1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,100 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist sermon archives. 2 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,100 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty, Baptist 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:13,100 Church in Eastern Massachusetts. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,400 or contact us at my Liberty, Baptist dot org or just look us 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,800 up on Facebook. And now, we hope that this 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,200 message from God's word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,400 John chapter number four this morning. 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,300 As we're going forward in Soul winning. 9 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:34,000 That's what this month's emphasis is as January was 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 forward in my daily walk. February is forward in 11 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:40,700 soul-winning, and we'll get into that here just a little bit more 12 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:43,700 in just a second, you know, I was reminded of this even this 13 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:46,300 week and some things that happen with me and in my life but you 14 00:00:46,308 --> 00:00:51,200 know, life would be so perfect. If it went the way you wanted it 15 00:00:51,208 --> 00:00:55,500 to, how many times have you gotten up in the morning? 16 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:57,600 And you said, I know what I'm going to do today. 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,700 I'm going to do X, Y, and Z. And by the end of the day, 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,200 you're laughing at the plans you made, or maybe you're crying. 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,400 And the plans that you had made that never got fulfilled 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,600 because, well, somewhere between, when you woke up and 21 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,100 when you went to sleep life happened, and what you expected 22 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:17,700 to do, didn't end up getting done. 23 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:21,000 You had a call from a family member Isn't that a blessing? 24 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,500 It's well sometimes it may be a call from a family member. 25 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:28,500 You have a headache that popped up or something that maybe you 26 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:33,200 didn't start to feel well during the day and unexpected text that 27 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,300 just kind of came through that you weren't. 28 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,600 Well I guess an unexpected text, you wouldn't be expecting. 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,400 So yeah, there's that a project that you were starting but went 30 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,900 completely different than how you thought it would go. 31 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:46,800 Once you kind of got into it, a trip that the store that you 32 00:01:46,808 --> 00:01:49,400 didn't intend to take an unplanned meeting at work. 33 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:54,000 And these disruptions and meetings can be a source of 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,600 annoyance or sometimes they can be a source of outright anger If 35 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,100 we're honest. Because we know what we wanted 36 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:05,500 to do that day, and it ended up that somewhere along the way 37 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,800 those plans got derailed. But, you know, I found this to 38 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,300 be true if I was to think about this dispassionately not about 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,100 what I'm in the middle of this and I'm kind of frustrated. 40 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:16,800 But if I was a step back, there's a lot of times that 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,600 these inconveniences are some of the hinge. 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,800 Is on which swings the door of opportunity that if we were to 43 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,600 just take a moment and stop and breathe for a second. 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,900 We realized that what we think is an inconvenience is effort as 45 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:34,800 actually opportunity that God is giving us either to minister to 46 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,700 someone else or because there's something better that he has 47 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:40,900 planned for us that what we had planned for ourselves. 48 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,800 And so as we begin forward and soul winning this month. 49 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:47,700 This morning, we consider one of the most unlikely in unusual 50 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:49,600 meetings in all of the word of God. 51 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:53,700 Right here in John chapter 4, it's a one-on-one conversation 52 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:58,400 between a woman who tried her best to be hidden and a savior 53 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,200 who sought her out despite all the difficulties. 54 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,900 And when I think of us trying to give the gospel to someone else, 55 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,900 I don't know that there are many greater passages that maybe John 56 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:13,300 chapter 3 Jesus and Nicodemus and John chapter 4, the woman at 57 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:17,200 the well for us to look at and be encouraged in our daily life. 58 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,500 That despite the inconvenience it might seem To give the gospel 59 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:26,400 to someone else that it is so necessary for us to share our 60 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,900 faith with those who are around us. 61 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:29,800 Would you stand please for the reading of God's word? 62 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:32,500 If you're able to John chapter 4, we're going to begin in verse 63 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:34,700 number one. Here this morning, John chapter 64 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:38,500 4 beginning in verse number one when therefore, the Lord knew 65 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,800 how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more 66 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,400 disciples than John, although Jesus himself. 67 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,500 Baptized not but his disciples were. 68 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:50,300 He left Judea and departed again into Galilee and he It needs go 69 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:52,500 through Samaria and verse. Number 4 is a short verse. 70 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,200 It may not seem like it's that important, but is actually very 71 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,300 important verse number 5. Then cometh he to a city of 72 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:02,500 Samaria, which is called sychar here to the parcel of ground 73 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,500 that Jacob gave to his son. Joseph. 74 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,600 Now Jacob's, Well, was there, Jesus, therefore being wearied 75 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,100 with his journey set? The Saint the well, and it was 76 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,700 about the sixth hour, which is what we would call noontime 77 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:16,000 here. Today, they're come with a woman 78 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,399 of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her. 79 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:21,899 Get me to drink for his disciples were gone away under 80 00:04:21,899 --> 00:04:24,000 the city. Goodbye meat then. 81 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Saith the woman of Samaria unto him. 82 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:29,500 How is it that thou being a Jew? Ask a drink of me, which are a 83 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,300 woman of Samaria for the Jews have no dealings with the 84 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:36,100 Samaritans, Jesus answered, and said, unto her. 85 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,800 If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to 86 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,300 thee, give me to drink. Thou wouldest have asked him and 87 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:46,100 he would have given thee. Living Water, the woman saith 88 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:48,600 unto him. Sir, thou Hast nothing to draw 89 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,500 with and the well is Is deep from whence then hast, thou that 90 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,800 Living Water art thou greater than our father. 91 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:59,500 Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself and 92 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:02,600 his children as cattle. Jesus answered and said unto her 93 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:05,700 whosoever, drinketh of this water shall thirst again. 94 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:08,100 Speaking of the well, but whosoever. 95 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:11,700 Drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never 96 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:13,800 thirst. But the water that I shall give 97 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,700 him shall be in him and well of water springing up into 98 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:21,300 everlasting life. Life the woman saith unto him. 99 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:26,200 Sir, give me this water that I thirst not neither come hither 100 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,800 to draw us. God to bless the reading of his 101 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,200 word. You may be seated this morning 102 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:37,200 as we get into our message today forward in Soul winning. 