If believers can connect upwards first (worship comes first) via true repentance and faith in Christ, and then connect outwardly for fellowship-sake ..you know, like where they've been similar or things of truth.. If believers can contribute using their differences, their gifts and their talents to the Cause that's above all other causes then guess what.. we can also plant seeds and win people working together so that those not yet saved can connect upwards. Yes, we can accomplish great world-changing things i.e., exploits of faith.. with our great Lord leading the way.. Yep, for His glory!
Think about it. None of us really need any "new revelation(s)". We all need the old revelation of God, and need to help others have this too. We need new experiences in the old revelation (Biblical truth). So many tell us Christians of their new (whacko) revelation these days. Listen, if it's new it ain't true, and if it's true, it ain't new!
“It is the great business of every Christian to save souls. People complain that they do not know how to take hold of this matter. Why, the reason is plain enough; they have never studied it. They have never taken the proper pains to qualify themselves for the work. If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting a very wicked and absurd part as a Christian.” ― Charles Finney
Come as you are -- right now. Are you sure that you now have an assurance of your salvation in Christ? God has the Solution -- His Son, Jesus. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9
Doesn't matter who it is really, a real calling accepted while applying the Bible principles to fulfill it in Christ ..yes, God's way.. it lifts our hearts, it edifies our inner person ..as well as builds up others.. and it extends our ministry options. It expands the Lord's Kingdom. We do our best to tactfully live in peace while boldly getting the Gospel out future to regions beyond. It's that what it's all about for us here, Christian, Sure.
“Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" ~ Jesus in Luke 6:46
What does God say on this? He "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." John 3:5 KJV
* Need some more memory verses on this subject? "Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." James 5:20. I like memorizing from the NKJV too.* "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* "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Acts 2:21 * "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." Proverbs 11:30* "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Matthew 28:19* "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." John 15:16* "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." Daniel 12:3* "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 10:32* "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9* "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15
The pure worship of God, biblical discipleship, and tactful uncompromising evangelism (I mean, no watering down the Gospel) -- those are to be the only ministries that we Christians need to have.
“The preacher should work to convert his congregation; the wife should work to save her unbelieving husband. Christians are sent to convert, and they should not allow themselves, as Christ's representatives in the world, to aim at anything less. Evangelizing, therefore, is not simply a matter of teaching, and instructing, and imparting information to the mind. There is more to it than that. Evangelizing includes the endeavor to elicit a response to the truth taught.” ― J.I. Packer
