All right. Well, we are in Romans chapter number one, and I want to point out in verse 14
Let's start reading there
The Bible says I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians both to the wise and to the unwise
So as much as in me is I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth
To the Jew first and also to the Greek title
My sermon this morning is ready to preach the gospel ready to preach the gospel
Of course here the Apostle Paul is the author of Romans and he's pointing out the fact that hey
He's ready to preach the gospel to those that are at Rome
And you know
This is the attitude that all Christians need to have is that you can get to a place where you're ready to preach the gospel
We don't want to be people where there's an opportunity to get someone saved and pull them out of the fire
And we just don't know how or we're just not skilled enough to be able to do it
This is something that is a calling of every single Christian
Man woman boy and girl and so we're gonna be going through very practical sermon this morning
It's not gonna be like most sermons. It's just gonna be basically a soul-winning seminar
We're gonna go very practically step-by-step on how to preach the gospel and at the end
I'm actually gonna open up to questions
So if any men have any questions about soul winning save those questions for the end and I'll be happy to answer those
For you now just to give you an idea of where we're at as a church
Since the day that this became an independent Baptist Church since we became anchor Baptist Church in late November
Praise God, we've had
342 salvations so that is great really excited for that and really pleased and thankful to God for that
But I will say that we have a lot of great soul winning opportunities coming soon
And I want us to be as prepared as possible to make the most of those opportunities
Because you know we have new people we have people who are new soul winners
We have people who have been out of swimming for a while and kind of getting back into it
And of course we also have a lot of seasoned vets too, but you know iron sharpened at the iron
I'm sure we could still learn some things you can always learn something new about soul winning
So I definitely want everyone to pay attention this morning now
What I'm gonna be doing is I'm gonna go through the exact presentation that I use and that I've used for 12 years
So if you are a new soul winner, or you've been out of it for a really long time, and you're really rusty
I would just recommend that you follow this to a tee and again if anyone doesn't have one raise your hand again
and us will bring you one because this is important for the sermon, but I would just recommend you follow this to a tee and
You know as you get more experienced over time of course you might tailor things to your liking
There's nothing wrong with that whatsoever
But I just want everyone to have just a very simple how to preach the gospel so that you could follow along
With that so this part isn't gonna be in your notes
But let's talk a little bit about the introduction out soul winning number one is you need to be friendly all right?
We should be at someone's door being friendly
Don't be overly just stoic and overly businesslike now of course we want to become all things to all men
So I will adjust my attitude a little bit depending on the type of person
I'm talking to if someone's just really happy and really excited
I'll kind of match them a little bit, and if it's like some you know jacked bodybuilder
Who's really stoic?
I'll be a little more stoic with him, but like your default out soul winning should be friendly
Happy not being a jerk not looking like you're super sad and miserable to be out soul winning
You know you want to greet people friendly have a friendly tone in your voice and this is also important
Make sure that you invite someone to church
This is how you should start the gospel presentation because you know
We have those church invites for a reason and sometimes I've seen people they just completely skip over this they don't do this
There's like hey, we're here preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ
First of all it can come it can come off as a little bit weird from someone who's just like you open the door
And just like hey, I'm here to preach you the gospel of Jesus Christ
It's a lot more like socially normal if you're there to invite them to church. That's number one
Also, we want them to come to church. We want them to be here
So here you are talking with a stranger and you have an opportunity to invite them to church invite them to church
It's very important. Don't skip that step
Also, this sets you up for the next question that you should ask once you invite them to church is that you?
Absolutely should ask this question. Do you go to church anywhere and again a lot of people skip this but here's why it's important to ask
This question because the answer that they give back to you is going to give you a lot of important information
That you need to have to effectively preach them the gospel
So someone says yeah, I go to st. Mary's Catholic Church, you know, okay
This person is unsaved this person's gonna believe in work salvation super hardcore
They're gonna believe all this false doctrine. You need to know that about someone or someone says, you know, oh, you know
I don't go to any church. I'm an atheist
Okay, I've seen people kind of freeze at this point where they're like, oh, what do I do now?
Here's what you say to an atheist or someone that just doesn't believe the Bible is you say, okay. Well, hey more important than church
We're just trying to give people an opportunity to hear at least once in their life
What the Bible says it takes to get to heaven
Can I show you that because then you're not gonna be like, oh, you don't believe well, you know
I can't preach to you
Sometimes if you offer it like that every once in a while an atheist will listen and I have gotten atheist save of course
They're not the most receptive group. They're extremely unreceptive most of the time
They're not going to listen
But I found that that question kind of gives you a better chance to preach them the gospel
But for most people you're gonna ask them. Hey, do you go to church anywhere and they're gonna say yeah
I go to st. Mary's church or whatever and then you say this, okay
Well more importantly than going to church God forbid if you were to die today
Are you a hundred percent sure that you'd be going to heaven? That's the question that you need to ask and here's the thing
There's a couple different things that could happen in that situation
Number one is that they could be honest and just say no and that's great because if they say no you could just say like
Okay
Well, if you had to guess what do you think someone would have to do to get to heaven and then they're gonna give you some
Sort of answer or if they say yes again, you ask the same question. Okay, what do you think that?
It takes for someone to get to heaven. They said yes. I'm sure what does it take now?
Their answer is gonna be very important because if they tell you oh
Salvation is by trusting alone in Jesus Christ and it's only by faith alone
Sounds like that person saved, you know, and I'm not gonna sit there and just preach the gospel to every saved person
I run into you know, this is the Bible Belt
There's definitely a lot of saved people here
But if someone gives you that answer is nothing wrong with asking an additional question like hey, you know
Once you're saved you think you could ever lose your salvation and if they say no once you're saved
You're always saved move on to the next person
you know, I mean don't sit there and just preach the gospel to save people all day long because I run into a lot of
Saved people in Oklahoma City. There's a lot of saved people here
There's a lot of churches out there preaching the gospel
But most of the time what they're gonna tell you is oh, yeah, I'm sure what do you think you have to do to get to heaven?
