How to Be a Soul

Winner
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come
again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him.
Psalm 126:6
The Urgency of Soul Winning

Could a mariner sit idle

if he heard the drowning cry?
Could a doctor sit in comfort
and just let his patients die?
Could a fireman sit idle,
let men burn and give no hand?
Can you sit at ease in Zion
with the world around you
DAMNED?

- Leonard Ravenhill

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 Soul Winning is Witnessing

 A witness is a person who

tells something that he or
she saw and knows.
 The purpose of our
witness – to bring people
to Jesus

A true witness delivers souls (Proverbs 14:25)

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 Soul Winning is Introducing
People to a Person

In a way . . .
introducing Christ
to a person is the
same as any
other introduction.

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 Soul Winning is
Planting and Harvesting
 In the Parable of the
Sower,the Seed is the
Word of God.
 Some of the Seed grew;
some didn’t.
– The sower was always
the same.
– The Seed was the same.
– The ground where it was
planted varied.

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Why God Wants You to Be a
Soul Winner
God
commands it
• And he said unto them, Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15)
• But ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to
Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
• A true witness delivers souls (Proverbs 14:25)
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 Why God Wants You to Be a
Soul Winner
 People are going to
Hell without Jesus
– If your neighbor’s
house was on fire,
wouldn’t you try to
save them?
– Why would you do
any less for the
people who are going
to Hell?
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 The Dynamics
of Soul Winning
I have planted,  One or more people
Apollos watered; can be used of God
but God gave the to witness to a
increase . . . For we person
are laborers  Another soul winner
together with God. can harvest
(1 Corinthians 3:6, 9)  God is the One Who
gets it done!

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How God Can Multiply Your
Work for Him
Edward Kimball
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D. L. Moody
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F. B. Meyer
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J. Wilbur Chapman
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Billy Sunday
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Mordecai Ham
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Billy Graham
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 How to Make Soul Winning
Part of Your Christian Life
 Make a list of people you
are concerned about
 Pray every day for them
to get saved
 Invite them to an
evangelistic event
 Have them over for coffee
or dinner if you can

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You Can Be a Soul Winner!

He said,
“Bob, God will give
you souls. You
just have to want
them badly
enough.”

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 How to Mark Your Bible
Just as a chef needs to sharpen his knives, you need to
sharpen your Sword in order to use it effectively.

 Draw a red box around 1 Presentation Scriptures:

John 5:13 1. 1 John 5:13
 In the margin next to the
2. Romans 3:10, 23
verse write “Romans 3:10”
 Draw a red box around 3. Romans 6:23
Romans 3:10 and write 4. Romans 5:8
“3:23” in the margin next to 5. 2 Corinthians 5:21
the verse.
6. Romans 10:9-10
 Use this procedure for all
the verses in the 7. Romans 10:13
presentation.
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 How to Explain
the Gospel Clearly
 Don’t assume the person is a Christian.
 Use words the lost person understands and
would likely be comfortable with.
 Point out the verses in your marked Bible.
 Remember: your job isn’t merely to
“tell the Gospel” but to help the
person understand the
Good News and make
a decision for Christ.
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 X-Ray Question #1
If you were to die tonight,
do you know for sure
that you would go to
Heaven?
If they answer “No,” they are either lost, backslidden or
misguided.
If they answer “Yes,” they may or may not be saved.
Regardless of how they answer, go on to Question #2.
Our job is not to judge people, but, like a doctor, to diagnose
people so we can determine how to help them.
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 X-Ray Question #2
Suppose you did die
tonight, and God asked
you, “Why should I let
you into My Heaven?” –
What would you tell Him?

Their answer to this question will tell you a lot about their
spiritual Condition.

Their answer will fall into one of two categories:

WORKS or GRACE
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 The Promise
1 John 5:13
These things I have
written to you who
believe in the name of the
Son of God, that you may
know that you have
eternal life, and that you
may continue to believe
in the name of the Son of
God.
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Important Truths
 You can have eternal
life.
 You can have it now
(you don’t have to wait
until you get to Heaven
to get it).
 You can know that you
have it.
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 The Problem

Romans 3:10  That means I’m a

As it is written: sinner, doesn’t it?
“There is none  The problem is, no
righteous, no, not one—including you
one” and me–deserves
to go to Heaven.
Romans 3:23  Everybody-
For all have sinned including you and
and fall short of the me- is guilty before
glory of God God.
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 The Effect of Sin
 Suppose you had a 10-
gallon jug of clean
water.
 Someone put 1 drop of
poison into it. Would
you drink it?
 Sin is like poison. One
drop can pollute us and
make us unfit for
Heaven.
The next verse I’m going to show you has some bad news and
some good news. I’m going to show you the bad news first.
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 The Condemnation

Romans 6:23a Wages—that’s Payday.