103 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:41,800 That term Soul winning. You know it's kind of a funny 104 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,000 word isn't it? It's kind of a funny term you're 105 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,300 never going to hear the word Soul winning outside of church 106 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:50,100 and I would dare say there's a lot of churches, even that 107 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:53,400 wouldn't even use the word Soul winning as part of their 108 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,000 vocabulary and any form or fashion. 109 00:05:56,300 --> 00:05:59,900 But what does it actually mean? You know why? 110 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:02,000 You might be surprised to realize this morning, that the 111 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,200 word Soul winning is not something that I've made up, or 112 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,400 that pastors have made up, but the term soul Any actually comes 113 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:12,500 right from the Bible. In fact, Proverbs 11:30 says 114 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:17,200 this, the fruit of righteousness is a tree of life and he that 115 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:21,600 winneth Souls is wise. Now I don't know that I've 116 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,100 always been accused of being a very wise person, all things 117 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,800 considered but I know this if God says here's a way to be 118 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,400 wise, I probably should pay attention a little bit. 119 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,100 Shouldn't I perk up my ears. A little bit of God says here is 120 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:38,000 a way a method a mechanism for you to show biblical wisdom it. 121 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Make me stop and think about it a little bit. 122 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:43,500 And God says, to us through his word, the wisdom of Solomon 123 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:45,800 inspired by the holy spirit, says this. 124 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:50,900 He that winneth Souls is wise. Okay, well, we've established 125 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:53,600 that this term Soul winning is not something that comes from 126 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,500 Rivero theology, or from someone else. 127 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:57,800 But this is something that comes from the Bible. 128 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,600 But what exactly is so winning? Well, I Define it this way. 129 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,200 It's to purposely catch lost souls for the sake of the 130 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:12,400 Gospel. To purposely catch lost souls 131 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:17,800 for the sake of the Gospel. Now this also may sound odd to 132 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,100 catch Souls Pastor. So you mean when you ask people 133 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:22,700 to come on Saturday do you hand out lassos? 134 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:24,800 Do you hand out cages? I mean what are you doing to try 135 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,700 to catch people for the cause of Christ? 136 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:29,300 I don't know that. I like the sound of this at all 137 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:30,400 Pastor. It sounds weird. 138 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,200 It sounds unusual. No. 139 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:36,400 Again, I'm using these words on purpose because I want to use 140 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,400 some biblical words. Biblical thoughts to help frame 141 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,400 the way. We look at this issue in a 142 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:46,300 scriptural fashion. See was Jesus who said in Luke 143 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:51,000 chapter 5 verse number 10, where he said to Simon Peter fear, not 144 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:57,400 for henceforth, Thou shalt catch men fear, not for Thou shalt 145 00:07:57,700 --> 00:08:00,700 catch men. The idea is this and maybe the 146 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:04,400 more familiar way we would put it is this Jesus was telling 147 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,600 Peter, I'm going to make you a Fisher. 148 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:12,000 Of men. Now that's ironic because before 149 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,800 Peter was a fisher of fish which is usually what Fisher's do, but 150 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,300 here's what he says. Jesus says, you were catching 151 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:25,700 fish for a living but now your job everything that you do is 152 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:29,000 going to be surrounded by the fact that you are going to catch 153 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:31,900 them. So Soul winning is the process 154 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:37,299 of becoming a fisher of men that you and I are trying to go out 155 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:39,900 and give The gospel, the good news. 156 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:42,100 And that's by the way, what the word gospel means. 157 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:44,400 It literally means the good news. 158 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,200 It's the gospel Jesus death, and his burial, and his 159 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,300 resurrection. It's the gospel, it's 160 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:53,100 deliverance from sin, it's the good news. 161 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:56,800 It's the reality of heaven and of Salvation, from a devil's. 162 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,000 Hell, it's gospel, it's good news. 163 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:02,400 And when we are to bait the hook, if you will to be able to 164 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,400 catch men, the hook is baited with nothing else. 165 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,500 Than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Is a Jesus, I was dying. 166 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:12,100 He died was buried. He rose again and because of 167 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:16,100 that sacrifice that he made once for all you and I could have 168 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:18,500 eternal life through Jesus Christ Our Lord listen, there's 169 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:22,600 no better bait than that friend and you and I are called to be 170 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,900 those Fishers of Men. But here's the question. 171 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:33,400 So are we supposed to actively win souls for Christ? 172 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:37,500 Sure. It's a Biblical concept sure 173 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:40,800 it's something that the scriptures teach us to do that. 174 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:45,200 Jesus told the disciples that they weren't to do because I put 175 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:46,600 it this way. What does that mean to me? 176 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:50,700 Okay, the Bible talks about it, the disciples were supposed to 177 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:54,000 do it but how does that help a group of souls sitting here at 178 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,100 800 Washington Street in Easton in 2023? 179 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,400 What does that mean? To us, is it relevant to us 180 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,500 today? Does it matter for us today? 181 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,800 And I would put it to you this way. 182 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,800 It is not only just as relevant today as when Jesus, uttered. 183 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,500 These words to Peter, 2,000 years ago, I would also submit 184 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:14,100 to you that perhaps, it's even more important today than it was 185 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:17,100 2,000 years ago. Because as we look at this world 186 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:20,700 where almost eight billion Souls live in it today where this 187 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:24,300 world is in an absolute mess and absolute chaos. 188 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,800 Listen, the time is short. The prophetic clock is about to 189 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:30,100 Ring. And you and I have to get as 190 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:32,800 many people as we can. We got to catch as many as we 191 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,700 can for the Lord while we still have time. 192 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,400 That means it's our job. See some people say, well, Soul 193 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,700 winning is God's job. He'll sort it out in his own 194 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:43,500 way. Kind of like, you know, just 195 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,000 leave it all to the Lord. There are some who say this, 196 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,700 well, it's the job of the pastor to win souls or it's the job of 197 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:52,600 the clergy. I mean, that's that's their job. 198 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,200 I mean, that's what you get paid for. 199 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,500 Anyway, I mean, just go win people to Christ, that's your 200 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:59,900 job. Some would say it's the church's 201 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:05,700 job without actually, thinking about what that means for it, 202 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:09,900 being the church's job. And I would say this, I agree 203 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:13,300 with all of these thoughts to a point listen without God. 204 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:18,500 There is no salvation. So we understand that God is not 205 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:23,200 just the important part that if you remove God from salvation, 206 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,900 there is no salvation. So, of course, he's important. 