Well, live a good life be a good person follow the commandments repent of all my sins, you know
And that should indicate to you that okay
This person is not saved and if they just continue to give you a vague answer and you just can't pin them down
It's very annoying when people do that
But you might want to consider asking this question. You could just say like, okay
Well, you know some people think salvation is by faith alone in Jesus Christ others think it's by living a good life
Some people think both which one do you think and you'll be surprised at how just clearly they will answer that question
and it'll just cut through all the confusion and you trying to pin down what they believe and
Most of the time they will just straight-up tell you both
They'll just be honest and it's just like okay
This person's not saved and when they answer that my goal is not to sit here and beat them up or make them feel stupid
My goal is to get an end to preach them the gospel so they get saved
So I usually in a very gently way say something like, you know, of course God wants us to live a good life
Of course, God wants us to keep his commandments. But when it comes to getting to heaven, the Bible actually says it's a free gift
Can I show you that that simple, you know, you don't want to sit there and like obviously agree with their false statement
But you also just don't want to be a total jerk
Which is like that's completely opposite of everything that the Bible teaches. It's clear
You've never even read the Bible once in your life
Can I enlighten you? You know what I mean? Like be friendly be nice
But you do want to correct what they said and offer them the chance to hear now go to if you will John chapter number five
John five. I do think it's very important to ask permission to preach people the gospel
Because a lot of people are just too nice and they don't really want to hear they're not really listening
But they're maybe just too nice to tell, you know
And sometimes you can waste a lot of time out soul winning by not asking that question you want to ask
Hey, can I take a couple minutes and show you from the Bible how you can be 100% sure you're going to heaven or hey
You know God wants us to live a good life, but the Bible actually says it's a free gift
It has nothing to do with how you live your life
Can I show you that from the Bible ask that question because that's gonna cut through to people who are actually
Interested in the gospel want to hear the truth versus people who are just too polite and are just gonna waste your time
John 5 verse 2 now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda
Having five porches in these lay a great multitude of impotent folk of blind halt
withered waiting for the moving of the water for an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and
Troubled the water whosoever then first after the troubling of the water was stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease
He had and a certain man was there which had an infirmity
Thirty and eight years when Jesus saw him lie and knew that he had now been now a long time in that case
He sayeth unto him notice this question
Wilt thou be made whole that is an important question. No as Jesus is asking this person
Do you want to be healed? Do you want to hear the Bible?
Do you want to hear the truth?
Because there's a lot of people in this world that do not want to hear the Bible a lot of people here that do not
Want to hear the gospel and we are just gonna go spin our wheels and waste a bunch of time
Without asking this question preaching to people who aren't interested. Meanwhile, their neighbor is interested
Meanwhile, the guy down the road is super interested and he could get saved if you just asked some wise
Questions to cut through between people who want to hear and people who don't want to hear now
Let's go ahead and get into the gospel portion. So you've introduced yourself. You've asked them, you know
You've given an invite to church. You've asked them what church they go to
You've asked them if they're a hundred percent sure you found out if they're saved or not
you've asked permission to preach the gospel now we're gonna get into the actual portion of preaching the gospel and
You don't have to use all the same verses as me, but I do
Strongly strongly believe that you should follow the same order that's on your sheet
Do this in your gospel presentation?
You should cover sin first hell second the gospel of Jesus Christ third faith alone fourth
Eternal security fifth and calling upon the name of the Lord last
Because man I have seen some bad soul winning over the years
Where people will start soul winning and they'll just start talking about it's faith alone
It's faith alone faith alone faith alone in who faith alone in what like you skipped the fact that they're sinners
You skipped hell you skipped the death burial and resurrection of Christ and you're just talking about faith alone
That is bad soul winning. You don't have to use all the same verses, but you do have to use this order
And so this order is super super important. So number one, let's talk about sin Romans 3 verse 23
Says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. So I'll say to someone hey, you know
First of all, I just want to show you Romans 3 23
The Bible says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Bible teaches that all of us have sinned
we're all sinners, right and I'll ask for that confirmation and
Ninety nine point nine nine nine percent of people are gonna very quickly
Understand and agree with this and what you need to understand about soul winning is that you should spend as much time as is
Necessary on each point, but don't go overboard. Like if someone understands a point move on
You're not there to spend 20 30 40 50 minutes with someone if someone understands what sin is and they believe that they're a sinner
Move on like that. This is the quickest portion of the gospel for sure
Now if someone's a very young child you might ask this question
You know, do you know what a sin is and most people do most people say oh, yeah
You know, it's breaking God's command is doing something wrong and I'll quickly explain that to them if necessary now on your sheet
You'll notice there's there's verses that are just spelled out and then there's verses that have a little asterisks next to them
Those are just extra verses if you need to prove more points to them
But quite honestly when it comes to the sins part
I only use this verse and it usually takes a couple of seconds to get past this point if
Someone refuses to acknowledge that they are a sinner is not anything I can do for that person and what you have to understand
The Bible says that in heretic after the first and second admonition
Reject if you get to a point in your gospel where someone it's not just that they're having a hard time understanding
They're having a hard time grasping, but they're just vehemently denying the doctrine that you're showing them
They're just rejecting the Bible
It's time to leave time to go to a different person. Don't sit there and argue and debate with people
You're there to teach them. You're there to preach to them
Do not allow yourself to get into a position where someone's preaching to you. Okay, you're wasting your time
Make sure you're preaching to them. So after this after I've shown them Romans 3 23
I will say simply, you know
The Bible says that we've all sinned and because of that the Bible teaches that we all have a punishment that we deserve
Because of that sin Romans chapter 6 verse 23
The Bible says for the wages of sin is death now
I usually stop reading the verse right there because that's the only portion of the verse that I want to highlight at this time
If you want to read the whole verse no problem whatsoever
I just read that part for the wages of sin is death and this is what I say
I just say when we die there's one of two places we can go heaven or where and they always tell me the right answer
Hell, okay. Now, I've heard some people talk about when they go to this verse
They'll say for the wages of sin is death and they'll say now the first death is physical and the second death is spiritual
And I understand what you're thinking when you say that but that is not biblically correct
Because the death that this verse is talking about is hell and the first death is not physical
The first death is spiritual. The first death is your soul going to hell
That's what this verse is teaching for the wages of sin is death because we've sinned we deserve hell
Now what's ironic is that the second death is actually what's physical. It's physical and spiritual
but those who have been in hell are resurrected before the great white throne judgment and
Death and hell are cast into the lake of fire and it's a physical and a spiritual death now
Look, don't don't go into all that health soul winning, but I don't I don't say that to people
Oh, the first death is physical the second is spiritual because it's not true
It's not what the Bible is teaching what the Bible is teaching here is that we deserve hell
So that's what you should say to people now the Bible says here for the wages of sin is death because we've sinned
We deserve to go to hell now. This next question is super super important
I can't recommend enough that you ask this question after you got to this point ask the person
Hey, do you believe that hell is real?
Do you believe that hell exists because you know to be saved you have to believe that you're getting saved from something
Look, if you don't believe heaven and hell is real, you're not getting saved folks. You have to ask the person
Do you believe hell is real? Do you believe hell exists?
This is a very important question because a lot of times people will just tell you no and it's like, okay
Well, then you actually need to spend some more time on the hell portion if someone has told you no hell doesn't exist
Additionally, this question is very important as well after you've asked them is hell real ask this question
How would you describe hell? I want to know from their heart. How would you describe hell because you know what?
I hear all the time. Well, we're in hell right now. What are you talking about?
