I preached this Sunday night, February, 12, 2020 at Greenbush Baptist Church
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ON the SECOND most important doctrine found in the Bible
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ON
SOUL WARNING
SOUL WINNING HAS THE CONNOTATION
THAT YOU MUST GET THE JOB DONE
THAT’S NOT WHAT I AM PREACHING ABOUT TONIGHT
Jesus said
Mat 4:19 Follow me, and
I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.
MY DESIRE IN PREACHING THIS MESSAGE IS THAT GOD WILL
GIVE EACH OF US A BURDEN FOR
SOUL WARNING
AND BLESS EACH OF US WITH A TRUMPET MOUTH
PRAY
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THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT DOCTRINE
IN THE BIBLE
Is that God HAS PRESERVED HIS WORD
PSALM 12:6-8
and the ASSURANCE that we have it
IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE
The ONLY WAY we know anything about
HEAVEN – HELL – JESUS – GOSPEL – PROPHECY, and every other doctrine
is by THE KING JAMES BIBLE
if it is in here ITS TRUE
If it isn’t then its SUBJECTIVE –
that is it may be true and it may not be true.
MY DEFINITION OF SOUL WARNING IS
having a BURDEN for the lost
Talking to people about JESUS
– PREACHING JESUS –
I CALL SOUL WARNING WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS IT – PREACHING
Isa 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, LIFT UP THY VOICE LIKE A TRUMPET, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
1Co 1:18 For the PREACHING of the cross is to them that perish FOOLISHNESS; but unto us which are saved it is the POWER of God.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
POWER – The Greek word for power is DUNAMIS – And DUNAMIS is our word for DYNAMITE
2Ti 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of POWER, and of love, and of a sound mind.
WE HAVE GOD’S DYNAMITE TO BLOW UP THE DEVILS STRONG HOLDS
AND SET PRISONERS FREE
YOU AND ME WE
HAVE THE POWER TO FREE CAPTIVE SOULS
WE have the power TO HURT SATAN
TO RIGHT WRONGS
TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT
our own PERSONAL WORLD
YET so many times – I DO NOTHING
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING – [no hands]
WHAT IS THE WORST SIN A
JOHN 3:3 CHRISTIAN CAN COMMIT????
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THE WORST SIN A JOHN 3:3 CHRISTIAN CAN COMMIT IS TO DO NOTHING
LETTING PEOPLE GO INTO ETERNITY
WITHOUT ANY WARNING
NOT PASSING OUT GOSPEL TRACTS
NOT WARNING OTHERS ABOUT
SIN – RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE JUDGEMENT TO COME
Because of MY SPIRITUAL COWARDICE or APATHY or NEGLECT
FOR THAT PERSON
JESUS DIED FOR NOTHING
Jesus went to the cross for them
so they could receive forgiveness
and live an abundant life
but
BECAUSE OF ME
NOT SAYING ANYTHING
THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE
JESUS SAID TO WARN
SPECIFICALLY JESUS SAID
TO BE A WATCHMAN
TURN TO Eze 3:16-20
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [JESUS SAID]
Eze 3:17 Son of man, I HAVE MADE THEE A WATCHMAN unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and
GIVE THEM WARNING FROM ME.
Eze 3:18 When I say unto the wicked,
THOU SHALT SURELY DIE;
[we R all going to SURELY DIE – the warning isn’t physical death ITS SPIRITUAL DEATH]
[ROMANS 6:23 + Rev 20:11-15]
Rev 20:14 And DEATH and hell were cast into THE LAKE OF FIRE. This is the SECOND DEATH.
Eze 3:18 When I say unto the wicked,
THOU SHALT SURELY DIE; and thou givest him NOT WARNING,
nor speakest to WARN THE WICKED
FROM HIS WICKED WAY, TO SAVE HIS LIFE;
the same wicked man shall die in his INIQUITY; but HIS BLOOD WILL I REQUIRE AT THINE HAND.
[All those who you refuse TO WARN–their AGONY THROUGHOUT ETERNITY
IS ON YOU]
Eze 3:19 Yet IF THOU WARN THE WICKED, and HE TURN NOT from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but THOU HAST DELIVERED THY SOUL.