207 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:28,900 It is the pastor's duty to be a soul winner. 208 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:31,700 It is my job. If I was having job description, 209 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:34,400 certainly, it should be to try to bring people to Christ 210 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,600 Romans. 10:14 says how then shall they call on him in whom 211 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,500 they have not? And how shall they believe in 212 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:43,800 him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear? 213 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:46,700 Without a preacher. So certainly it's the job of a 214 00:11:46,708 --> 00:11:51,800 pastor of a Preacher as well and it is the church's duty to win. 215 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,900 People to Christ is why we mentioned even on Wednesday 216 00:11:53,900 --> 00:11:58,000 night, Matthew 28:19, where he tells the church pre-existing 217 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 there on the mount before Pentecost. 218 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,700 He says go ye therefore and teach All Nations. 219 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:05,900 Baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son and 220 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:10,200 the Holy Ghost yet, it's not Just the sacred duty of the 221 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,900 church to actively win the lost to Christ. 222 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:16,600 I would also say to you that if it's the job of the church to 223 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,500 win people to Christ, then whose job is it. 224 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:25,200 It's the people who make up the church who are called to do it 225 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,600 because we can't send 800 Washington Street to other 226 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,300 people's own dresses and have the church building when people 227 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:36,000 to Christ know what happens to be those who claim the name of 228 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,300 Jesus Christ and are part of the membership. 229 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,400 Of Liberty, Baptist Church, specifically who God has called 230 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,100 us now he's called every believer, but I would say even 231 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:45,900 more. So for us who are part of this 232 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:49,000 church that we would say this? Why are we gathered here today? 233 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,400 Why have we come? Well there's lots of reasons 234 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,400 why. But one number one has to be 235 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,800 this for the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ because 236 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,400 if it is for any other reason, if we've missed the mark of what 237 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,500 the heartbeat of God is because he wants to see more souls added 238 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:04,600 to the kingdom. And that's not the church's, 239 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:07,100 quote, unquote job could. I just put it bluntly? 240 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:10,800 It's your job. It's your job. 241 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:14,900 Well, Pastor a more comfortable. If if you do it, well, can I be 242 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:15,900 honest with you? I'm more comfortable. 243 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:20,000 If you do it. But it's not about what's 244 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,500 comfortable, is it? It's about what God's called us 245 00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:24,500 to do. Everybody wants someone else to 246 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:26,500 do the work. I mean that's life but here's 247 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:29,300 what God says, given us. He has given us a command. 248 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:32,200 He's given us a commission. He's given us a calling, but I 249 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,900 thank him that he's given us. His blessed, Holy Spirit, to 250 00:13:34,908 --> 00:13:37,800 live inside of us to go before us to work in the hearts of 251 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,900 other people. And he gave us the boldness, and 252 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:42,300 the courage to speak. And to tell other people about 253 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:45,000 the gospel know who's Curtis Hudson, who said this, the great 254 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,900 evangelist. He said this, the only 255 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:51,300 alternative to Soul winning is Insta Christ, the only 256 00:13:51,300 --> 00:13:54,400 alternative to Soul winning the only alternative to sharing your 257 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,300 faith with someone else of trying to actively try to pluck 258 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:59,400 someone from the very snares of Hell. 259 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,600 The only alternative to Soul winning is Disobedience to 260 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,400 Christ. But here's the thing. 261 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:09,700 I feel like probably if you know the Lord you're on the same page 262 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,200 with me right now. I don't know that anyone's 263 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,500 really actively saying, I don't agree with that. 264 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:16,700 I would say if you know Jesus Christ as your savior 265 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,700 Fundamentally you understand the truth of what I'm saying, right 266 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:22,000 now. I don't know that I need to lay 267 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,200 out an hour. You say, please, Pastor not an 268 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:25,400 hour. No, but I don't need to lay out 269 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,000 an hour of here's why you. And I are responsible to win 270 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,700 people to Christ. I think we're on the same page 271 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:33,400 there, here's the problem, most of us don't. 272 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:38,000 Most people don't. Why? 273 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:40,700 Why is there the disconnect between? 274 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:43,700 We know, this is what we're supposed to do, but yet, it 275 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:45,600 doesn't get done. Could I submit you a few 276 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,200 reasons? It's inconvenient. 277 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,700 It's not easy. It's time consuming. 278 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,400 Get to put your pride on the Shelf a little bit, you might 279 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,000 have to put your reputation on the line a little bit. 280 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,800 It could cost you not in necessarily dollars and cents 281 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:08,300 but maybe in the way you're perceived by others, Like I 282 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:13,100 said, it's inconvenient. Just like you get up in the 283 00:15:13,108 --> 00:15:16,700 morning and say, this is what I want to do today and things 284 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:19,700 change. Soul winning will change your 285 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:22,700 day. So winning will change the way 286 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:25,700 you look at people. It will change the way you look 287 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:29,000 at situations, it will very much change the way you look at life. 288 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,200 And this brings us to this morning's text here in John 289 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,100 chapter 4 and I would love to go back to John chapter 3 and look 290 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,800 at Jesus and Nicodemus as well. But but here we are in John 291 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,900 chapter 4, this morning and I believe it represents. 292 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:43,700 Maybe the best of all the tutorials you can find on what 293 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:46,500 it means to win. Someone to Christ we're looking 294 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:49,200 at the greatest Soul winner who ever walked the Earth. 295 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,400 Jesus Christ. In fact he's the one One who 296 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,400 literally one every soul in the sense that he secured salvation 297 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,800 For All Mankind. Not that he's saved all mankind 298 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,100 in the sense that he forced everyone to be saved, but he 299 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:02,200 secured it. So that every single person 300 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,200 could call upon the name of Jesus Christ, the greatest Soul 301 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,800 winner of all time talking to a woman who had a past talking to 302 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,900 a woman who had some history and instead of going by her and 303 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:18,900 ignoring her like many did, and instead of a going by her and 304 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:21,000 Whispering about her behind her back. 305 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,400 Like many others did. He stopped. 