That's definitely not biblical is not what the Bible teaches or sometimes people will just say like oh, you know
Hell is like purgatory where you get a second chance
You know
They'll be preaching to get right with God or whatever some weird Mormon doctrine or Catholic doctrine
It's people that believe that stuff and so ask the person
How would you describe hell and if they give you the right answer move on to the next point if they don't I would
Recommend going to Revelation 14 verse 10 on your sheet there
The Bible says and I start reading on the highlighted portion there
It says and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels
And in the presence of the lamb and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever and they have no rest
Day nor night so I would I would only show this verse if the person didn't believe in hell or they didn't believe in a
Biblical hell I go there and I read that and I say look people in hell are on fire
They're being tormented forever and ever they have no rest day nor night. They can never escape
It's a really terrible place. I don't want to go there. I don't want you to go there
That's why I'm here at your door
Then I'll say this but you know the Bible does give us a list of the type of people that will go to hell someday
and this verse I do show every single person Revelation 21 8 the Bible says for the but the fearful and
unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all
Liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone
Which is the second death and so I usually will highlight. Hey, this is a really bad list of sins
We probably haven't done all the things on this list, but I know for sure I've lied before have you ever lied before?
Unless they're a complete prideful moron. They're always gonna say, of course I have you know, and you could even say like hey
Let's be honest. We've done worse stuff than that, too
But we definitely have lied and what this verse is teaching us is that because we've sinned the punishment that we deserve from God
Is hell it's very important to use those type of words because we need to make sure we emphasize that this is what we
Deserve is hell. This is something that a lot of people don't believe that are very prideful
They think I haven't done anything that bad to deserve hell
Well, the Bible says that you do and that I do and I always make it clear to them
Hey, I deserve hell we all deserve hell the whole world deserves hell
So it doesn't feel like I'm just picking them out and like making them feel bad. No, I deserve hell
We all do go to if you would
Romans 5 Romans 5 now, I'll read for you 2nd Peter 3 9
The Bible says the Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness
But is long suffering to usward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance
So, of course, we know that God does not want people to go to hell and I usually ask this question after I've explained to
Them that we do deserve hell. I'll say hey the Bible says that we deserve to go to hell
But do you think that God wants us to go to hell and invariably they always say no, of course not
I say you're right because God loves us now
we're transitioning to the gospel portion of your gospel presentation and let me emphasize this is the most
important part of your gospel presentation
because Romans chapter 1 said that the power of God unto salvation is what the gospel of Jesus Christ and you should take as long as
Necessary on this portion of your gospel presentation as you need to now again
We live in the Bible Belt and a lot of these doctrines in this portion a lot of people know and that's great
You don't have to spend more time than you have to
But be really thorough on this point because the power of the story of the gospel will change someone's heart. It's very important
So where I always start is Romans 5 8 the Bible says but God
Commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
So I'll say, you know, you're right. God doesn't want us to go to hell
God loves us and God showed us his love in a very specific way
Because that's what this verse is teaching that God commended his love towards us in that the story of Christ
That's how he showed that he loved us is giving us his son
So I always explain the entire gospel point by point at this portion of the presentation
I don't necessarily show a verse for every single thing
I cover but if the person has not heard of it or does not understand it then I will so on your sheet
You'll notice all these are
Listed as an asterisk there the virgin birth God in the flesh his sinless life the miracles and preaching that Jesus did
Jesus's death on the cross and Jesus going to hell you flip the page see what else I had there his resurrection
So all of these things I will verbally explain. So I'll start off by talking about the virgin birth
I'll say, you know, the Bible teaches that Jesus was born of a virgin
So he had no earthly father because his real father was God in heaven now
Most people that clicks they know that if they've never heard of the virgin birth
Then I will go to Matthew chapter number one and let's go ahead and turn there
Just to take a look at what I'm talking about and there has been times that I have had to do this
Or someone didn't understand this I took him to Matthew chapter number one. Look at verse 18
Matthew 1 verse 18 the Bible says now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together
She was found with child of the Holy Ghost
Look at verse number 23 says behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name
Emmanuel which being interpreted is God with us
So this is just a good place to know of in your Bible that hey if someone doesn't understand the virgin birth
You could turn here and explain this to them now
Super super young children are not really gonna fully understand this doctrine and that's fine
Just say what you can explain the parts that you can it's not super big deal if a child can't fully grasp what it means
To be a virgin don't explain that to them. Okay, but it's just like hey Jesus was born of a virgin
He had no earthly father. Every child's gonna understand that he had no earthly father because his real father was God in heaven that part
they will understand and then I always say this because
God was his father because Jesus was born of a virgin. Jesus was 100% man
Just like us, but he was also 100% God in the flesh
You've got to hit this part. You got to make sure that people
Understand and believe that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and I will always ask them
Do you believe that Jesus Christ is God and a lot of times people say absolutely?
Yes, you know here in the Bible belt a lot of people believe that but if they don't you've got to show verses on this
You've got to make sure they understand that so let's look at a few
I like to remember verses about the deity of Christ is just the number one John one
Hebrews one Colossians one Titus one
Revelation chapter one like if you're just like oh, I need a verse about Jesus being God
Just think of the number one because there's just a ton of them
But let's go to John chapter number one if you would and this would be my go-to
This is the one that I'll just be my immediate verse. I'm turning to if someone needs to understand that Jesus is God
John 1 1 says in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word
Was God and I always skipped down to verse 14 and the Word
Was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father
Full of grace and truth the Bible says that Jesus Christ was manifest in the flesh
He was the Word of God in the flesh
He is God and the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was
God super super clear verse explaining the deity of Christ
Here's a few more go to Hebrews chapter number one Hebrews chapter number one
This one is really punchy as well Hebrews chapter 1 verse 8 but unto the Son
Everyone knows who that is right, but unto the Son he saith thy throne
Oh God is forever and ever Wow, you have a verse in the Bible where God the Father is calling the Son of God
God and it's like how do you get around that?
Well, you have to be a false prophet really to get around that because the Bible is very clear that Jesus is
God go to Colossians chapter number one Colossians chapter number one. Look at verse number 16 for by
Him that's talking about Jesus for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth
visible and invisible whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by
Him and for him and that's talking about Jesus Christ
You could prove that by going back to verse 13 if you wanted to
Where it said who have delivered us from the power of darkness and have translated us into the kingdom of his dear what?
Son so it's talking about the Son of God then it goes on to explain how he created the world's he created everything things that
Are invisible things that are visible all things were created by him and for him just proving that he is God
Last one go to first Timothy chapter number three first Timothy three and you know
This one's easy to remember too because you got John 3 16 you got first Timothy
316 first Timothy 3 16 says and without controversy
Great is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the flesh
Justified in the spirit seen of angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the world received up into
Glory look if you show someone all those verses and they still deny that Jesus is God
You should just go to the next door because this is super super clear
But you have to believe that Jesus Christ is God to be saved you cannot transgress the doctrine of Christ
You cannot believe damnable heresy denying the record that God gave of his son
You have to believe these things to be saved so you need to show people that when you're trying to get them saved
The deity of Christ then I'll explain how because Jesus is God. He lived his entire life
Perfectly having never sinned. He never stole. He never lied. He never cheated
He never took the Lord's name in vain. Jesus never sinned most people here
They know that if you need a verse I wrote one down there for you
You could go if you'd like don't don't turn there
But 2nd Corinthians 5 verse 21 talks about how Jesus became sin for us who knew no sin
It's a great verse to prove how Jesus Christ never sinned then the next part I mentioned
So we've talked about his virgin birth the fact that he's got in the flesh the fact that he's never sinned
I'll explain when Jesus was about 30 years old. He started his ministry and in his ministry
He did a lot of great miracles. He rose people from the dead
He healed people that were sick and blind and deaf. He walked on water
He did all these great miracles to people now
Here's the thing
I won't really turn and show them all those miracles because everyone's heard of the miracles of Jesus Christ
Everyone's heard of I've never never ran into someone they're like I've never heard that Jesus did these things, right?
