Why We Should Witness
DEFINITIONS: WITNESS
MARTUS, MARTUR-GK,(ENG. MARTYR, ONE WHO BEARS WITNESS
BY HIS OWN DEATH)-ONE WHO DECLARES WHAT HE HAS SEEN
OR HEARD.
TESTIMONY
MARTURION (GK)-A TESTIMONY, WITNESS, ESPECIALLY AS IT
RELATES TO THE PERSON'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
I. HARVEST IS RIPE
MAT 9:37 THEN SAITH HE UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THE
HARVEST TRULY IS PLENTEOUS, BUT THE LABOURERS ARE
FEW;
38 PRAY YE THEREFORE THE LORD OF THE HARVEST,
THAT HE WILL SEND FORTH LABOURERS INTO HIS
HARVEST.
II. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THE WORLD SITUATION? SOUL
WINNING MAKES A DIFFERENCE
l.
JUDE 22 AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION, MAKING A
DIFFERENCE:
23 AND OTHERS SAVE WITH FEAR, PULLING THEM OUT OF
THE FIRE; HATING EVEN THE GARMENT SPOTTED BY THE
FLESH.
III. HE THAT WIN'S SOULS IS WISE
1.
DAN 12:3 AND THEY THAT BE WISE SHALL SHINE AS
THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT; AND THEY THAT
TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE STARS FOR EVER
AND EVER.
2.
PRO 11:30 THE FRUIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS A TREE
OF LIFE; AND HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE.
EPH 5:15 SEE THEN THAT YE WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY,
NOT AS FOOLS, BUT AS WISE,
16 REDEEMING THE TIME, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE
EVIL.
17 WHEREFORE BE YE NOT UNWISE, BUT
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS.
COL 4:5 WALK IN WISDOM TOWARD THEM THAT ARE
WITHOUT, REDEEMING THE TIME.
IV. HIDES A MULTITUDE OF SINS
JAM 5:20 LET HIM KNOW, THAT HE WHICH
CONVERTETH
V. WITNESSING AND OTHER GOOD WORKS IS HALF OF
YOUR SALVATION-ROM 10:9, JAMES 1:21-24;2:17-20,
(FAITH WITHOUT WORKS DEAD),MAT 5:16(LIGHT SHINE),
JAMES 4:17(KNOW TO DO GOOD, DOETH IT NOT, SIN)
MAT 25:35 FOR I WAS AN HUNGRED, AND YE GAVE ME
MEAT: I WAS THIRSTY, AND YE GAVE ME DRINK: I WAS
A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN:
36 NAKED, AND YE CLOTHED ME: I WAS SICK, AND
YE VISITED ME: I WAS IN PRISON, AND YE CAME UNTO
ME.
37 THEN SHALL THE RIGHTEOUS ANSWER HIM,
SAYING, LORD, WHEN SAW WE THEE AN HUNGRED, AND
FED THEE? OR THIRSTY, AND GAVE THEE DRINK?
38 WHEN SAW WE THEE A STRANGER, AND TOOK THEE
IN? OR NAKED, AND CLOTHED THEE?
39 OR WHEN SAW WE THEE SICK, OR IN PRISON, AND
CAME UNTO THEE?
40 AND THE KING SHALL ANSWER AND SAY UNTO
THEM, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, INASMUCH AS YE HAVE
DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY
BRETHREN, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.
41 THEN SHALL HE SAY ALSO UNTO THEM ON THE
LEFT HAND, DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED, INTO
EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS
ANGELS:
42 FOR I WAS AN HUNGRED, AND YE GAVE ME NO
MEAT: I WAS THIRSTY, AND YE GAVE ME NO DRINK:
43 I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME NOT IN:
NAKED, AND YE CLOTHED ME NOT: SICK, AND IN
PRISON, AND YE VISITED ME NOT.
44 THEN SHALL THEY ALSO ANSWER HIM, SAYING,
LORD, WHEN SAW WE THEE AN HUNGRED, OR ATHIRST, OR
A STRANGER, OR NAKED, OR SICK, OR IN PRISON, AND
DID NOT MINISTER UNTO THEE?
45 THEN SHALL HE ANSWER THEM, SAYING, VERILY I
SAY UNTO YOU, INASMUCH AS YE DID IT NOT TO ONE OF
THE LEAST OF THESE, YE DID IT NOT TO ME.
46 AND THESE SHALL GO AWAY INTO EVERLASTING
PUNISHMENT: BUT THE RIGHTEOUS INTO LIFE ETERNAL
VI. WE SHOULD WITNESS BECAUSE WE SHOULD NOT BE ASHAMED
OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE DEVIL AND HIS
SERVANTS ARE NOT ASHAMED OF SIN-2TIM 1:8, 2TIM 1:12,
ROM 1:16, MAT 10:32-33
VII. A CHRISTIAN SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT THE
THE LORD HAS DONE FOR HIM-PS 66:16, 1PET 3:15,
PS 40:3, PS 107:2, ACT 4:20, 2COR 4:13, PS 71:15,
PS 119:171, PS 145:5
VIII. ALL HEAVEN REJOICES WHEN ONE SINNER IS CONVERTED-LUK 15:7
IX. WE SHOULD WITNESS BECAUSE WE HAVE BOLDNESS IN CHRIST-
JOS 1:3, PROV 28:1, EPH 3:12, 2TIM 1:7, EPH 6:18-20, COL 4:3
JER 20:9, 2COR 4:13, 1COR 9:16, EZK 2:6,7, JER 1:7,8
X. WE SHOULD WITNESS BECAUSE WE ARE SET FOR THE DEFENCE
OF THE GOSPEL-PHIL 1:7,17; 1THES 2:4
XI. WE SHOULD WITNESS BECAUSE WE WERE CHOSEN TO-IS 43:10-12,
1PET 2:9, EPH 2:10, MAT 4:19, MAT 9:37,38, 1PET 2:9
XII. WE SHOULD WITNESS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED
WITH THE GOSPEL AND
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