306 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:31,100 And a very inconvenient time, and loved her, and cared for and 307 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:34,300 brought her to himself. So, two things, I want to look 308 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:35,900 at very quickly about our Texas morning. 309 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:39,000 The first is this Soul winning was a matter of inconvenience 310 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 for Jesus Soul. Winning what a matter of 311 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,700 inconvenience for Jesus. Now you might hear the word 312 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:47,300 inconvenience in Jesus's name in the same sentence, that might 313 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:48,700 kind of set you off a little bit. 314 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:51,800 It might not sound right, but just follow what I mean by that 315 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,300 here for just a second. What I mean by that is this Has 316 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:59,200 had a multitude of reasons not to have this encounter with this 317 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,100 unnamed woman. There were so many reasons why 318 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:06,900 Jesus didn't have to stop and sit by the well and talk to this 319 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,400 woman here in Samaria. There's a lot of reasons, the 320 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,800 first was this, he was kind to her despite ethnic tensions. 321 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,900 Remember, I said it was important when it said, and he 322 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:20,200 must needs go through Samaria. In verse number 4, and you can 323 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,900 see this ethnic tension, echoed in verse number 9, where she 324 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:25,200 says, then said the woman of Samaria unto him. 325 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,200 How is it that thou being a Jew? Ask us drink of me, which I'm a 326 00:17:28,208 --> 00:17:31,400 woman of Samaria for the Jews Have No Dominion dealings. 327 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,600 With the Samaritans, well, what is being referenced here? 328 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,200 Is the fact that for probably about 500 years, the Jews and 329 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,000 the Samaritans have been at odds at one another because during 330 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,200 the Captivity time, when many were taken away, Left there in 331 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,600 the land and intermarried with other people in the land. 332 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,200 And so the Samaritans in many ways were considered to be half 333 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,600 Jews. And so when someone was 334 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,400 traveling from the North of Israel, to the south of Israel 335 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,200 at the time of Jesus, life and Ministry, you would have had to 336 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,400 go through Samaria or you would have to take several days to go 337 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:07,100 around some area to make sure that you avoided dealing with. 338 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:10,100 The Samaritans as she says, in verse number 9, you say, well, 339 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:11,800 why would anybody do that? We'll listen. 340 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,400 Why does anybody do anything? Because of a Ethnic hatred. 341 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:16,900 Well, it doesn't make sense at all. 342 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:18,900 That's exactly what was happening here by the way, if 343 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:21,500 you want some of the back story about the Samaritans and why 344 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,100 they were the way they were. You can read second Kings, 345 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:26,500 chapter 18 and find out more about them later. 346 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,500 But here, when many Jews said this, I'm going to go around 347 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:33,100 Samaria. Jesus said this, I must needs go 348 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:34,700 through Samaria. He wasn't saying that. 349 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:37,100 Because he was trying to save time, he wasn't trying to say 350 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:38,800 that because it was the most direct route. 351 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,800 He went through Samaria because there was a woman in a place 352 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,400 called sychar and because there were people people who lived in 353 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,600 that city called sychar, shechem in the Old Testament, and he 354 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,500 went there because there was someone who needed to talk to 355 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:54,800 him and he was kind to her, despite this ethnic tension. 356 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:58,900 It was inconvenient, some would say, but to Jesus, it was just 357 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,200 the right thing to do, but he wasn't just kind because of the 358 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,900 ethnic tension, despite the ethnic tension, he desired to 359 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:10,200 meet her, despite the distance. Jesus was traveling, I don't 360 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,800 know about you, but when I travel, I want to get from point 361 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,300 A to point B. And I don't want to say anything 362 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:18,000 in between. I wish I had more of the 363 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,900 roadside Spirit where, you know, hey let's pull off and look at 364 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:22,600 this, and let's pull off and look at that. 365 00:19:22,700 --> 00:19:25,800 When I'm driving, listen, if it's a 20-hour drive according 366 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,700 to Google Maps, if I get there in 21, it's a failure. 367 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:32,900 Not a great way to live. It's just honest. 368 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,200 All right, that's the way that it is. 369 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,000 All right, but there's some distance involved. 370 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,400 Well, Jesus had some distance involved and no one would have 371 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,200 blamed him for just saying. Listen, I'm on a journey. 372 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,100 Listen, I have a direction that I need to go. 373 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:48,300 I don't have time to talk with these people right now, but, 374 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:51,600 despite the distance, he knew that she was going to talk with 375 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,100 her. Despite we put it this way, the 376 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:56,400 inconvenience, he knew that he needed to meet, with her. 377 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,900 He ministered to her despite being weary. 378 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,600 Look at verse. Number 6, it says, This and 379 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,200 Jacob's. Well, was there, Jesus, 380 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,600 therefore being wearied with his journey sat thus on the well. 381 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,500 And it was about the sixth hour now. 382 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:13,500 You understand that Jesus, although completely God was 383 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:18,100 completely man at the same time and so Jesus at times would have 384 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:23,100 been hungry or thirsty. Or tired. 385 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:25,600 Listen, Jesus. Slept at the bottom of the boat, 386 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,400 while the storm was going on above in his Humanity. 387 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:34,600 He was in this verse. We re why what was a few 388 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,300 reasons. One, he'd been walking for a 389 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,200 while. To it was noon time. 390 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,100 The hardest part of the day three. 391 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,300 It's likely it was thirsty. He was sitting next to a well 392 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:45,500 and for he was hungry because he sent the disciples to go in and 393 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,600 get food and bring it back. I would say that was a 394 00:20:47,608 --> 00:20:49,300 combination for someone to be weary. 