Everyone knows this so I don't show that those verses because there's not really a need to if there was theoretically you could
But I don't really find it to be a necessity in your gospel presentation
But you should mention those things because those things are important an important witness to the fact that he's God
And that he's the son of God so show them those things so I'll talk about you know
most importantly was that Jesus Christ preached the truth and
Because of the truth that he preached people hated him and they lied about him
They had a false trial where they wanted to put him to death and they put him up on a cross
They spit in his face. They ripped out his beard. They whipped him. They mocked him
They put a crown of thorns on his head and made him bleed
They put nails through his hands and through his feet and hung him on the cross and ended up killing him on the cross
you know talk about the suffering that Jesus went through because I don't know about you when I
Think deeply and and hear sermons about the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross. Doesn't it move your spirit?
Doesn't it just move your soul?
I mean for me the Lord's Supper is always very kind of an emotional service thinking about the suffering of Jesus Christ
And you know what that's powerful. It's a powerful story, and you know what Jesus went through it to move people's spirits when we preach
The gospel to them we need to make sure that we include that in our gospel presentation
Take as much time as you need explaining that portion
There's some verses there if you need to turn to those 1st Peter 2 and 1st John chapter 2
Talk about Jesus Christ dying for our sins
And you know I'll say Jesus died on the cross and I'll always ask them
You know do you know why Jesus died on the cross why did Jesus allow himself to go through that most people will understand
They'll say for our sins amen. That's exactly right. They don't know those things then I will show them those verses even yesterday lady
I got saved she kind of was stumbling around this point
And I went to 1st Peter chapter 2 and showed her how Jesus bore our sins on the tree how he died for our sins on
The cross then I'll ask the person this question. Okay, so you know Jesus died when his body was buried in the tomb
His soul went somewhere for three days and three nights, and I'll just ask the question
Do you think it was heaven or hell and there's actually quite a mix of answers on this?
I'm surprised at how many people do know this doctrine
But most of the time people will say like oh he went to heaven and I'll say well
Let me show you something real quick in Acts chapter 2 look at your sheet Acts chapter 2
It says he's seeing this before
Spake of the resurrection of Christ that his soul was not left in hell neither his flesh did see
Corruption sometimes people's eyes will get real big at this part of the gospel. It's like I've never heard that that's crazy
Why is the Bible saying or sometimes they'll even kind of look like shocked and perplexed or whatever?
But I'll just say like you know you're probably thinking
Why would Jesus have gone to hell if he's God if he's never sinned he's never done anything wrong
He didn't deserve the death on the cross. He doesn't deserve to go to hell
Why would Jesus have gone to hell and I'll say well remember where is it that we deserve to go when we die?
This is very important because you're reinforcing something that you already taught and some people man
They have a hard time understanding and believing that they deserve to go to hell
And so it's kind of good to reinforce these things and Jesus going descending to hell for us
I think cements in people's minds like oh wow
I really did deserve that punishment if Jesus would go there for me
Then that is what I deserve and it really highlights and showcases how much Jesus loved us
that not only did he come to this earth to be born as a human being to live the human experience and
To live the sinless life and then to suffer the shameful
Painful torturous death on the cross
But he also descended into hell for three days and three nights to pay the punishment that you and I deserve
That's moving for people people realize. Wow. That's a lot of love that Christ had Wow
I really did deserve that punishment and then of course the most important part is I'll say hey, you know
Jesus died his soul went to hell but he didn't stay there
What happened to him after that and most all every time they'll say he rose again from the dead. Amen
That is so important. Don't skip this in your gospel presentation. I've been with people that have done this
It's like folks the gospel is the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is super super important
So make sure you talk about it and I say do you believe that Jesus rose again from the dead?
You need to make sure that they just don't have some sort of head knowledge of it that they believe it actually happened now
If they don't or if they've never heard of it, which I've run into people that have not I'll go to 1st
Corinthians chapter number 15 go there if you would 1st Corinthians chapter number
15 1st Corinthians chapter 15 look at verse 3 the Bible says for I delivered unto you first of all
That which I also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried
and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures and if you want to you can even read a couple more verses and
That he was seen of Cephas then of the 12 and that he was seen of above
500 brethren at once of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep
It's very important to show people that Jesus rose again from the dead and you know our faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Isn't in cunningly devised fables or these weird extra biblical stories of Jesus that are out there
you know, there's these stories of Jesus that scholars want to claim is real and these books will talk about how like the cross spoke to
People and Jesus like went up in the sky and became like this gigantic huge Jesus the whole world
Like there's all these crazy fables that are out there, but the Bible is very logical
It's very historical the resurrection of Jesus Christ according to the Bible is based off of a historical event where there was over
500 witnesses at one time there is contemporaries
Within the first century AD that have historical writings about Jesus Christ and about his resurrection
I mean, there's so many witnesses and proofs to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's not silly or crazy to put your faith in it
It's logical, but it still is faith though
And you still need to make sure that people are actually trusting and believing that Jesus actually did
Physically rise again from the dead and I even usually mention that that he physically rose again from the dead that he showed the disciples
The holes in his hands in his feet to prove that it was really him that he really did
Rise again from the dead and I'll say do you believe that then they'll usually say yes
I do then we move on here to another very very important part of your gospel presentation
I'll ask people this question. Okay, just because Jesus died and was buried and rose again
Do you think that that means everybody automatically goes to heaven no matter what so now we're translating from we've gone to sin
We've gone from hell. We've gone from the gospel now
We're gonna transition to the doctrine of faith alone. They believe Jesus is real. They believe he's God
They even believe he rose from the get sorry rose again from the dead
But now we need to make sure that they're trusting in him alone for salvation. So they'll say no, you know
Oh, no, not everyone's going to heaven and sometimes they'll even throw you got to be a good person
You got to keep the commandments and I love it when they say that because I'm like, well actually there's a verse that says
There's only one thing we have to do to be saved and this is always where I start acts chapter number
16 acts 16 verse 30 the Bible says and brought them out and said sirs
What must I do to be saved and sometimes I'll stop here and say hey
We have a group of people here that are asking. What does it take to be saved?
And what they're asking is what does it be take? What does it take to be saved from hell?
How do you get to heaven verse 31?
