 I would…take over the United States  “Do as You Please”, “The Bible is a Myth”  Man Created God  Bad is Good / Good is Bad  Working is Debasing  No extremism in Religion, Patriotism, Moral Conduct

 “Our Father, which art in Washington…”  Dirtier movies & TV  Unions…loafing & less work…idle hands  Drugs, alcohol  Schools let emotions run wild  Atheists supported  Rule in favor of pornography

 Evict God from Courthouse…school house…houses of Congress…His Own House (psychology for religion, deify science)  Cultivate class envy

 I’d just keep doing what he’s doing. Paul Harvey, ABC Radio broadcast, April 3, 1965

 People have so much  Feel they’re saved in sin  We’re all getting to heaven by different roads  Attacks on God  Corruption & Immorality abound But…

Therefore…  We need to work it, Coming & Going

 Every man needs salvation ◦ Rom 3:23 ◦ 1Jn 1:8-10  Jesus is personally interested in EVERY soul ◦ Common people Mk 12:35-37 ◦ Sinners, beggars, outcasts & tax collectors Mt 9:9- 12, Lk 15:1, Mt 11:4-5 ◦ Rich, powerful, intellectual, Jn 3, Luke 18, Mt 27

 Jesus’ love & willingness to be the answer to man’s lost state ◦ In Life & Death  2Cor 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.  Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

 Jesus is the ONLY answer ◦ Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. ◦ Not another individual ◦ Not another version of the gospel

 How to reach the lost ◦ Mt 4:18-20, learn from their examples  We must prepare ourselves first ◦ 1Cor 9:27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

 Cannot teach unless we know the material ◦ Verses for Plan of Salvation? ◦ Refute commonly held error ◦ Give a reason for your belief?  Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

 It is a Necessity ◦ Mk 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ◦ Publicly, privately and by example

 Understand and See the Need ◦ Jn 4:35 Fields are white for harvest ◦ NOW! ◦ Have Jesus’ compassion, Mt 9:35-36 ◦ Pray, :37-38 ◦ GO  Mt 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

 Sense of URGENCY ◦ Like strawberry harvest at its peak ◦ Time cannot be redeemed once lost

 How? ◦ Attitude, hope  1Pt 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;  Would someone want what you have?  Glass Half Full  Can’t never could  Paul in Athens Act 17:16-23  Noah

 Think of Others ◦ Kindness ◦ If the tables were turned  Drop Hints ◦ Season your speech with subjects of God ◦ We don’t hesitate to share deals, specials  Ask questions, offer answers  Offer to study or to set one up

 Invite to services ◦ Explain order  Be there, be helpful ◦ Get out of your comfort zone  Never hide the truth, don’t back down

 Are you working the ground you’ve got?  Opportunities often disappear whether we’re ready for them to or not  Commit now, don’t let another pass you by  If you’re not a Christian, don’t let the Devil win ◦ Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess & Be Baptized