395 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:53,400 And again, I don't know about you, but when I'm weary, I don't 396 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,000 really think about other people's needs as much as I'd 397 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,900 like a nap. I'd like some water, I'd like 398 00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:00,100 some food. This is what I'm focusing on is 399 00:21:00,108 --> 00:21:03,300 because what I need and Jesus would not have been blamed to 400 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:06,400 say well, lady listen, I don't really want to talk to you today 401 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,300 because you listen, I'm tired. I'm weary it's been a long day 402 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:13,200 on a dusty road. But despite the fact that there 403 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,700 was weariness in his heart there, that moment he knew there 404 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:20,000 was something greater to do and he ministered to her need. 405 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:23,500 When he had a need, he ministered to her need, when he 406 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:27,900 had a need despite that not only that he talked to her despite 407 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:30,700 her reputation. Still Pastor what kind of 408 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:32,800 reputation to they have? Well did she have? 409 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,500 Well, I mentioned to you that she was gathering water at the 410 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:38,700 six-hour, that's there in verse number 6, that's noon. 411 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:42,700 Time people didn't normally gather the water then we go to 412 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:44,100 the well at noon time. You know why? 413 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:46,900 Listen, this is deep stuff right here. 414 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:51,000 It's hot at noon. I know it's hard to believe 415 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,300 right now but it's the only hot at noon at least that part of 416 00:21:53,308 --> 00:21:54,600 the world. That's the way it would have 417 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,900 been. So what did you do? 418 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,800 Usually Drew water in the morning or in the cool of the 419 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,700 evening? She's there and the noon I would 420 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:03,500 surmise she was there because she didn't want to be seen. 421 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:07,000 She went in the morning, two people, their joint in the 422 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,800 night, there'll be people there. So when the afternoon she had to 423 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:10,600 weld or sell, well, why would she want? 424 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,800 The well to herself? Well, Jesus revealed in verse 425 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,600 number 18, that she had 500 husband previously and who she 426 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:23,100 was living with now, was not her husband, by the way, even in 427 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:27,600 that, recognizing that God, biblically established marriage 428 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,300 and that there's a difference between marriage and living 429 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:32,500 together. He says, listen you have a 430 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:36,000 situation here. He says you Five, husbands and 431 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,400 you're living with someone. Now, who is not your husband? 432 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:43,000 Now while that may not have much of a stigma today and 2023, no 433 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,400 matter what the Bible says, it may not have much of a public 434 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,800 stigma. We understand that at that time, 435 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,800 especially what's going to happen. 436 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,700 People don't like that. People don't like her. 437 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,200 You say, is that right? Well, no. 438 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:00,100 Is it right for them to talk about her behind her back? 439 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,300 No. Was it right for them to treat 440 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:04,500 her in the way they were treating her? 441 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:07,500 No. But what did Jesus do? 442 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,100 Did he treat her? Like the rest be treated with 443 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:13,700 compassion? He treated with love, she has 444 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:16,100 Story, by the way. Could I mention this before you 445 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:20,000 got saved, you had a story too. And some of us fell away from 446 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,300 the Lord for a while and have a store even after we get saved. 447 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,700 But Jesus Christ has love and compassion for you and love for 448 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,700 you. He talked to her despite her 449 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,700 reputation reputation. I'm glad that Jesus Saves the 450 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:36,200 down-and-outs. He can't save the proud. but 451 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,400 it's not because he's not able to it's because the proud won't 452 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:43,200 allow him to So here's a woman Pride was put to the side. 453 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,900 She had nothing left but what did she do? 454 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:49,500 She listened to one who had compassion on her and listen to 455 00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:51,700 her. He was patient despite her 456 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:55,500 confusion. You read this chapter and you'll 457 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:57,900 realize that there's this great back and forth to go between 458 00:23:57,900 --> 00:24:00,600 Jesus and the woman, he talks about water, she doesn't know 459 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,400 what the water he's talking about. 460 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,600 He talks about Wells and she thinks he's talking about 461 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,600 Jacobs. Well she's talking about the 462 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,500 Wrath between the Jews and the Samaritans, she's talking about 463 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:13,400 where they're supposed to worship. 464 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,200 You know, you Jews, you you Worship in Jerusalem but we 465 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,900 worship here on Mount gerizim and this mountain and they kind 466 00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:20,900 of go back and forth. There was so much confusion. 467 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:23,700 Hey, you know what Jesus does he says lady either. 468 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:27,500 Get it or don't. No, that's not what he said. 469 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:30,400 So make sure you're with me. We also have a little worried 470 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,800 there for a second. All right, somebody said yeah, 471 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,200 that's why. This is what he said, so he's 472 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:40,800 hit no, she asked questions that had nothing to do with what 473 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,200 Jesus was trying to get across to her. 474 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:46,500 But instead of Jesus saying, look, I don't have all day, you 475 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:51,400 want the water, or don't you, She says he says this, he 476 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,000 continues to give her love and understanding and keep speaking 477 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,400 truth to her. He keeps speaking truth to her 478 00:24:57,700 --> 00:24:59,900 patiently lovingly kindly listen. 479 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:04,300 It's an inconvenient meeting. He was kind despite the ethnic 480 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:06,300 tensions. He desired to meet her, despite 481 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:09,200 the distance, he ministered to her, despite being weary talk to 482 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:11,900 her despite a reputation. He was patient despite her 483 00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:17,900 confusion and all of that. even in her confusion, he keeps 484 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:20,300 guiding her back to one thought, look at verse number, 25 485 00:25:20,300 --> 00:25:26,600 quickly, Because it's whole conversations being guided to 486 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,900 one thought and it's this the woman saith unto him. 487 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:32,900 I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ. 488 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:38,600 When he is come, he will tell us all things. and Jesus saith unto 489 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:45,700 her, I that speak unto thee and he it all came down to this. 490 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:49,200 I that speak it to thee. MD. 491 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,100 You know, it's interesting here. What we read. 492 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:58,600 Here in this chapter. So far shows us what's really at 493 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,100 stake here. What's a matter of inconvenience 494 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,900 for Jesus Christ. And we saw there were some 495 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:07,500 inconveniences that he overcame. But what was a matter of 496 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:11,800 inconvenience for Jesus Christ was a matter of life or death 497 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:16,100 for this woman because what was at stake, eternal life? 498 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,100 What was a matter of inconvenience for Jesus Christ? 499 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:25,300 Was a matter of life or death for this woman, and it reminds 500 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:28,400 us that, while soul-winning may be an inconvenience for a 501 00:26:28,408 --> 00:26:32,200 Christian, it is a matter of life and death for the lost. 502 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,200 Soul winning is an inconvenience for the Christian. 503 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:38,400 We have some inconveniences as well, that we need to overcome 504 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,500 whether it's our pride or whether it's our fear or whether 505 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,800 it's our time or whether it's a any number of things. 506 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,700 But what inconvenience says we have to come are just small. 507 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:52,100 Their infant testable in proportion to the fact that who 508 00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:55,500 we are trying to minister to the message of the Gospel is a 509 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:58,800 life-or-death situation. So we have to overcome our 510 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,000 little Hang-Ups. We have to overcome our little 511 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,900 inconveniences to realize this know I have to give them Jesus 512 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:08,100 Christ, because if I don't or someone else doesn't then they 513 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,900 will die and they will go to hell for all eternity. 