Salvation – Page 4 – Prince Chimaobim

WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HOLDS FOR YOU (3): SUPERNATURAL ADDITIONS

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Thursday April 27, 2023

WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HOLDS FOR YOU (3): SUPERNATURAL ADDITIONS

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33 (KJV)

From our opening verse, the Lord spoke to Bishop David Oyedepo “Seek me and the interest of my kingdom first and all these things that men are running after shall be added to you”. “I want to build a house of my own”. “I want to buy a new car.” “I want to marry this year.” All these things that people are running after are additions to the person that goes about bearing the gospel. The author hates suffering and smiling. He strives to find out the way to get something without struggling and takes that path. You can suffer your head out just to build yourself a house. You save, you deny yourself of some many things, then after 20 years, halleluyah! You have a roof over your own head. There is another route. Be committed to the gospel and a roof over your hand is supernaturally added to you within five years of desiring one and that without going through all the denials and suffering. Which one would you rather opt for? Seeking Yahweh and the interest of His kingdom which is the salvation of the souls of men, endears you to the Yahweh for supernatural additions of those things that men are running around town for. It is foolishness to opt in for suffer-head!

WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HOLDS FOR YOU (2): POTENTIALS COME ALIVE

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Wednesday April 26, 2023

WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HOLDS FOR YOU (2): POTENTIALS COME ALIVE

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Matthew 10:2 (KJV)

The truth is that there are potentials locked up inside of you that are waiting for your active participation in preaching the gospel to be unlocked. There are things that are latent in you beloved and can only be unlocked as the power of Yahweh begins to flow through you to change the lives and destinies of the people in your sphere of contacts. So engaging in the assignment of soul-winning unlocks latent gifts and callings in your life. Whatever Yahweh has given you in terms of gifts and potentials, He is not going to take it back (see Romans 11:29), but they can be untapped until you enter eternity. Preaching the gospel is the easy way to unlock the gifts and calling of Yahweh upon your life. No matter what your secondary assignment on earth is, your primary assignment can bring it to prominence. The gospel raises whatever it comes into contact with, be it your career or business. As you give yourself to the work of preaching the gospel, everything in your life is enhanced because of divine presence. Divine presence is a like a fertile soil upon which whatever you sow on it produces maximally.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (9): BE COURAGEOUS

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Monday April 24, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (9): BE COURAGEOUS

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Joshua 1:9 (KJV)

Courage is essential for a soldier in battle and for a soldier of the Lord Yahushua in the fight of faith (see Ephesians 6:10-18). Courage is the strength of the soul. Yahweh has no use for cowards (see Hebrews 10:38-39). Spiritual strength includes steadfastness, bravery, faith in the Yahweh and honesty. It does not come by accident. It is deliberately developed. Courage is boldness to dare anything in the harvest field. It is only the courageous that becomes the victorious. Whatever you cannot dare, you can never take. The seriousness of a man’s face or his high fence, does not scare you. Until courage is in place, conquest is not in view. To be successful in the harvest field, therefore, one must be very courageous. Courage to tell the truth. Courage to preach the undiluted word of God. Courage not to fear at the faces of the people. Jeremiah 1:8 says, ‘Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.’ It takes courage to preach somethings the Holy Spirit will give you.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (8): PERSEVERE AND BE PATIENT

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Sunday April 23, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (8): PERSEVERE AND BE PATIENT

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)

There is no other work that require so much patience and perseverance like the kingdom business of soul winning. This is because people are not usually won to Christ in a day. There is the process of planting the seed of the Word of God, watering the seed and time for it to grow. Then in growth, there are different stages and they require time and efforts. The soul-winner needs to continue doing well because in due season, he/she will reap. To be successful therefore, in soul-winning, patience and perseverance is none negotiable. The devil does not have power but what he does is to try to weary you into abandoning the course you are pursuing. No wonder, patience is part of the fruit of the recreated human spirit because you need it in your confrontations with Satan and the gates of hell. Satan will throw many things at you to weary you. Daniel 7:25 says, ‘And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.’ If you understand the way the devil operate, you will know that patience is a vital weapon against the wearing out ministry of the devil. The devil is always seeking to wear you out. You must understand that.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (7): BE COMPASSION DRIVEN

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Saturday April 22, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (7): BE COMPASSION DRIVEN

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 9:36 (KJV)

Compassion was the energy that drove our Lord Yahushua HaMashiach (Jesus the Christ) into soul-winning. Compassion is what causes the virtue to flow and brought the people both the Word of God and healing in the ministry of the Lord Yahushua (Jesus). Compassion is coming to a deep awareness of another’s suffering and out of sympathy and empathy doing something about it. Understanding the eternal position of the unsaved soul is something that will drive any humane soul to doing something to help. Even though you are tired and needed rest, you go in search of a new convert or to share a tract or word with someone because you understand that the person can exit life at any time and then face eternity unprepared. The understanding of the state of the unsaved evokes compassion and compassion drives gospel campaign. To be successful in soul-winning therefore, compassion is very vital. You want to function in the healing anointing, then you must be compassion-driven. Matthew 14:14 says, ‘And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.’ The unction flows in the direction of compassion and the preaching of the gospel is unction-driven. ‘For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance;’ (I Thessalonians 1:5).

