[Music] [Music] second timothy chapter 2 chapter 4 verse 1 and 2. i charge you therefore before god and the lord jesus christ who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom preach the word be instant in season and out of season reproof rebuke exhausted our long sufferings and doctrine preaching word instantly season out of season i speak quickly on the subject the preparation of the sole winner the preparation of the sole winner objective is to understand preparations for successful evangelism what is it that makes a person ready to be a solo winner last sunday we saw the necessity for soul winning if you are not in the service it's important you pick that message i'll say two things by way of introduction and the first one says soul winning or evangelism is every believer's calling every believer every believer going to all the world matthew 28 verse 18 and preach and jesus came on and speak unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth going therefore into all the therefore and teach all nations is actually preached to all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i've commanded you hello i am with you always even to the end of the earth matthew 28 verse 18 all the way to verse 20. in mark chapter 16 and in verse 15 jesus said unto them go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned and these signs shall follow them that believe somebody say aloud amen it is every believer's calling every believer is not called to be an evangelist but every believer is called to evangelize there is the separate calling of the evangelist just like there is a separate calling of the pastor a calling for the teacher they're calling for the apostle they're calling for the prophet there is that separate calling but everyone is called to evangelize what's the difference every parent is duty-bound to teach their children but not every father or mother is a teacher by career is that coming am i communicating it's not you're not going to teach your child and you say that there is already a teacher in school to teach the child that is calculation for disaster you teach your child at home you teach them morals to teach them character you even sit down with them and do homework with them many times i do that with my children as well but not every parent is a career teacher in the same manner there are evangelists that does not eliminate the place of every believer's duty to evangelize in the same manner there are those who are called to be caterers and whose duties to be caterers and restaurant operators that does not mean you shouldn't cook food in your house because there are people who cook in this on the street otherwise the whole world will just end just suddenly that's how it is every believer is called to evangelize please bear that in mind whether you are a choir member whether you are a counselor or not a dick in a pastor there is a calling to evangelize number two good performance is a product of good preparation if we are going to perform well at the place of evangelism or any other thing we do in life good performance is the product of good preparation good performance is the product of good preparation it is said i said powerful preparation prevents poor performance powerful preparation is what prevents poor performance whether it is in the in the exam hall in school or in the vocation whatever is your career for living powerful preparation prevents poor performance the bible said in second timothy chapter 2 verse 15 it says study do all you can to show thyself approved unto god a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth study to show thyself approved unto god do all you can to ensure that you behave well having said that therefore what prepares a person for the job of a soul winner what prepares a christian for the duty of soul winning for the responsibility of soul winning number one is passion for god passion for god love for god is a fuel for aggressive evangelism why is that so first one a love to love god is to keep his commandments whenever you love god you want to keep his commandments exodus chapter 20 verse 5 all the way to verse six he said thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them for i the lord thy god i'm jealous god i'm a jealous god visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy onto thousands of them that love me how do i know they love me they keep my commandments they keep my commandments they love me so they keep my commandments deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 10 connects love for god and keeping commandments you say god is showing mercy on to thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments deuteronomy chapter 11 verse 1. that one is very very direct it says therefore thou shalt love the lord thy god and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgments and his commandments always now you go to the new testament and you see the same thing there in john chapter 14 and in verse 15 john chapter 14 verse 15 if you love me keep my commandments if you love me keep my commandments and then first john chapter 5 verse 2 and verse 3 i am rushing with a lot of scriptures because we have so much to deal with tonight you say by this we know that we love the children of god when we love god and keep his commandments for this is the love of god how do you prove that you love god that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not grievous we keep his commandments what is this commandment go ye into all the world and preach the gospel go ye into all the world how do i know that my wife loves me or my children love love me or whoever they they they do the things i said do this and for this is correct to do we love god to love god is to keep his commandments number two to love god is to take care of his concerns whenever we love god you you you you you attend to what what bothers god you you take care of his concerns he said to peter in john chapter 21 verse 15 all the way to verse 17 so when they had dying jesus said unto simon peter simon son of jonas loves thou me more than this he said unto him hear thou know dear lord thou knowest that i love it he said unto him feed my lambs attend to my flock attend to my sheep attend to those i died for you see in the book of second peter chapter three and in verse nine the bible speaking said the lord is not slack concerning his promise as some count slackness but his long-suffering towards us he is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance last sunday we saw that soul winning the soul of people is the heartbeat of god so love for god is to take care of his concerns number three to love god or see to love god is to do that which gives him pleasure you do what gives him pleasure you do the things that will make him happy what is it that gives him pleasure in luke chapter 15 and in verse 8 7-8 i say unto you likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repented over one sinner that repented more than over 90 or nine just persons which need no repentance joy in heaven you give god pleasure that was why he said in mark chapter 1 verse 11 to his son jesus christ there came a voice from heaven saying doubt at my beloved son in whom i am well pleased why are you my beloved son because you are the one who has decided that you will give your life for the world you are giving your life for the world so they can be saved so in you i am pleased luke chapter 3 22 and the holy ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him and a voice came from heaven we said thou art my beloved son in their weapons do that which gives god pleasure after a very major program program involving impacting people in altar calls people who are saved a normal things that happen and i went before god one day and i said to him i said lord thank you for so much help you helped us so much in this program thank you i'm very grateful thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord and god said he's appreciative of me to say thank you too for being available i can't forget what i had that day you are appreciating me i am appreciating you for being available for making yourself available and for comfort and for the sacrifices and anything that you put forth into this program you know god can say well don't doubt good and faithful servant i appreciate you i appreciate you well done you did well god can say that so how do you prove that you love god by keeping his commandments by taking care of what concerns him by