514 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,500 So why would I keep my mouth shut? 515 00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:17,000 Why would I not share? Because what is a in Convenience 516 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,500 to be is life or death for them. Now, why is that look at verse 517 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,900 number 14, why is soul winning a matter of life or death? 518 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:29,700 For the Lost verse number 14, but whosoever, drinketh of the 519 00:27:29,700 --> 00:27:31,700 water that I shall give him shall never thirst. 520 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:35,800 But the water that I shall give him shall be in him, shall be in 521 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:40,900 him a well of water springing up into everlasting life, which 522 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:43,800 says this without the Water of Life. 523 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:50,500 What happens without water? We die without the Water of 524 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:54,800 Life, That's not just water. The Living Water, we know that 525 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:59,700 there's a spiritual death that comes, that's serious, John put 526 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:02,000 it so well. And so succinctly. 527 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,600 In first John 5:12, he that hath, the son hath life, and he 528 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:11,600 that hath, not the Son of God hath, not like this woman need 529 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,700 to understand the her sin was sending her on a path. 530 00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:16,400 Straight to Hell. Your Jesus Christ was offering 531 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,500 her himself. The Living Water that would give 532 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,800 her life. What's interesting about Jesus, 533 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:27,800 every man before that she met had taken from her. 534 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:33,100 We can count six. Can't wait, five husbands and 535 00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:35,300 one that's living with her. Every single one of those men 536 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,100 wanted something out of her. Jesus was the only man who 537 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,100 didn't want something out of her. 538 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,500 He wanted to give her something. I want to give her the Living 539 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:45,800 Water. He wanted her to have eternal 540 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,200 life and that's what the soul winner does. 541 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,600 It say I'm not trying to draw out of you from this 542 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,700 transaction. I'm not trying to get something 543 00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:55,400 out of you out of you know I'm trying to make sure that you get 544 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,000 something that is totally free and without charge not that they 545 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,600 came without cost because it was the cost of Our Saviors, 546 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,200 Precious Blood but it's free for all who will take and that 547 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:10,100 salvation in Jesus Christ and that What salvation is a free 548 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:13,000 gift. So this shows me in our text. 549 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,000 There's two groups of people that have something on the line 550 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,700 today. Just from looking at our text. 551 00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:20,600 There's two groups of people who have something on the line 552 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,300 today. There are those who are like the 553 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:25,900 woman at the well at the beginning of the text. 554 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,400 Lost and needing a savior. You know what you have on the 555 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,500 line today, the difference between Heaven and Hell. 556 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,400 It's real. You say, Pastor, you're being 557 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,000 dramatic? No, I'm not being dramatic. 558 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,500 I'm being scriptural. The Bible says, it's been 559 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:45,300 appointed unto man once to die. And after this, the Judgment 560 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:50,200 that there is a Salvation that will save you from your sins and 561 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,200 it's important. It's necessary for every single 562 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,100 person to call Upon Jesus Christ to save them. 563 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,600 It's religion. It's going to save you. 564 00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:02,100 It's not good works that will save you. 565 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:03,900 It's not coming to church on Sunday. 566 00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:05,700 It's not putting a big check in the plate. 567 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,500 It's not How many people you shake hands with when you come 568 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:11,400 here or how nice you are or how many Good Deeds you do in the 569 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,300 town? It has nothing to do with any of 570 00:30:13,308 --> 00:30:15,800 those things although they might be good things in and of 571 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,200 themselves but none of them will help you ever achieve eternal 572 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,600 life there is only one method. There is only one way that 573 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,100 eternal life can be achieved and it's not buying achieving. 574 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,500 You can do is by what Jesus Christ did on the cross. 575 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:30,400 So you must call upon him and save you today. 576 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,200 Alyssa, that's what's on the line. 577 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:37,200 That's what's on the line. And we have to understand that 578 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:39,300 you say, Pastor, why do you talk about this every week? 579 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:41,500 I mean, can't you just talk about like once a month or maybe 580 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:43,000 you have. It's like a Salvation day where 581 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,900 you preach on salvation because it's so important that we have 582 00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:49,700 to talk about it every chance we have because there could be 583 00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:51,200 someone within the sound of my voice. 584 00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:54,600 They may believe they are saved or maybe or trusting in a prayer 585 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,500 that they said when they were young or they have some other 586 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,300 issue where they think they're trusting in good works or 587 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:02,300 something else. And we just have to take time to 588 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:04,900 say no. No, you need to call Upon Jesus 589 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:07,400 Christ to save. You repent, a call upon Christ 590 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,400 to save you today. Only, he can save you from your 591 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,300 sins. Listen. 592 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,700 If it was as easy as baptizing people, as my pastor, you say 593 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:17,700 we'd build a pool out there and we run everybody through it. 594 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,400 If it was as easy as taking the communion, we'd hand out the 595 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,600 juice and the Wafers every week, and I'm not trying to be 596 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,900 flippant understand that, I'm trying not to be disrespectful 597 00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:30,100 or flip. It always say it. 598 00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:32,900 But I'm saying if that was the method of Salvation, that we 599 00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:35,500 would do whatever we could to make people do it. 600 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,500 It's not that it's you have to decide. 601 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,200 In the gospel message, and you have to decide. 602 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:48,000 Will you repent call upon Christ? 603 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,800 The Savior this woman. You know, when Jesus said, I am 604 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,400 the Messiah, you know what, she did, the Bible said she left her 605 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,700 waterpot and ran into the City and told everyone that she found 606 00:31:57,700 --> 00:31:59,700 the Messiah. You know what's funny? 607 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:02,500 Is that when she realized she found the Messiah that water 608 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:05,000 didn't matter anymore. She didn't care. 609 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:08,900 It's about Jesus isn't amazing. Once we get saved our priority 610 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:11,700 sometimes shift really quickly and all of a sudden what was 611 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:14,200 important before is an important after and all of a sudden, you 612 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,400 realize I've found something greater than a picture and found 613 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,400 something greater than the water inside of it. 614 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,100 I have found the Living Water that if I take of him will 615 00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:26,200 spring up with me into eternal life and you know what she did? 616 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,500 She became immediately part of the other group. 