemy did not deceive
them yet.
( IITimothy 4:3-4 ) 3 For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their
ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
* Time will come these lost sinners will not hear sound doctrine of the
bible. Time will come they will not hear the truth. That Jesus the Way the
Truth and Life of the lost people.
* Let us have Urgency because the Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon
already praying for more souls to be saved before Jesus comes back.
* Amen!
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