Act 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to WARN every one night and day with tears
IF YOU WARN OR GIVE SOMEONE A TRACT
THEN HIS END – THAT IS ON HIM
Eze 3:20 When a RIGHTEOUS MAN
[HERE in Eze 3:20 – A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS SOMEONE WHO IS RIGHTEOUS IN HIS OWN HEAD
– SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO BE A GOOD PERSON –
SO WE THINK THAT WE DON’T NEED TO WARN THEM ABOUT SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGEMENT TO COME]
Eze 3:20 When a RIGHTEOUS MAN
doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT GIVEN HIM WARNING, HE SHALL DIE IN HIS SIN, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH HE HATH DONE SHALL NOT BE REMEMBERED; BUT
HIS BLOOD WILL I REQUIRE AT THINE HAND.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THEN SOUL WARNING –
THAT IS WARNING OTHERS ABOUT SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND JUDGMENT TO COME
MANY of the people I see –
that I talk with –
IF GOD REACHED OUT AND
TOOK THEIR HEART IN HIS HAND
AND SQUEEZED IT
THEY WOULD DIE
AND BE WITH THE RICH MAN IN LUKE 16
let’s check IT out
READ – Luke 16: 19-26
In verse 27-31
That rich man got a BURDEN
His BURDEN WAS GREATER THEN HIS LONELINESS
that old saying
MISERY LOVES COMPANY –
not in Hell it doesn’t
IF YOU GO TO HELL
you will be just as this rich man
YOU WILL HAVE A BURDEN
for your loved ones and your friends
BUT IT WILL BE TOO LATE
The SALVATION ARMY was founded by WILLIAM BOOTH, over in England back in the late 1800’s
William Booth WAS a
KING JAMES BIBLE PREACHER
and he had A BURDEN FOR SOULS
He preached to
THIEVES, PROSTITUTES, GAMBLERS, AND DRUNKARDS. And many got saved
PERHAPS YOU ARE THINKING,
Well Larry, how do you know those thieves, gamblers, addicts, and prostitutes
REALLY GOT SAVED???
because those converts also began
PREACHING AND SINGING IN THE STREETS
They became living testimonies
to the power of God.
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CHANGED BY THE GOSPEL ARE NOT SAVED BY THE GOSPEL
A preacher ONCE SAID TO WILLIAM BOOTH
if I could I would send my men to Bible College for 4 years
Booth answered him
If I could I’d send my men to HELL for 5 minutes
BOOTH STRUCTURED HIS MINISTRY
LIKE AN ARMY BOOT CAMP
He considered Himself and all his converts as soldiers – SOLDIERS FOR CHRIST
2Ti 2:3-4
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST.
2Ti 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
But today we have an ANEMIC – WIMPY
– WORLDLY CHRISTIANITY
BUT WHO AM I TO JUDGE
turn to Rev 3:14-22
WE NEED A BURDEN FOR LOST SOULS
STORY ABOUT THE KID, HIS DAD, AND THE CAR CRASH
An evangelist was driving on a two lane dirt mountainous road with his son when they witnessed a fiery car crash
They heard the screams as the occupants burned to death – horrified they smelled their burning flesh
The evangelist worried about his son – would he carry this real traumatic psychological horror all his life?
Latter that night his son woke him up and asked,
Dad, what we saw – is that what hell is like? His dad answered him,
Yes son, the Bible says hell is exactly like that
His son then asked
and I ask you
How can we sleep knowing so many people are going to hell?
WITHOUT A BURDEN YOU WILL QUIT ON GOD
PAUL HAD A BURDEN
1Co 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea,
WOE IS UNTO ME,
IF I PREACH NOT THE GOSPEL!
THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS
YOU PREACH THE GOSPEL
OR
YOU JUST SAY, HAY JESUS DIED FOR YOU
JESUS SAID
John 12:32 And I, IF I BE LIFTED UP from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
THAT VERSE IS TELLING US TO ALWAYS
MAKE A BEE LINE TO THE CROSS
ALL A CHRISTIAN CAN DO IS to WARN THE LOST
AND HAND OUT GOSPEL TRACTS
John 6:44 NO MAN CAN COME TO ME,
EXCEPT THE FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME DRAW HIM:
AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.
JOHN 6:44 TELLS US THAT
YOU DON’T HAVE ANY POWER TO CONVINCE OR CONVICT ANYONE OF THEIR NEED FOR
REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS
John 6:44 tells us that
OUR POWER COMES FROM GOD
GOD CONVICTS SINNERS heart
AND GOD USES WHAT YOU SAY
TO CONVICT A PERSON TO
BELIEVE – REPENT and RECEIVE
THE WORST SIN A CHRISTIAN CAN COMMIT
IS TO BE A SPIRITUAL
NINCOMPOOP
A LAZY COWARDLY CHRISTIAN
who never tells anyone about the hope he/she has in their heart
Be a WATCHMAN
THOSE WHO YOU CAN TALK WITH
WARN THEM
THOSE WHO YOU CANT WARN
GIVE THEM A GOSPEL TRACT
SOULS – SOULS JESUS DIED FOR
ARE NOT GETTING SAVED
DON’T LET JESUS DIE FOR NOTHING
BE GOD’S WATCHMAN
GET A BURDEN
PREACH THE GOSPEL
Mat 4:19
FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.
do not err 
Amen!!
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