giving him pleasure do that which gives him pleasure so your number one preparation is passion for god everyone who is a rugged evangelist who knows how to win souls is passionate for god number two is love for souls or love for people what prepares a person to be a soul winner love for people love for souls like we said last sunday everybody you see is that is not safe is going to hell except they are intercepted except they are intercepted the vision that changed maurice cerullo's life at the age of 14. he said he saw a troop of people the whole world has seen the whole world lined up people were singing dancing making merry and they were just going broad highway everybody was just just just uh how are you doing everything just chilling out and and and just doing all that until they came to the edge of a big cliff without notice they were sinking down straight into hell just sinking down at the end of the road in their numbers in thousands and he said oh god what is this what is this what is going on and the answer was that that is how humanity is galloping into a godless eternity at an alarming rate every single day they are just galloping into a godless an eternal hell god speaking to somebody here love for people love for souls met jesus god to send his son to come and die john chapter 3 verse 16 for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life love for souls made god you can note that down as a first point on that number two love first people meet god to send his only begotten son to die for the world romans chapter 8 verse 32 also said he despaired not his own son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things he spared not his son love for souls made god to give his son to die second thing to note is that love for people made jesus to lay down his life for the world is one thing for the father to send him it's another thing for him to agree to come love for people meet jesus to lay down his life for the world john chapter 15 verse 13 john chapter 15 verse 13 he said greater love has no man than this that a man should lay down his life for his friends he called us his friends galatians chapter 1 verse 3-4 galatians chapter 1 verse 3-4 he said grace be to you and peace from god the father and from our lord jesus christ who gave himself that voluntarily for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of god and our father he gave himself willingly voluntarily first timothy chapter two and in verse six love for people concerning jesus the bible said he gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time he gave himself he gave himself love for us drove the father love for people sent jesus to the cross love for people made paul the apostle literally curse himself for the sake of souls first corinthians chapter 9 verse 16 he said for though i preach the gospel i have nothing to glory about for necessity is laid upon me ye woe is unto me if i preach not the god may i be cursed if i don't win souls if i don't if i don't talk to people it cost me on my life wow have you seen that before what will love for soul do for us second corinthians chapter 5 verse 14 this is what love for soul will do for you you say for the love of christ constrained us when you love people you are compelled when you love people you are impelled you are propelled compelled impelled propelled you are driven where you love people love for people is what drives us is it because you are too strong you want to prove you have power no love for god it compels it propels it impels while we have time we strike the iron while there is time am i talking to somebody here we make sense on time because we don't have eternity to fulfill destiny we don't have eternity to fulfill destiny you know i told you the story before but this is a very good time for you to understand the story when i was asked to pick evangelist right bonkey you heard the story plenty of times from the abuja airport here take him to mccarthy for the crusade i got the chairman of the protocol committee of the crusader at that time happened to be my sister evangelist in makodi and she said can you help me pick ryan bonkey from the airport for me and bring him to to to mccarthy and oh help you you are the one helping me thank you for giving me the opportunity we picked him lodged him at the abuja charity hotel where he decided to pass one night before proceeding and then that the next day i went to meet him greeted him gave him a little offering an envelope and then gave him a little gift of a watch so that i can be on time as he is on time and then i said can you pray for me sir he laid his hands on me and he prayed the prayer that i have never heard before then you say father whatever made you to send your son to go and die for the world put a little of it in his heart anything you felt for the world that is the reason why you decided that your son should go and die give him a little of it he said just whatever you felt for the world while you hung on the cross dying place a little of it in his heart it has to be a little because if you place all of it you will die no man can carry the burden that god is carrying it has to be a little what what what it has to be only what man can carry and survive when that has happened they were on their way to makari i went and laid on that bed interceded and prayed seven eight nine ten hours continued sleeping woke up i had drastic encounters overnight revelation encounters powerful every devil in hell knows from that day to eternity something shifted something i had passion for souls before but the shifted levels i saw them reckless before but there were dimensions that were limited that just exploded am i communicating after our crusade last year in team jalinga and lokoja i sent the clips to bonkey's crusade director and when you watched the eclipse he said this is exactly to him like monkey's crusade you say he's happy that even though bonk is dead the spirit of mass evangelism has not died from africa that was the word he said even though monkey is gone i am happy that the spirit of mass evangelism has not left africa and it will not leave am i communicating that body and that passion that is a prayer to pray father anything you felt that made you to give your son to die for the world give me a measure of it jesus the love you felt for the world what was on your heart what you were thinking that made you to agree to die for the world place a little of it in my heart can you pray that prayer one minute father plays a measure of your body in my heart a measure of your passion a little measure of your body a little measure of your passion a little measure place in my heart open your mouth and tell god please sit in my heart a little of a little measure of that burden i receive a measure of it i receive a measure of it i receive a measure of it thank you master in jesus preciousness take your seed in the presence of the lord martial what is number three first is passion for god two is passion for soul soul love for souls and love for people number three is living for the kingdom when a man a woman has defined the reason why he is alive and that reason is for god philippians chapter 1 verse 21 the bible said for to me to live is christ and to die is gain paul said for me the meaning of life is for christ that is life is not fit to be lived if it is not lived for christ for to me to live is christ and to die is gay living for god is living for good living for self is a life wasted forever for to me to leave is christ and to die is gain second corinthians chapter 5 verse 15. look at what scripture said it says and that he died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him which died for them and rose again he died for them and rose again he died for them and rose again so he died for us so we can live for him that is what the scripture is saying read it again and that he died for all that day which lived should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him which died for them and rose again matthew chapter 6 verse 33 he said but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you beloved there are three categories of people as far as living life is concerned can i give you the categories number one those who live for the devil they live for the devil these ones are instruments in the hands of the devil i'm not talking of they are sinners is beyond being sinners these ones are instruments in the hands of satan they facilitate the agenda of the devil on the earth