Believers are soul winners. This has been clearly defined by the calling of Peter as a soul winner, when our Lord Jesus Christ said: “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” We must not delay to go and preach and save others before the day, when there shall be no more room to be saved. We must preach now; we must go out to win souls now!
Mark 1:15: “And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” There is no more time. The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ is at hand, and we have to dowhatever we can now, to save others. Let us not waste time because after death, there shall be no grace for repentance. After death, you cannot be here preaching again. Our time to labour and preach is now, and the time to be free from their blood is now. As we are going to do what we are commanded to do, we should make soul winning a priority above all things. I do not know what you are pursuing or what is in your heart, your life or vision, but we must understand that soul winning should be the greatest. It should be the first in our priority list, because it is the reason we are here; that is why we are called Christian workers and leaders. Everybody should know that this is the time to do this work and win souls.
1Corinth 9:22: “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”
Here, this Apostle did everything to ensure that others were saved.
Mark 16:15: “And he said unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Our business here on earth is preaching the gospel and winning souls; that is the major business of a true believer.
We all should understand that the number one reason of our Lord Jesus Christ coming to this world is to save souls.
Luke 19:10 says: “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” He came to the world to save souls.
John 3:16 says: “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.”
2Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Even though Jesus Christ came to save all souls, many souls are not yet saved.
Joel 3:14: “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.” Multitude all over the world is undecided, and they are not yet saved. Some even in Nigeria, Africa, Europe, America, Asia and other parts of the world are not yet saved, and yet the coming of the Lord is near. Therefore, we must do something before it is too late, so that, the Lord will not perish the multitude. As long as you are converted, you are to save others and to do His will. We must follow His footsteps. We must do the business He did when He was here on earth.
Luke 19:13: “And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, occupy till I come.” He has given us the talent to be occupied in His business till He comes to take the church away.
We are Ambassadors of Jesus Christ. He has made you and I ambassadors of goodness for Christ and if we must be ambassadors, we must give people visa to Heaven. We must tell people how Heaven looks like; we must bear evidence of Heaven in our lives.
2Tim 4:2 says: “ Preach the word at all time, in season and out of season.”
Chosen members must go to every part of the world to preach Jesus Christ and make soul winning the number one priority in their lives.
Remember it is God’s time, and He may come at anytime from now. We all must go into the business of the Lord. Every person must be given the opportunity to hear from us and to be saved. Our duty is to preach and God will save them and work on them. Having heard God’s word, this opportunity should not pass anybody by. We must not prevent anybody from hearing the gospel from us. After hearing this word, I expect you to do something immediately, so that even if you are preparing to do something and rapture takes place, the Lord will see your faithfulness and pardon you. After this, I expect you to decide that from now, you will put your house in order and nothing shall distract you from preaching in season and out of season.
We must go into the business of soul winning and everyone will have the opportunity to hear us and be saved. We must invite them to come and hear the word of God from our church. We must do this to save souls from the coming destruction. We must preach always in order to save many souls and fulfill our vision and mandate, and also to wear our crown in Heaven at last. Do you know that the crown is waiting for faithful people who havelabored to make it at the end? And that crown shall be given to us. So, let us labour and jealously guard that crown. That crown is the crown of eternal life.
We must ensure like Paul the Apostle that said: “My time of departure is at hand, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, the crown of righteousness is waiting for me, the righteous God shall give to me on that day and all them that love His appearing.” And if that should be the case, then we must work and fulfill our ministry. You can’t take any money out of here; you can’t take any house or vehicle. It is the souls that you have won that you are going to see over there. You have to be reasonable.
As you preach and win souls, you shall receive rewards, even here and hereafter. God will bless you here with sound health and prosperity. He that reapeth,receiveth wages. Let us go and reap, so that God will bless us.
John 4:34-36: “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, there are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapethreceiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.” Go and reap, so that God will bless you here and hereafter and you must be blessed. Pray that you make soul winning a priority in your life.