DON’T GO TO HEAVEN ALONE (Acts 8:26-35)
The title of today’s lesson is “Don’t Go to Heaven Alone.” Instead, take somebody with you. I want to talk to you about how to win men, women, boys, and girls to Jesus Christ. Did you know that we have an ability, and a joy, that angels don’t have? That is to win souls. Did you know that angels can’t do what we can do? And did you know that winning a soul is something that we can do now, that we will not be able to do when we get to Heaven? There is something, there is a joy, that Earth has that Heaven knows nothing about, and that is the winning of souls. And my, how you ought to be interested—not only in going to Heaven, but in taking somebody with you!
The simple truth is that you are not fit to be a servant of God, if you are not willing to witness. Amen? Every servant of God is to be filled with the Holy Spirit who can witness through you. The ministry of the Holy Spirit of God is primarily a ministry of cooperation. He will not do it without you, and you cannot do it without Him. It is His ability, and your availability. It is His power, and it is your personality. It is His work, but it is your witness. That is God’s plan—not God doing it all, not you doing it all, but God doing it through you. And, in a Christian, Christ lives again. The Church is the Body of Christ. And the Lord has said, “Ye shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me” (Acts 1:8).
We ought to be sharing the message of Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit is preparing somebody in your world. And God the Holy Spirit wants to find somebody that He can use, somebody who will be insistent to the cause of the Spirit. That is the way God does it. Oh, it is time that we got excited about winning people to Jesus Christ!
What is it all about? Why did Jesus Christ hang naked on a cross in agony and blood? The Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost. Getting souls saved is what it is all about. The Bible says, “He that winneth souls is wise” (Proverbs 11:30). We all have members in our family who are lost. One day, the clods will fall on that casket, and every clod will say, “Lost, lost, lost.” You’ll say, “My God, why didn’t I witness?” So, I want to tell you, that it is time we got excited about what excites God, and that is bringing people to Jesus Christ.
Click on the link below to hear a message on how to be a soul winner for Christ, and don’t go to Heaven alone, take somebody with you.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
