Author	Thread: Our duties as christians
Admin	Our duties as christians Posted : 30 Sep, 2021 09:15 PM I’ve heard some say that we christians need to try to win souls for the Lord. But I don’t really see how we can win souls. If you ask me, I believe our duties as christians is not to win the souls of others, because they are His to win, but our duties are to be saved and keep ourselves saved so that His light can shine through us. We are the lighthouses and He is the light within us. The world will see that light. They will know whether or not He is in us or not. And when those lost souls sail to us it is our duty to share that light with them so that too may become lighthouse for God to shine through. That is our duties. It doesn’t matter how souls WE save, because WE can’t save them. He can. And He is a light. Post Reply
Teddyhug^ View Profile History	Our duties as christians Posted : 30 Sep, 2021 10:03 PM Really Morgan??? Others can just see us and know that YHWH is in us when we say nothing but just walk right by them??? How would they know then without speaking to us??? You see your problem in not winning 'souls' (which by definition is human persons or even animals!) when you keep to yourself and are only concerned with your ongoing salvation on a daily basis??? How will the 'world will see that light' in us if we say nothing and even in our actions and they ask....... would you NOT then tell them and then be winning souls (persons) to Christ??? So again what is our 'duty' again??? Post Reply
View Profile History	Our duties as christians Posted : 1 Oct, 2021 09:03 AM Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. a. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life: A righteous life bears fruit, and it gives life to others. The New Testament will later speak of the fruit of the Spirit in the life of God’s people (Galatians 5:22-23, Ephesians 5:9). This is fruit like a tree of life to others. It brings shade and sustenance to others. i. “The fruit of the righteous – that is to say his life – is not a thing fastened upon him, but it grows out of him…. Look to it more and more that your religion is real, true, natural, vital – not artificial, constrained, superficial, a thing of times, days, places, a fungus produced by excitement, a fermentation generated by meetings and stirred by oratory. We all need a religion which can live either in a wilderness, or in a crowd; a religion which will show itself in every walk of life, and in every company.” (Spurgeon) b. He who wins souls is wise: One of the greatest exercises of wisdom is to win souls to God and His kingdom. It takes wisdom to love, give, and winsomely answer those who have yet to come into God’s kingdom. · We use the word win in romance; to win souls, you must love them. · We use the word win in war; to win souls is a battle. · We use the word win in sports; to win souls is a competition. i. “God himself wins not souls without wisdom, for the eternal plan of salvation was dictated by an infallible judgment, and in every line of it infinite skill is apparent…. There is as much wisdom to be seen in the new creation as in the old. In a sinner saved, there is as much of God to be beheld as in a universe rising out of nothing.” (Spurgeon) ii. He who wins souls: “Hebrew, that catcheth souls, as a fowler doth birds; that maketh it his design and business, and useth all his skill and diligence, to gain souls to God, and to pluck them out of the snare of the devil.” (Poole) iii. “The phrase ‘to win souls (i.e. people)’ can, however, also mean ‘to take lives’, when the context demands it (as in 1 Kings 19:4)…. But the Old Testament knows the metaphor of capturing people with ideas or influences…and the promise, ‘thou shalt catch men’, was doubly apt if it was meant to awaken echoes of this proverb.” (Kidner) iv. “It is implied in our text that there are souls which need winning. Ah me, all souls of men are lost by nature.” (Spurgeon) v. “‘He that winneth souls is wise.’ I do not ask you how he did it. He sang the gospel, and you did not like it, but if he won souls he was wise. Soul-winners have all their own ways, and if they do but win souls they are wise. I will tell you what is not wise, and will not be thought so at the last, namely to go about the churches doing nothing yourself and railing at all the Lord’s useful servants.” (Spurgeon) Post Reply
View Profile History	Our duties as christians Posted : 14 Oct, 2021 11:51 AM Let me put it this way, if the world sees christians bearing His fruit then yes, they will take notice. That’s what I was trying to say, it just didn’t come out that way because I’m not smart and I’m not good with words. Post Reply