And they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house
And I'll even stop the people usually and ask this question
Does this say go to church and you'll be saved just say live a good life and you'll be saved and sometimes I'll even joke
Around with them
Does this say you have to walk old ladies across the street and you'll be saved or feed the homeless or save cats out of trees
No, it says believe right and and the wheels start turning a little bit in their head
They're starting to understand this a little bit
But this is super important when you're preaching the gospel do not just read verses
explain verses
Explain what they mean. We know Philip when he's preaching to the Ethiopian eunuch, you know
He's like understand is that what thou read us and he's like, how can I accept some man should what guide me?
Guide it's very important as you're reading these verses to explain what it means now. What does it mean to believe?
I always explain this to people. What does it mean to believe it does not
Simply mean that you believe he exists
There's I mean the whole world basically believes that Jesus was real folks and the Bible talks about how the devils believe that there's one God
So there's devils that acknowledge the fact that God is real that God exists does acknowledging the fact that Jesus
Was a real person save you know, you know what you have to do is you have to trust believe means trust
Putting your confidence in putting your faith in the fact that his death his burial and his resurrection is the only thing that could take
You to heaven not the things that you do not the things that I do and sometimes I even use this illustration
I said hey if there was a bunch of cops over here
We could look at them and we could see that they're real we could believe that they're real
But does that mean that I automatically trust them and we go soul-winning in the ghetto and they're like no
They that resonates with them right away that hey just because cops are real
We don't just immediately trust those cops and then it's like ding you just understood what it means to believe in Jesus
It means that you're trusting him you're putting your confidence in him
You're putting your hope in him not just that you're acknowledging facts about him
this is a straw man argument against what we believe some people will accuse us of
Saying that to be saved. You simply have to acknowledge facts about Jesus said no Baptist ever
No, we have to put our faith in what he did for us now after this
I like to go to Ephesians 2 which is on your sheet there and I like to
Explain verses as I'm reading them
So I like to go like this the Bible says for by grace and I'll tell them that means something we don't deserve
For by grace are you saved through faith? That's your trust in Jesus Christ and that not of yourselves
It is the gift of God not of works lest any man
Excuse me should boast and so then I'll tell that person Bible says hey salvation has nothing to do with you
It has nothing to do with me
It has nothing to do with our good works like going to church praying reading the Bible
Otherwise, we'd be able to boast or brag and then I'll use this example
I'll say, you know ma'am or sir. I don't believe this but let me use this as an example
What if I said to you? Hey, I'm going to heaven because I'm such a great person. I live a great life
I go to church. I read the Bible. I pray I take care of my family. I love my neighbor
Who would I be trusting in Jesus or myself and they're always just like yourself
Why because I just got done telling them I I I I I and it's funny because
This is what people are trusting in today and when we ask them, what do you have to do to go to heaven?
What do they always say live a good life? Well, I do good things. Well, I haven't murdered anyone. Well, I go to church
Well, my grandma was a pastor. Well, my you know cat was a it's like dude has nothing to do with you
Has nothing to do with your works. It has to do with where you're placing your faith. Then I'll give them the opposite example
I'll say okay now what if I say hey, I'm not a great person. I'm a sinner and I'll be a lot more serious in this portion
I'm not a great person
I'm a sinner
but I believe that Jesus died for my sins that he was buried and that he rose again from the dead and I'm only
Trusting in that to get me to heaven now. Who am I trusting in and they're like Jesus God and I'll say exactly
This is all we have to do to be saved is change where we're putting our trust
You have to stop trusting in yourself or in your church or in your good works
And you have to put all of your trust in what Jesus Christ did for you on the cross and this is gonna start
You know making the wheel spin in their head and start getting things clicking with them that salvation is by faith now
I like to go to 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
And I'll even say hey, you probably know John 3 16 everyone's heard this verse
But I want to highlight something to you about a lot of people don't understand about this verse
What does it say it takes to get to heaven whosoever believeth on him and I'll just tell them over and over and over again
The Bible emphasizes the fact that salvation is by believing in Jesus Christ
Now if someone's just getting this they've just got it. I've asked them questions to ensure that they understand this
Then I could move on at this point or if you feel like you want to emphasize some more verses on this great
No problem. If you're struggling with someone who's really adamant into work salvation. I put plenty of verses there for you
It's good to go to John chapter 3 because you could show them three really powerful verses back to back John 3 16 John 3 18
John 3 36 you could flip the page and go to John
47 then we have Romans Romans 3 28 Romans 4 5
Romans 11 6 Galatians 2 16 Ephesians 1 13
I mean you have no shortage of ammunition to prove that salvation is by faith alone because the Bible teaches
It's by faith alone when you got all these strong verses on your side. It's because we have the truth on our side
It's because that's what the Bible teaches now
I will actually have us turn to one of these verses go to Ephesians chapter number one because it is very important to emphasize
What believe means believe means trust believe means putting your confidence and if you need to prove that to someone
Ephesians chapter one is a very great place to do that Ephesians 1 verse 13
The Bible says in whom you also notice trusted after that
You heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that you what?
Believed you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise
The Bible teaches that believing in Jesus means
Trusting in Jesus because here's what false prophets like to say well believing means doing good works
Nope, not true, but that's what all the false prophets love to say well believe means you're gonna do all these great works
Believe means you're gonna keep his commandments. No believe means trust and if someone says that to you
There's another verse that I put on there go to Romans chapter number 11. Oh believe means good works believe means you're gonna follow his commandments
Alright, let's see what the Bible says about that Romans chapter 11. Look at verse 6
It says and if by grace, then is it no more of works?
Otherwise grace is no more grace. Look if grace actually means work then grace isn't grace
It's just a meaningless word at that point grace means no work
Okay, let's keep reading the next part of this verse says but if it be of works, then is it no more grace?
Otherwise work is no more work
I mean the verse just turns it on both sides of the coin for you to really try to emphasize
That works and grace are opposite. You cannot say you're saved by grace. Oh, but I mean you got to do the works
You're not making any sense. You're just denying reality at this point
No, salvation is by faith alone by trusting in Jesus Christ
Go to Romans chapter number six. So now at this point
we've thoroughly explained the doctrine of salvation as far as
Believing in him alone for salvation it being a free gift and I'll usually even do a recap with them at this point
Because again, I think it's good to kind of emphasize some of the things that you've talked about in your presentation
So I usually say, you know so far I've explained to you that we're all sinners
We all deserve to go to hell but God doesn't want us to go to hell Jesus died for our sins
He was buried and he rose again and all we have to do to be saved is put our trust in him
We don't have to do works
It's by faith alone and then I'll say usually this now not only is it just not not only is it by faith alone
But the Bible also describes this salvation as a free gift Romans 6 23 now
I'm transitioning into eternal security for the wages of sin is death
That's the bad news that we deserve hell
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord and I like to explain this verse
I say hey the Bible says that God wants to give us a gift
This gift is called eternal life, but you can only get it through one person Jesus Christ
Then I like to use the illustration of the gift that I'm sure most of you have seen and used
It's a great illustration. I say hey if I were to give you my Bible here as a gift
But I said you had to pay me a hundred dollars
Would that be a gift and they're of course are saying no because you have to pay for it now
I'll say why oh cuz they have to pay for it. I said exactly. What have I said?
