7 STEPS BE AN EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNER

7 STEPS TO PERFECTING SOUL WINNING

IT IS WISDOM TO BE A SOUL WINNER

These are the seven steps for an effective and productive soul winner, given by the Holy Spirit to take your ambassadorial duties of soul winning to perfection.
MATT 28:19-2

1. BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.

When I say "be filled with the Spirit" I mean be loaded, fully imbued, or abundantly fortified, satisfied, and complete with the power of the Spirit. The fact that you've received the Holy Spirit doesn't mean you are always full of Him. You must continually practice being filled with Him.

This is the first step to perfecting your soul-winning efforts. You must be afire, aglow, enthusiastic, and full of zeal about the kingdom. Romans 12:11 (AMP) says: "never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord". This is what happens to you when you are filled with the Spirit.

When you are constantly filled with the Spirit and overflowing with His fullness, you won't need to try to master boldness to say or do things. No! Whenever you open your mouth to speak, you'll speak the wisdom of God; words that are divinely inspired, because you are full of the Holy Ghost.

2. HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL
This will not happen on its own. You have to invest in it. " Study to shew thyself approve unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2Timothy 2:15). Having a clear understanding of the gospel is vital to effectively communicate it.

Otherwise, you'd preach the gospel all right, but your message will not produce the best results. Sadly, there are many Christians around the world that don't have a clear understanding of the Gospel, hence their effectiveness in soul winning is impeded.

3. EXPLAIN THE GOSPEL
In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus instructed us to "teach all nations....." This means to make disciples of all nations. We make this happen by explaining the Gospel. This is where your personal understanding of the Gospel comes to play; you can't explain it if you don't have an understanding of it.

There is a difference between preaching the Gospel and explaining the Gospel. When we preach the Gospel, it is an announcement of what Jesus came to do-to give us liberty from sin, disease, infirmity, darkness, death, and the devil. It is an announcement of the blessings, inheritance, righteousness, healing, and all that Christ has made available.

But in explaining the Gospel, we expound it, so that our hearers know what it entails. If you don't explain the Gospel to them, they may not understand what it means. Remember, your explanation of the Gospel is hinged on your own understanding of the Gospel.

4. LEAD THEM INTO SALVATION (THE CONFESSION).
"That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation". (Romans 10:90-10).

Sometimes, Christians preach the Gospel, and explain it, but don't actually lead the hearers into salvation. When you preach the Gospel and explain it, you've got to give the hearers an opportunity to come into Christ; you have to lead them into salvation. Thus, the essence of your evangelism.

How do you Lead Someone into Salvation?

The Bible declares: "that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God has hath raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved". (Romans 10:9). You lead a person into salvation by helping them into the confession of the Lordship of Jesus.

Romans 10:10 gives us the principle; "for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation." So when one believes in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, the righteousness of God is imparted into that individual, but he is only catapulted into salvation upon the confession of the Lordship of Jesus.

5. RECEIVE THEM INTO GOD'S FAMILY (AWARENESS). "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: "...who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated into the kingdom of his dear Son” (Colossians 1:12-13).

Many times, we preach the Gospel and fail to receive those we lead to Christ into God’s family. Imagine a woman who gives birth to a child at the hospital and leaves the baby there; wouldn't she be remiss in her duty as a mother? Absolutely! She’s expected to take her child home and bring the child into a family. In the same vein, when you lead someone to Christ, that person is like a baby that's been born into God’s family, and hence should be brought to Church to fellowship with other Christians.

This is why you must ensure they are brought to Church. The Bible tells us that the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth: “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15). The only place to hear the voice of truth and encouragement is the Church.

6. INTRODUCE THE CHURCH'S MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The church has a MENTORSHIP program. We must let them know that Christianity has a way of life, and they must be brought up in that new and living way.
Matt. 28:18-20
Did you notice, "teaching them to observe what I have commanded you"?
The Church has a MENTORSHIP program through the cell ministry, the programs, and the foundation school. All these are meant to build the individual Christian to be a dependable leader.

Acts 18:24-26
Apollos was an eloquent man. He was mighty in the scriptures, meaning that he knew a lot of scriptures.
He was young in the Lord and was instructed by someone. Furthermore, he was fervent in spirit. His knowledge, though accurate, was limited.
He taught diligently and accurately based on the limited knowledge he had at the time.

Aquila and Priscilla were friends of Paul. They were in the tent-making business. They took Apollos and mentored him. That's what we've got to do: we've got to see the process through. We have to mentor them.

What was the result of this MENTORSHIP that Aquila and Priscilla did for Apollos?
He helped them much through grace.

Acts 18:26-28 NIV
He became a great help to those who by grace had believed in Jesus Christ.
He mightily convinced the Jews through the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

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7. RELEASE THEM INTO LEADERSHIP
Maturity is for responsibility. Maturity is not an end in itself; it is for responsibility; it is for ministry. Therefore, when we mentor people to a stage of maturity where they can be to others, we release them into leadership.

Our work of soul winning is not done until that individual we have won has grown to a level of maturity where he or she has taken the responsibility of winning others to the Lord.

In raising others, we teach them to copy us; to do the things we have taught them to d Jesus taught His disciples to do the things that He was doing, He also charged them to teach others, "... teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen” (Matthew 28:20)

Carefully following these seven steps will enable you to carry out ministry effectively and produce the right results.