5-2-10 Sorrell AM: Winning Souls

Winning Souls

Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Intro:   There are many saved people out there who have never been won.

There are many souls out there who have been won who have never been saved.

I.          What does it mean to win a soul?

Proverbs 11:30 ³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

II.        People Buy from who they Like

III.       Any one in sales would love to be in the position we are in

A.        We offer the most valuable treasure on the planet.

B.        We have the best prices on the planet.

C.        What we offer meets a need that everyone we has.

IV.       How to win a soul

A.        Be Persistent –

Ecclesiastes 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

B.        Be Honest –

C.        Be Faithful (do what you say you will do)

1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Proverbs 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

D.        Be Active

Mark 16:15 ¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

E.         Be Transparent

Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-4 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: ⁴But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

1 Peter 2:1-2 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, ²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: