Witnessing That Wins Souls

Matthew 28:19-20

I: The Churches Witness:
1. The lost aren’t coming to church.
2. Lost never came in great numbers.
3. The Churches appeal too often is made to the Natural Man.
4. All other Institutions are making their appeal to the Natural Man.
5. To appeal to the Natural Man alone is to bring shame to the cause of Christ.

II: A demand for Spiritual things must be created.
1. The Natural Man demands the things that are natural.
2. The Natural Man can’t understand spiritual things nor does he have a desire for such.
3. God must create the demand.

III: How a Spiritual demand is created.
1. This is a merical against nature.
2. Christians are the channel through which this demand is created.
3. Only the Holy Spirit can convict and make man conscious of his need.
4. Prayer prepares the Christian as a channel through which God blesses men.

IV: Through Wittnessing:
1. The Holy Spirit convicts through the Word which requires witnessing.
2. Witnessing is to be to all but all won’t accept it.
3. Soul winning can be done only with those whom the Holy Spirit is able to convict of sin, (no force by man).

V: Two kings of conviction, Conscience, and Holy Spirit.
1. Conscience convicts of a broken law.
2. Holy Spirit of a rejected Christ.
3. Conscience speaks of Morality, the Holy Spirit of Spirituality.
4. Conscience seeks to produce good works in us, the Holy Spirit faith.
5. Conscience urges repentance toward a past life, the Holy Spirit toward God.
6. Conscience toward a higher ideal of living, Holy Spirit conversion to Christ.
7. Without the Holy Spirit, conviction one may become a Church member and fail to become a Christian!

VI: Right and Wrong Ways to Witness:
1. Witnessing to the good music, program, and building.
To the Preacher: The good people or fellowship.
2. Witnessing to a lost world about a Saviour that came to seek and to save that which was lost.