For the wages of sin
is death . . .
Work for a week and
you get wages for your
work. Live a lifetime as
a sinner and your
payday is death. Not
just death of the body,
but eternal death of
your soul in judgment
for your sin.

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 The Gift

Romans 6:23b  The Good News is that God

. . . but the gift of God
is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
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provided the Remedy for
your sins.
 If I were to offer you a gift,
would you have to work for
it, or pay me for it?
 What do you have to do to
receive a gift?
 If you didn’t take the gift,
would you have it?
 Eternal life is a Gift from
God. He paid for it. But if
you never take it, you will
never have it.
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 God’s Love for You
Romans 5:8  What was the wages of
sin? Death. What did
But God demonstrates Jesus do for you? He
his own love toward died. He took your
us, in that while we punishment for your
were still sinners, sins.
 How many people do
Christ died for us. you know who love you
enough that they would
die for you?
 That’s how much Jesus
loves you. He died for
you.
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 God’s Perfect Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21 Jesus took the

For He made Him punishment that you
and I deserve so we
who knew no sin to
could go to Heaven.
be sin for us, that we
might become the You Jesus
righteousness of God
in Him. Sin Perfect
Lie Righteous
Deceit Holy

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 Believe in Your Heart

Romans 10:9-10  Believe – not enough to

that if you confess with believe the facts about
your mouth the Lord Jesus Jesus. Trust Him to
and believe in your heart save you.
that God has raised Him
from the dead, you will be
saved. For with the heart
one believes to
righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made
to salvation.
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 The Invitation

(Rom 10:13)  Does this make

For whosoever shall sense to you?
call upon the name of  Would you like for
the Lord shall be us to bow our
saved. heads together
while you let God
know you want to
receive the Lord
Jesus as your
personal Savior?
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How to Draw the Net
Is there any reason
why you would not
want to receive
Christ now?

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Assurance:
Where Is Jesus Right Now?
 How do you know He is
in your heart?
 Did He promise to
come in?
 Would He lie to you?
 If everything goes
wrong tomorrow, and
you don’t feel like He is
still there, is He still in
your heart?
 How do you know?

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 Happy Birthday
Remember today’s date
and write it in your Bible.
The Bible says that you
are Born Again when
Jesus comes into your
life.
Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.
(1 Pe 1:23)
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 Read the Bible and
Pray Every Day
The Bible is how God Prayer is how you talk
talks to you. to God.
– Start with the Gospel of
– Adore
John
– Confess
– Read through to the end
of the New Testament – Thankgiving
– Then start with Matthew – Supplication
and read the New
Testament again. – Prayer, in a very real
– Read 3 chapters a day sense, is asking God
and you will read the and receiving from Him.
New Testament in 3
months.

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 Get Involved in Church

Why?
– Obey God
– Learn the Bible
– Encouragement
– Fellowship
– Worship

Forsake not the assembling

of yourselves
(Hebrews 7:25)
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 Confess Christ Publicly

Therefore whoever
confesses Me before
men, him I will
confess before my
Father who is in
heaven.
(Matthew 10:32)

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Baptism
Get baptized as soon as
possible
Baptism is like putting on
the wedding ring. It
identifies what you have
done. Of course, it
doesn’t save you any
more than a ring marries
you. Baptism is important
as a first step of
obedience, though.

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Tell Others About Jesus

 Follow me and I will

make you fishers of
men.
(Matthew 4:19)

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How to Handle Questions and
Objections
 Be confident
– There are only a few objections that people
raise. You’ll hear the same ones over and over.
 Don’t let them get you off track
– “That’s a great question. Can I address that in a
minute?”
 Compliment them
 If you don’t know the answer, don’t
panic.
– Tell them you’ll find out and get back to them.
– This will give you another chance to reach them
if they don’t receive Christ when are talking to
them now.
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