617 00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:35,000 She told everybody she could. See because there's one group 618 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,200 here for the loss. You need to be saved, but for 619 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,100 the say, we have to ask ourself this. 620 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,600 Why won't you be inconvenienced for the sake of the Gospel? 621 00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:47,400 Because remember what to one group is a life-or-death 622 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,500 situation is for those of us who are saved, the issue of Soul 623 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:56,400 winning is a mere inconvenience. What do we have on the line? 624 00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:59,400 Well, they might say something. Not nice to me. 625 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:03,200 I don't want to be sarcastic. Well, maybe I do a little bit 626 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,100 bouquet, but I don't want to be sarcastic. 627 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:10,300 But how does that compare to an eternity in hell? 628 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:16,300 That's like a hangnail. That's a spiritual hangnail and 629 00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:18,900 we get so caught up in these things. 630 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:23,800 Well, you know, someone might not, you know, it might yell at 631 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,000 me. They might. 632 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,700 Or they might get saved. Or they might trust Jesus Christ 633 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:35,300 as their Savior. And so what for the Lost is a 634 00:33:35,308 --> 00:33:37,600 matter of life and death is for us, just an inconvenience. 635 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,000 So here's the question. Why don't we do it? 636 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000 What do we tell other people about the gospel? 637 00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:43,800 Why don't we go to those that were afraid. 638 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,500 Well how they'll respond and give them the gospel, why don't 639 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:50,200 we come to outreach and and do those things here, I mentioned. 640 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,200 And I'll mention this again on Wednesday night in probably 641 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,600 mentioned. Again during the week we have 642 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,300 enough work to do on a normal Saturday morning that we could 643 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,500 get a. We could take at least a dozen 644 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:00,700 people and If you run in different places and do 645 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:02,800 different things and you say, well I don't know what to do 646 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,200 when I don't know how I feel about it. 647 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,700 And I don't understand. I'm busy on Saturdays. 648 00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:09,600 I got to sleep in at least until noon on Saturday to make up for 649 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,100 the rest of the week. And listen, I get it, sleep on, 650 00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:14,199 it's kind of like Jesus said to the disciples that go ahead and 651 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:16,900 sleep on. Because the soldiers were there 652 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,199 to take him to the cross. I asked, you could you spend an 653 00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:24,100 hour, if you spend an hour, could you spend an hour and then 654 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:27,100 he finally said sleep on, You've missed it. 655 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,699 You've missed. See Pastor was everything about 656 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:32,500 Saturday. You say this Saturday thing know 657 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:35,300 that Outreach is some winning and is more than just a Saturday 658 00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:37,400 thing. But I'll say this, if you can be 659 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,699 here on Saturday, we need you Why? 660 00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:44,600 Because there's people out here. I need the gospel, you know, 661 00:34:44,607 --> 00:34:46,100 where they're going, they're going to Farmer markets on 662 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:50,800 Saturday because all the store. To taking care of the Yards. 663 00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:56,100 They're sleeping in the doing all kinds of things, not 664 00:34:56,100 --> 00:35:00,200 realizing that it's a life-or-death situation that 665 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:07,100 they were in a car accident. if they had a medical event, God, 666 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:10,000 just called him home, for whatever reason, that they have 667 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,100 to give an account for why they did not accept the gospel 668 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:15,500 message. Now, wonder how many of us will 669 00:35:15,508 --> 00:35:19,100 have to give an account for why we didn't share the gospel 670 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:21,400 message with those groups of people. 671 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:26,200 Is your Saturday routine, too. Sacred to show someone the 672 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,900 gospel. You comfort too important to 673 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:32,200 show the cruelty of the Cross to a loss center. 674 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,200 Is your impatience with the world, too? 675 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,600 Deep to patiently. Show them. 676 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,900 The savior. In fact second Timothy 2:25 26 677 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:47,500 says this in meekness, instructing those that oppose 678 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:51,000 themselves you don't we talk to the lost and what we do we 679 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,600 instruct those who oppose themselves. 680 00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:55,200 They're very position that there is no God is opposing to 681 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,200 themselves. So what do we do in meekness, we 682 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,000 help them. If peradventure God will give 683 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,500 them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth and 684 00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:06,000 that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil 685 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,500 who are taking captive by him at his will. 686 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,700 Paul is saying this. There are literally those who 687 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:12,900 are unsaved there in the snare of the devil. 688 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:15,800 You understand a snare is like a trap like a bear that's been 689 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:17,900 appalled. It's in there that can't move 690 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:20,800 and just waiting for the hunter to come and to kill them. 691 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:24,100 And Satan has laid these snares out for a, but you and I have 692 00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:26,300 the ability to come and to open that trap. 693 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:28,800 And oh, Open that snare through the power of the gospel and to 694 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,900 give New Life to someone who is unsaved not that we have the 695 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:35,000 power to give the new life but we can present it to them and 696 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,300 show them and we can win souls for Christ. 697 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,900 But it's an inconvenience floppy. 698 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:46,600 Won't do it. My mom and I get it. 699 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,600 There are times. I just want to keep my mouth 700 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,500 shut. There are certain people that I 701 00:36:52,508 --> 00:36:56,200 just don't want to bring the gospel up to There are times 702 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,300 that I get up on Saturday morning and say, I don't know 703 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:03,000 these people, I don't know if they'll get it. 704 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:08,800 Their times. But, may I ask you this. 705 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,100 How else will people get saved? Unless people present the word 706 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,700 of God? You said, well, it's you because 707 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,500 you said how shall they hear without a preacher that was in 708 00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:20,200 Romans 10? Well, you understand, that's 709 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,000 talking about the word of God being preached and presented and 710 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,200 that means it's not just me, that means that's all of us. 711 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,600 That we're all preachers in the word of God, in that sense that 712 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,300 we have to present the word of God, and salvation, to his 713 00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:38,200 people who said they put you this way. if there was an EMT, a 714 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,200 coffee shop, No sense. A policeman. 