Hey, I want to give you this Bible is a totally free gift. All you have to do is wash my car
Is that a gift? They're like no why because I'm working for it. I'm doing something for it, and I say exactly
It's the same thing with salvation
God is offering to us the free gift of eternal life and God is not saying to you
Hey, here's a free gift. All you have to do is repent of all your sins
Like believe repent of all your sins live a good life. Go to church pray read the Bible helpful ladies cross the street
Does that sound like a gift? No gifts are free, right?
Who pays for the gift the giver of the receiver the giver does who paid for the gift Jesus Christ did
How did he pay for it by shedding his blood for us by dying on the cross by being buried by raising again from the dead
That's how he paid for the gift. He offers it to us freely
All we have to do is accept that gift by putting our faith in him
And then I will I highlight this part notice the Bible says that it's eternal life
How long does eternal last for I always ask them that question
How long does eternal last for they always say well forever last for forever and then I say exactly now
Let me ask you this question
Do you think that there's anything someone could ever do after they believe to lose their salvation or I'll even give them a specific example
But let's just hold with that for a minute
I'll say hey, you know
Do you think it's possible for a person after they've trusted in Christ after they've gotten eternal life to lose their salvation if they say?
No, make sure that they understand it
But a lot of times people do believe you could lose your salvation now my favorite verse to go to on
This is John chapter number five John chapter number five and before I read the verse
I'll usually do a little bit of logic with them
I'll say if they told me that they think they can lose their salvation. I'll say all right hold on for a second
Let's think about something for a minute when Jesus died for our sins
Did he die just for our little sins or also for our big sins?
And they all say they died for all sins. Jesus died for all of our sins like exactly right
Jesus didn't just die for our little sins. He died for all of our sins. He died for our sins past present and future
It's not like he just died for the sins of you before you turn 15 or something like that or 20
No
He knows the sins that you're gonna commit today and tomorrow and 20 years from now
Jesus died for all of those sins and then I asked them this
Did the Bible say that to get to heaven you have to stop sinning and do all these good works?
Or did it say it was by faith alone? They're like, oh, yeah, it was by faith alone
I was like, okay, did this Bible say that you're getting temporary life or did the Bible say it was eternal life?
Oh, yeah eternal life now even without showing them a verse. I've practically already convinced them
Why because eternal security is just logical. It is illogical to say oh, I have eternal life, but I could lose it
That's not eternal. It's not what eternal means
It means it lasts for forever, but I do that logic with them that helps them understand then I say hey
Jesus actually taught three times in one verse that you can never lose your salvation and that kind of piques their interest like alright
Let's see what that is John 5 verse 24. The Bible says verily verily
I say unto you he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me half
Everlasting life and I'll say notice Jesus says that if you believe if you put your trust in him you have
Everlasting life right now. He doesn't say you'll get it someday present tense right now. You have everlasting life
So if I have everlasting life today, will I have it tomorrow? Yes. Will I have it ten years from now? Yes
What about a million years from now? Yes, and that's clicking in their mind. Oh, yeah, that's what everlasting means. It's forever, right?
Then I say not only that it says and shall not come into condemnation
So if you believe in him you have everlasting life and you'll never come into condemnation
Condemnation means hell last part of the verse says but is passed from death unto life
So if you believe in him you have everlasting life
You'll never go to hell and you are passed from death unto life right now. This is a good point to re-emphasize
Hey salvation is not a process of cleaning up your life
It's not a I hope to get saved someday if I've done enough good if I've refrained from enough bad
No
The Bible says we could be a hundred percent sure that we're saved because when we put our trust in Jesus Christ
The Bible says we are passed from death unto life
Not that we're going to someday if we're good enough right now in this very moment
If you put all of your trust in Jesus Christ, you're passed from death into life. You're saved
There's nothing you could ever do to lose that now. There's plenty of verses
I added their John 10 27 through 29 John 6 40 John 6 47 Romans 8 38 through 39
Titus chapter 1 verse 2 feel free to use those additional verses if you need to help someone understand this doctrine
But do not do not pray with someone that does not believe eternal security
If someone does not believe in eternal security, they are not saved folks
And you know
We have people come into this church that don't believe in eternal security when that happens you keep preaching them the gospel because they're not saved
We need to make sure we keep
Emphasizing eternal security because what it's revealing is that you're saying with your mouth that salvation is by faith alone
But by denying eternal security you're saying I have to keep living a good life and I have to keep doing good works
Otherwise, I'm gonna lose my salvation. It's work salvation
That's what it means to believe you could lose your salvation is to believe in works
Salvation and people that believe it are not saved. So spend as much time as you need to
Convincing people of that now eternal security can sound kind of too good to be true
And so we want to also balance in people's mind the truth about this situation
Go to John chapter number one. Now. I usually am soul winning with my kids and I'll point to them
I said, these are my daughters here and my daughters when they sin or when they do bad
Do you think I'm happy about that and they'll say no I say but are they still my daughters?
Yes, how long are they gonna be my daughters forever said if my daughters want to have a good relationship with me
They have to obey my rules
They have to do good and I'll be pleased with them
But if they disobey my rules if they sin if they do wrong, I'm going to punish them
I'm going to discipline them and do you think I do that because I hate them or love them
So you love them, of course, but I'll say this but of course no matter what my daughters do. They'll always be my daughters
It's the same thing with God now I'll go to John chapter 1 verse 12, but as many as received him
To them gave he power to notice become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name
The Bible teaches that once you've put all your faith and trust in Jesus Christ. You're born again
You're born into the family of God and you become the son of God or daughter of God
A lot of people think that oh, we're all God's children. That's not true
You become a daughter or a son of God by putting all of your faith in Jesus Christ now God as a loving father
When he sees us sinning when he sees us doing something wrong, you know what he's gonna do
He's gonna punish us for our sin on this earth
And then I'll read for them Hebrews 12 6 where the Bible says for whom the Lord loveth
He chastened and scourges every son whom he received it my daughters
I love them and so when they do wrong, I'm gonna spank them because I love them because they need that correction from their loving father
But they're still always my daughters same thing with God once we believe in him
We are always his sons or daughters
But if we step out of line if we disobey his commandments if we are souring our relationship with him
He's gonna spank us on this earth
And as we learned in the last couple weeks God can punish us pretty severely and I'll even use a pretty severe example when I'm soul-winning
I'll usually say hey if I went out and committed the sin of adultery
That would be a serious sin right and everyone knows what that is
Usually hey if I went out and committed adultery God could cause me to lose my house my money my job
My family even my life I say that to people that God could even take away my life
But he'll never take away my salvation
Why ask them that question why make sure that they in their heart understand?
Why you cannot lose your salvation and they'll usually say something like because you've believed or because it's a free gift or because you're
The son of God now exactly we want to make sure we understand and emphasize to people salvation faith alone
Can you live however you want to get to heaven? Yes, you can but will you have a fun time while you're on this earth?
