1. Deeper Life Bible Church, Aberdeen Sunday Message17-05-2009 WINNING SOULS FOR CHRIST Psalm 126:5-6; Proverb 11:30; Matthew 28:19-20

2. 3 Points 1. FACTS FOR THE WISE SAINTS. 2.FAITHFULNESS IN WINNING SOULS. 3.FAITHFULNESS THROUGH WAILING AND SUPPLICATION.

3. 1. 1.FACT FOR THE WISE Proverbs 11:30; Daniel 12:3 Definition of the W-I-S-E: W – Witness for Christ - Mark 16:15 I – Integrity before God and man – Acts 24:16 S – Saved from sin – Matthew 1:21 E – Earnestly contending for the faith – Jude 3 Important facts for the wise: -Soul winning is God’s plan to bring the lost sinners to Christ through salvation (Jn 6:37) -Someone, somewhere is always ready to be saved (Jn 4:35). -Most believers are not soul winners because they have no burden for the souls -The only happy life that counts here on earth and in eternity is that given to the salvation of souls. -The most important element in soul winning is the life of the of the soul winner (attracting or distracting others from Christ).

4. 2.FAITHFULNESS IN WINNING SOULS Matthew 4:19 Qualities of a F-A-I-T-H-F-U-L soul winner: F – Forgiveness of sin by Christ Jesus – Luke 5:20 A – Adhere strictly to the will of Christ – Hebrew 10:7, 9a I – Integrity and purposeful life – Daniel 1:8 T – Truthfulness in their daily dealings – Genesis 39:9 H – Humility – Romans 12:3 F – Fearless to preach the gospel to the small and great – Daniel 4:27 U – Uncompromising – Proverbs 24:21 L – Loving and compassionate – Matthew 9:36 N – Nature of Christ – 2 Peter 1:4 E – Endures hardness – 2 Timothy 2:3 S – Steadfast unto the end – Hebrew 3:14 S – Separation for the world and its allurements – 1 John 2:15

5. 3.FRUITFULNESS THROUGH WAILING AND SUPPLICATION 3.FRUITFULNESS THROUGH WAILING AND SUPPLICATION Proverb 11:30 ; Psalm 126:5-6 Biblical example of fruitful soul winners through wailing and supplication: - Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 22:4) - Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 9:1, 19; 13:17; 14:17 - Apostle Paul (Act 20:31) - Our savior Jesus Christ (Luke 19:41)

6. Conclusion In November, 1903, I went to Lynn, Mass­a­chu­setts, to speak be­fore the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­ci­a­ tion. I told them the in­ci­dent that led me to write “Res­cue the Per­ish­ing," as I have just re­lat­ed it. Af­ter the meet­ing a large num­ber of men shook hands with me, and among them was a man, who seemed to be deep­ly moved. You may imag­i­ne my sur­prise when he said, “Miss Cros­by, I was the boy, who told you more than thir­ty-five years ago that I had wan­dered from my mother’s God. The ev­en­ing that you spoke at the mis­sion I sought and found peace, and I have tried to live a con­sist­ent Christ­ian life ev­er since. If we ne­ver meet again on earth, we will meet up yon­der.” As he said this, he raised my hand to his lips; and be­fore I had re­covered from my sur­prise he had gone; and re­mains to this day a name­less friend, who touched a deep chord of sym­pa­thy in my heart. It is these notes of sym­pa­thy that vi­brate when a voice calls them forth from the dim mem­o­ries of the past, and the music is ce­les­ti­al. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave; Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen, Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. BY FANNY CROSSBY As I was ad­dress­ing a large com­pa­ny of work­ing men one hot Au­gust ev­en­ing, the thought kept forc­ ing it­self up­on my mind that some mo­ther’s boy must be res­cued that ve­ry night or per­haps not at all. So I re­quest­ed that, if there was any boy pre­sent, who had wan­dered away from mo­ther’s teach­ing, he would come to the plat­form at the con­clu­sion of the ser­vice. A young man of eight­een came forward and said, “Did you mean me? I have prom­ised my mo­ther to meet her in hea­ven; but as I am now liv­ ing that will be im­pos­si­ble.” We prayed for him; he fin­al­ly arose with a new light in his eyes; and ex­ claimed tri­umph­ant­ly, “Now, I can meet mo­ther in hea­ven; for I have found her God.”