715 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,900 A donut shop as an EMT at a coffee shop. 716 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,600 Who has their radio on, and as they're sitting there in the 717 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,200 coffee shop, they hear this poison victim at 345 Main 718 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:56,300 Street. Knowing that they're a block 719 00:37:56,300 --> 00:38:01,100 away from 345 Main Street. What would you think of an EMT 720 00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:06,800 who refuse the call? Well, maybe the AMT says, well, 721 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:11,200 I can't do anything. Well, you have the medicine with 722 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:16,100 you to help them. Maybe the EMT would say oh, it 723 00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:19,800 cost too much. well, the medicine is already paid for 724 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,800 maybe the EMT would say I'm tired. 725 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:31,400 But it's your job. We would say at best an EMT 726 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,100 would be negligent. For not doing what they could 727 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:38,100 for someone who is in a life-or-death situation. 728 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:41,900 That literally, all they needed was the antidote but yet 729 00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:44,700 Christians make these same excuses every day. 730 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:51,700 I can't do anything. Well, God's given us his word to 731 00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:56,000 be able to tell people about the gospel, it cost too much. 732 00:38:57,100 --> 00:39:01,000 Costs already been paid for the blood of Jesus Christ, the cost 733 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,300 of our shame, or the cost of the loss of our pride, or the cost 734 00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:08,800 of our standing in the community is so small. 735 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:12,400 You can't even measure it compared to the cost of the cost 736 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,500 Jesus Christ. I'm tired. 737 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:21,800 It's our job. But it's our job. 738 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,800 Are you let is a pastor in Michigan. 739 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,500 And he puts Soul winning in this way. 740 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,600 I read this and I thought this was good. 741 00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:37,000 He said, sometimes people wonder why I emphasize Soul winning so 742 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,000 much an evangelist. Once preached our church and 743 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,300 asked how many of our folks went Soul winning on a regular basis 744 00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:46,700 when approximately half of the evening crowd, raised their 745 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:49,600 hands. He said, look at that amazing 746 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,900 sight. Another evangelist said to me 747 00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:54,300 that it would be ridiculous to preach on Soul winning at our 748 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:58,300 church because so many people already rent went but suppose 749 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,900 about half of an army showed up when it was time to fight. 750 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,100 Suppose about half the football team were there for the opening 751 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,600 kickoff. So is it half of the workforce? 752 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:10,100 Came at their appointed time on a given day? 753 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,600 We would not think that was a success. 754 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:17,000 It is possible for us to be better than average in the area 755 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,600 of Soul winning, but to still be far below, normal. 756 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,200 Can I tell you this? And maybe this is a scary 757 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,900 thought to you or church compared to most churches. 758 00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:31,300 And I'm looking about churches just all across denominational 759 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:34,200 stripes. Is better than the average 760 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,000 Church in. Handing out the gospel we have 761 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,700 tracks, a lot of church don't have tracks gospel literature 762 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,200 which you have an outreach program as soul-winning program. 763 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:43,600 A lot of churches don't even have that. 764 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:48,200 We have some people who actually come which is more than most 765 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,300 churches consent. But does the fact that we have 766 00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:55,800 tracks and that we have a program and that we have some 767 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:00,100 people come and that we do better than most mean that we're 768 00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:05,600 right with God. Because the spec is not for us 769 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,800 to be up to where the world is, or a little bit better. 770 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,700 The spec is this, where am I? According to what God's standard 771 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:14,400 is she Patrick? I know what this is. 772 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,500 You're just trying to get a bunch of people here at 10:00 on 773 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:18,300 Saturday morning to share the gospel. 774 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:19,400 Can I be honest with you? Yes. 775 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,700 Yeah, I am. No. 776 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,200 The sarcastic things, that matter if I'm pushing them down. 777 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,500 I really, I'm pushing them down right now because I'm not, I'm 778 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:38,500 not angry about it at all, but I will say this, it's our duty. 779 00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:40,900 I know that everybody can come every Saturday. 780 00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:44,000 I know that I mean, I'm not too crazy. 781 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,500 Okay. Anyway, I know not, everyone can 782 00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:49,800 come. I just said it's thinking about 783 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,600 that. Maybe I am, but I know that ever 784 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,300 comes. I know that's the way that it 785 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:56,600 is. We have, yeah, I can't always 786 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,800 come every Saturday to get different things going on travel 787 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,900 or different events. I get that. 788 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:06,000 But at some point we have to say whether it's on Saturday, 789 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,200 whether it's during the week or whether it's another time 790 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,000 because soul-winning doesn't just happen to happen on 791 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000 Saturday or whether whatever it is. 792 00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:16,300 Am I willing to overcome my small inconveniences? 793 00:42:17,900 --> 00:42:22,900 To help someone who is in a life-or-death situation. 794 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,300 Well, if I witness to my brother, he might get angry. 795 00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:29,800 If you don't your brother may, go to hell. 796 00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:33,200 I'm not trying to be too blunt. I'm just being honest. 797 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,500 Well, if I witness to my coworker that's in the cubicle 798 00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:40,700 next to me, it might get very uncomfortable for us, if it 799 00:42:40,700 --> 00:42:43,800 doesn't go well, it will be Beyond uncomfortable for 800 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,900 eternity if they don't accept the gospel, uncomfortable is not 801 00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:48,300 even a word that can describe it. 802 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,400 Luke chapter. 16 said that the rich man was in hell in 803 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,500 torments, the word torment was plural. 804 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,200 So, I'm not trying to hit you with a blunt, you know, you 805 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:04,400 know, blunt force, trauma this morning, but I do want us to 806 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:09,000 recognize what the stakes are and that a lot of times our 807 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:13,100 excuses and I raised my hand. Because it just because I'm here 808 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:15,600 on Saturday, doesn't mean that I have a soul winning Spirit, the 809 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,500 way that God wants me to all the time. 810 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,000 Is it? Our excuses are so small. 811 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,200 Because our inconveniences as are like an ant looking at Mount 812 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:31,200 Everest. Compared to the issues of the 813 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,600 unsaved, if they don't get saved for all eternity. 814 00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:41,200 So as we look forward this month, new month, new theme for 815 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,900 and soul winning. Are you willing to go forward a 816 00:43:43,900 --> 00:43:47,900 little bit this week? For the cause of Christ. 817 00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:52,100 Thank you for listening to the sermon from the pulpit of 818 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:55,000 Liberty Baptist Church. 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