No, you will not right and I want to emphasize this to people because not only do I want to get them saved
Of course, that is my primary goal, but I do want them to fear God
I want them to want to serve God after they get saved. I want them to come to church
I want them to get baptized. I want them to read the Bible
I want them to become soul winners and so I want them to realize like hey you can get into heaven
Exactly how you are right now as long as you put your faith in him
But you know what you should live a good life after salvation
You should follow his commandments after otherwise you're gonna be punished
This brings balance to the gospel and doesn't make you sound like an insane person. Don't use insane people
Examples out so winning where it's like you you just want the person to be giving you a wrong answer
It feels like and so you're like if I went and shot up a thousand elementary schools, but I believe in Jesus
Where am I going and they're like hell and you're like you're reprobate. You don't believe internal security. You're going hell
It's like dude. Don't use these absolute over-the-top
Wacko weird examples now. Here's some good examples. You could use adultery murder
How about suicide? That's a pretty good one, especially with Catholics who believe that it's like the unpardonable sin or something like that
Use actual realistic examples. Don't use reprobate examples because guess what?
These people that go up and shoot up all these schools. They're a bunch of sodomites. They're reprobates and yeah, they're not saved
So don't use crazy examples like that. Now, let's talk about ending the gospel presentation now
Before I go to Romans chapter 10
I want to make sure that the person understands every point and I want to make sure that I've covered every point properly
Now I asked this question. I say alright before we go to this last passage
I want to show you I want to make sure that I hit everything
The reason I say it that way is I don't want to come at them be like I want to make sure that you
Understood everything that I taught you. It's better to just be like hey before we wrap up here
I just want to make sure that I hit everything, you know in the beginning. I told you that we're all sinners
Where do we deserve to go because we've sinned and they'll say, okay
We deserve to go to hell but God doesn't want us to go to hell, right?
So what did God do for us that way we don't have to go to hell
Oh, he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for our sins and I was like exactly died for our sins
He was buried and then what happened after that? He rose again from the dead and I'll say okay great now
What is it that we have to do to get to heaven believe on Jesus Christ? Amen exactly once we're saved
How long are we saved for eternal? Oh, we're always safe. Can you ever lose that no ding every single point has been covered
They understand every single point if any of those points they don't understand or they give a wrong answer that indicates to me
Okay, we need to go back and clear something up and before you wrap up again ask the questions
Make sure that they've got everything don't pray with people until you are confident that they understand all the points
We are not trying to play, you know play a video game here
We just rack up high scores without actually getting them saved. Hey, I want as much numbers as possible
I want the biggest numbers as possible, but I do want those numbers to be real
I do want us to be thorough people falsely accuse us of being you know
Really just one two three repeat after me out soul winning if you've ever been soul winning with me and I could say the same
For a lot of soul winners here. We are very thorough in our gospel presentation. We're not playing games here
We're trying to make sure people actually understand and it's like oh man soul winning doesn't work
How can me explaining everything that I just explained to someone not work?
I mean, how can me explaining everything about sin and death and hell and the gospel and faith and eternal security?
How does that not work? Didn't work for you works for me. No soul winning works
But you know people like to criticize it who are lazy who don't want to go out and do the hard work of actually learning
How to do all these things I'm talking about and learn how to do them
Well, but we're at the end. I do the recap
I make sure I ask them all those questions and then before I read Romans 10. I'll say this. Hey so far
I've told you that all we have to do to believe in Jesus Christ is believe believe believe
But the question is how do we believe how do we put our faith in him?
This is how Romans 10 verse 9 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and
Shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou
Shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto
Salvation it's very important to have both of these aspects and of course
You know wicked people love to hate on the doctrine of calling upon the name of the Lord
People that don't do a lot of soul winning or do no soul winning whatsoever love to hate on this doctrine
But it's like what does the Bible say it talks about believing in your heart and saying it with your mouth
Oh, what if they don't have a mouth? What if they're mute? Okay idiot. They could say it in their heart
I mean, it's so stupid the straw men that people come up with and I just love I just love so much sarcasm
Okay, I just love this preaching lately where we just emphasize the exception and not the rule just my favorite thing
No, it's actually retarded and it pisses me off. Just so you know, I'm so sick and tired of people emphasizing the exceptions instead of the rule
What's the rule raise your hand if you have a mouth in here? Oh, you don't have a mouth. All right
We all got mouths in here, right? Everyone's got a mouth. It's so stupid to come up with these ridiculous ideas
I've never been in soul winning and encountered someone that didn't have a mouth
I've never even encountered someone that couldn't speak now. There are people that can't speak and they can call upon the name of Lord
Out of their heart
But I have never ever run into someone that did not have a mouth in 12 plus years of soul winning
So we could stop focusing on the exception we could focus on the rule
Then look at verse Romans 10 verse 13 the Bible says for whosoever and I always emphasize this the person that's me and you
For whosoever that's me and you shall call upon the name of the Lord
Shall be saved this verse is in your Bible for a reason you want to know what the reason is
It's so that you could be saved for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
You know, I hear this idea that you're saying like no that's adding works to salvation
That you have to call upon the name of the Lord
It's like was it work salvation when the thief on the cross is like remembers thou me when thou cometh into thy kingdom
Is that work salvation? I mean is it work salvation if I'm like, hey
Here's a sign up sheet for a free meal and you like sign up on the paper. Are you paying for it?
Are you doing works by like saying I'll be there. It's like saying Lord. I believe in you Lord
I believe the gospel is not work salvation and it's like you have to
Interpret the Bible to where all of it is true
You have to interpret the Bible to where all of it is true
Romans 10 13 is a true verse in your Bible and any doctrine that says you don't have to call upon the name of the Lord
To be saved is to deny this verse and is to say that it's not true. Here's how this could both be true
Salvation is by faith alone. Amen. Of course, it's by faith alone. Salvation is by calling upon the name of the Lord. Amen
How are these both true? You know how you put your faith in Jesus Christ by calling upon the name of the Lord
That's how you believe and for some people it could be like, you know
They're watching a video or something and they're listening to the Bible way to heaven and they're praying along in their heart
They're calling out to God in their heart God. I believe this God saved me
It could be something that's done in their heart
But you know what I like to do because I can't see people's hearts is I want to help them say that with their mouth
And you know when I called upon the name of the Lord
I did it with my mouth and every single person that I've ever gotten saved
You know, they called upon the name of the Lord is with their mouth. Don't get to few
Confused by deceivers out there that want to downplay the importance of this doctrine
The Bible says for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
Period end of story and so we want to make sure we emphasize this to people out soul winning for whosoever
That's me and you shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved and I'll say this to them
Hey
If you believe the things that I've shown you today if you want to be a hundred percent sure you're going to heaven
Can I say a word of prayer with you and ask him for that free gift?