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (6): POSSESS ETERNITY DESTINATION CONVICTION

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Friday April 21, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (6): POSSESS ETERNITY DESTINATION CONVICTION

when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
II Corinthians 1:7-8 (KJV)

For you to be successful in soul-winning, you must have a firm conviction that anyone that does not obey Jesus and His gospel is lost in eternity in the lake of fire. That is what our opening text is saying in essence. Jesus Christ is the way to eternity in heaven. There is no alternative whatsoever. You must be fanatical to this conviction that the gospel is the only escape route from the destruction that awaits every unsaved soul. If it is, then you hold the key to someone’s eternity in heaven. That is a grave realization. It is that understanding that drives one to attack the task of the gospel with reckless abandon. Think about it, all the people you know now that do not obey the gospel are hell bound unless they repent and obey the gospel. And to think that this same gospel of salvation has been committed to your trust is so sobering to think about. No wonder Apostle Paul said that he was made all things to all people so that he might by all means save some (see I Corinthians 9:22). See what Apostle Paul says in II Corinthians 5:11, ‘Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.’ He understood that humanity is lost without the gospel. This gave him the temerity to persuade men into the Kingdom of Yahweh.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (1): BE SURE OF YOUR SALVATION

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Sunday April 16, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (1): BE SURE OF YOUR SALVATION

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
Romans 8:16 (KJV)

From today to the next couple of days, we shall be examining what it takes to be successful at soul-winning. There are certain ingredients that must be in place for us to make a success at our soul-winning drive. Today we shall be considering assurance of salvation. Assurance of salvation means that you are sure of your salvation. The person that must be successful in winning souls must be very sure that he/she is genuinely saved. You must have had that encounter yourself. There is no substitute to that. You are called to be a witness. How can you witness to what you never saw or knew? Being a witness presupposes that you have experience of what you are talking about. You can never appear in court as a witness of what you never knew anything about. The soul-winner must be a person that had encountered the Lord Yahushua genuinely with evidence of a changed life. Like the blind man in John 9, your testimony should be “I was blind but now I see. I used to do this and that, but now I do not.” One of the outstanding thing about Apostle Paul was his conversion testimony. It was so profound that at the slightest chance he recounts how he became the man he had become.

PARTNERING WITH THE LORD INVOLVES (5): GIVING TO THE GOSPEL

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Friday April 14, 2023

PARTNERING WITH THE LORD INVOLVES (5): GIVING TO THE GOSPEL

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
II Corinthians 9:6 (KJV)

The Lord Yahushua commanded us to preach the gospel to all the peoples of the nations of the earth. Nobody is exempted from hearing the gospel. By all means, we are to reach everyone with the gospel. The gospel is a very capital intensive enterprise. It require money to do even the least venture in respect to the spreading of the gospel. As we reach each person, materials to help them grow in the Lord Yahushua are made available which include tracts, handbills, booklets, pamphlets, books etc. Outreaches require public address systems, musical equipment, medical aids and equipment, etc. In the missions field, there is need to build churches, build houses for missionaries, provide amenities for the community, build schools, hospitals, etc. All these aforementioned are capital intensive projects that goes with preaching the gospel. Even in the urban areas, when you go out for evangelism, you will be met with real-time needs of people that needs to be attended to. In hospital evangelism, there are hospital bills of people who are well but couldn’t go home because they have not been able to come up with the hospital bill. These are real life needs we see in the harvest field. Beloved, Yahweh has put money into your hands not for you to live luxury lifestyle, but for the gospel. There are places you cannot go because of your engagements that your money can send someone to preach there. Missionaries are being sponsored. There are people in the most remote areas of India, China, Saudi Arabia preaching the gospel as missionaries. It takes huge finances to do all those.

PARTNERING WITH THE LORD INVOLVES (4): FOLLOWING THE NEW CONVERT UP

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Thursday April 13, 2023

PARTNERING WITH THE LORD INVOLVES (4): FOLLOWING THE NEW CONVERT UP

And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Acts 15:36 (KJV)

This is called follow-up. Do you know you can collect the forms of those that gave their lives to the Lord during Church services and go to follow them up? Yes, you can do that. There is need for every new convert to be established in the Lord Yahushua and in the Church. However, for that to happen, work has to be done on them. Someone has to follow them up to ensure they attend Foundation Classes and get baptised in water. You can come in to check on them and ensure that they are established. You see the process of soul-winning is same like giving birth to a child. Whereas it is one person that labours and births a child, it takes the community to train that child. Same applies for each new convert. Whereas it is one person that preached and get that person saved, it takes every member of the Church to see that the new convert is established in Church. All hands must be on deck to ensure the soul is firmly established. Follow-up is very critical to this establishment.

PARTNERING WITH THE LORD INVOLVES (3): COMPELLING INVITATION

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Wednesday April 12, 2023

PARTNERING WITH THE LORD INVOLVES (3): COMPELLING INVITATION

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 14:23 (KJV)

To compel is to force somebody to do something. There are people you will meet, that they themselves don’t know what they want. It is reality. The Lord Yahushua says compel them to come to my house that my house may be filled. A compelling invitation to the Lord Yahushua and to the Church is an invitation that literally moves the invitees to the Church. You pull off every form of resistance to that invitation. “Oh I don’t have money to come”, you pull out cash and give for transport. You do everything to necessitate compliance to the invitation. Beloved, the Lord Yahushua has said that you should compel them to come. You should never attend Church without someone following you. When you go to Church and see any empty seat, then you are reminded of the instruction to compel them to come so that my house may be filled. Ensure that someone is going to church with you. “Come and see Yahushua today” and ensure that there is no objection to that invitation. You have all it takes to make a compelling invitation.