Ask him for that salvation because that's what you're doing. You're calling out to him. You're wanting to be saved
You're desiring to be saved. And so that's the point where I will pray with them
That's the point where I've already made sure they understand everything. I've asked the clarifying questions
I've made it come out of their own heart. I didn't lead them and give them, you know answers for them to just repeat back to me
Get with their own heart. I made sure they believed all those things and I asked to pray with them
You want to know why I ask for the same reason I asked to preach the gospel
You need to make sure that they truly desire to be saved
Because if someone does not want to pray and if someone does not want to call upon the name of the Lord with you
It's an indication that they might not believe it that they might not
Desire it because go to if you would John chapter number four John chapter number four now
I don't know why people have a problem with this because
Ninety nine point nine nine nine percent of people I
Preach the entire gospel to and have asked all these questions to and have gotten all the way to Romans 10
They want to pray they want to call upon the name of Lord
Why because they believe it why because I was thorough in my gospel presentation
So maybe these people just have such an issue with asking this question. Maybe there's not being thorough enough
And that's why people are constantly telling them no, but Roman or I'm sorry John 410
The Bible says Jesus answered and said unto her if thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee
Give me to drink notice thou
Woodest have asked of him and he would have given thee living water
Look, you must call upon the name of the Lord to be saved
If you believe in Jesus Christ, you will call upon the name of the Lord
If you don't you won't and so someone's not wanting to pray with you
That should be an indication to you something's wrong here. Did I skip something?
Is there something they're not understanding or have they just rejected it people reject the gospel have they just decided no
I don't want to believe in that. I don't want to put my trust in that
I want to keep being a Catholic. I want to keep being a Muslim
I want to keep being an atheist, you know people do that
But you want to make sure they call upon the name of the Lord super super important
There's no specific words that you have to say. It's not a magical prayer
It's not you know an incantation a set of words that you use
It's simply someone calling out to God and putting their faith in Jesus Christ
That's what calling upon the name of the Lord is. It's super super important
Go to 1st Peter chapter number 3 1st Peter 3 1st Peter 3 look at verse 15
The Bible says but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always
To give an answer to every man that asked you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear
You know God wants you to be ready to give an answer for your faith
God wants you to be a person that is prepared to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ
We have so many great opportunities coming up with soul winning marathons
Bahamas mission trip which like our whole church is going to it basically and you are gonna have some of the best soul-winning
Opportunities on this earth coming up and you need to be ready to do a good job
You need to be ready to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and I'm telling you I am NOT I'm not saying I'm the greatest soul
Winner, I'm not saying that there's not a ton that I can't still learn
I want to learn more but I'm telling you you will get people saved by following this this is simple
This is easy. This is logical. You will get lots of people saved by following this if you're a new soul winner
Look first of all everyone those are yours to keep keep those
But especially if you're a new soul winner or you desire to get into soul winning or you've been out of it for a long time
Take this home study this mark up your Bible make a plan use this
I don't care if you literally just take this, you know
I like I want you to bring your soul winning or I want you to bring your Bible along with you soul winning
But like if you're just getting into this and you want to practice bring this this is fine
This has everything you need to get someone saved and I wouldn't even care if you just brought that paper alone
But one thing I'd really want to emphasize again the order of the gospel is very important
Make sure even if you do have your own custom plan
Even if you've been soul winning for a very long time and you're already a great soul winner at least make sure
That you have the order correctly
Sin hell gospel faith eternal security calling upon the name of the Lord. Make sure you do those things
now before
We close in prayer
There's any questions. I'd be happy to answer those if anyone has any soul winning questions at all
Anything you're thinking of I'm happy to answer those or you guys are already just solid super good to go
I'm happy to hear that. Yeah, go ahead, brother
I will verbally mention the Trinity at the point where I talk about Jesus being God, you know
Cuz I'll talk about how yeah Jesus was born of a virgin
He had no earthly father because his real father was God in heaven
So that made him 100% man and also 100% God
So I'm kind of hitting on that there and I will also usually verbally explain
You know, the Bible teaches the concept of the Trinity the father of the son and the Holy Ghost
Is that something that you believe and 99% of people I run into do believe that but that is a good point
That's something good to mention as well. Does anyone else have any questions? Go ahead brother to 26 13
So that's a good question if anyone didn't hear the question
So he was asking about Matthew 26 verse 13
The Bible says barely I say unto you where soever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world
There shall also this that this woman hath done be told for a memorial of her
And the question the idea is like should we be including this in our gospel presentations?
I would say no because the gospel has a wider meaning than just us preaching the gospel, right?
So there's the definition of gospel in the sense of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ
Then we have like the gospel of Matthew like the whole book or the gospel just referring to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
So we're saying like this is always gonna be told for a memorial of her
Hey when we're preaching in church and when I'm preaching through Matthew 26, you know, we're gonna talk about
We're gonna talk about this great act that she did and that that is fulfilling what Jesus said is gonna happen
But I don't think he's necessarily referring to the gospel presentation that we do out soul winning
So I hope that answers your question any other questions about soul winning the gospel
Verses. Okay. All right. Well, I'm really excited for the
opportunities that we have coming up and
Like I said ahead road Travis
Getting people baptized. Wow, that's hard. I wish I was a pro at that
I wish there was some sort of formula that I knew of where it's just like if you say the right thing
They'll come in and get baptized. It's super hard to get people to come to church and for people to get baptized
I do talk to people about it. I'll go to Romans chapter 6. I'll go to Acts chapter 8 if I need to
But yeah, it's hard to get people in church if you find out an awesome way share it with me
And I'll share it with others because yeah, I'd love to get more people baptized and in church
But really to serve God you have to want to serve God. We can't force people to have a zeal for God
I wish we could just like in my preaching
I can't force people to you know obey the hard preaching and follow the way the Bible says live
But all I could do is preach it you at the door
All you could do is say hey you should get baptized God wants you to get baptized God wants you to come to church come
So winning with us come learn how to do what I'm doing with you all that stuff is totally great
I am for people encouraging people to come to church
I'm for you if you want to offer a ride to someone if you want to be a blessing do those things
But yeah, I don't know of a way. That's just like oh man always works. I got him so great question
Anything else before we close okay awesome. Well like I said I'm really excited for the great so winning opportunities that we have coming up
We've had a lot of salvations already this year, Oklahoma City is very receptive. We've had four people
Start so winning for the first time in our church or people who visit our church getting their first salvations
I'm super excited about that stuff. I think that the upcoming trips this year
we're just gonna blow our numbers out of the water and
This is what we should do we should number one work on our soul winning try to get better
Don't think that you've arrived don't think that you can't learn anything better
And here's something super important you could help me with and help the church with is pray for more laborers
Man, there's a lot. There's a lot of work out there. There's a lot of doors to knock
We need more laborers to do it. Let's have a word of prayer Lord. We thank you for the gospel of Jesus Christ
We thank you for the ministry of reconciliation that you've given to us. Thank you that we're ambassadors for you
I pray that you'd help us to be
Effective ambassadors help us to do a good job preaching the gospel help us to be thorough
Help us to preach with power and boldness help us to train others to preach the gospel. We love you in Jesus
Let me pray amen