Part Three THE WAY TO WIN
10 The Evangelistic Church
THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH WAS EVANGELISTIC That Christ established his church with evangelism at its
primary and supreme motive is shown by its history.
Its genesis (John 1:35-51).-- Christ took John's baptized
followers as a nucleus, and led them in a soul-winning cam-
paign in which Peter, Philip, and Nathanael were the first
fruits.
Its first preachers (Matt. 4:19).--He called its early lead-
ers to be fishers of men, thus laying the foundation for an
evangelistic leadership for his churches for all time to come.
Its law of life (Matt. 5-7).--The Sermon on the Mount is
the very heart of militant, aggressive conquest in winning
men to God's way.
Its basic foundation (Matt. 16:18).--The [local] church is shown
as a militant army against the walled, entrenched powers of
evil, conquering even the gates of Hell.
Its marching orders (Matt. 28:18- 20).--The Great Com-
mission, to churches, preachers, and individual Christians,
is purely and simply a command to win men everywhere to
Christ and eternal life.
Its first great revival (Acts 2).--At Pentecost Christ put
his church to work in prayer and in soul-winning. Pentecost
is Christ's ideal for his church.
Its lay leaders (Acts 6).--Christ put unmistakable soul-
winning qualifications on the diaconate. Pure character,
good reputation, bold faith, and enduement by the Holy
Spirit are qualities which would equip every deacon for
soul-winning.[61]
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Its other leaders (including Peter and Paul) and its vic-
tories in the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles.--For a
hundred years these leaders went out to win souls and build
soul-winning churches in all the earth.
Christ's program for every church is an evangelistic pro-
gram. The churches which do not constantly seek to win
men to a saving knowledge of the truth and enlist them in
Christ's service have missed the mark of the divine purpose
and requirement. Soul-winning is the main task of every
organization claiming to be a church of Jesus Christ.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EVANGELISTIC CHURCH The need for an evangelistic church in every community
is very great, and the value of such churches is beyond
human computation. Their importance is seen from several
standpoints. The world can never be won to Christ by re-
vivals only. The churches need to work at this task seven
days in the week, every month and every year until Jesus
comes again. But it is in evangelistic churches that revivals
are most easily held and have the most far-reaching results.
These churches are ready for Pentecostal movements and
can best conserve the results of evangelism.
It is in evangelistic churches that the ripest Christian
character grows and the richest spiritual leadership develops
and comes to usefulness. Great laymen cannot be enriched
and led out into service in unevangelistic churches. In
evangelistic churches the fellowship of God's people finds its
ripest fruitage; the devil cannot grow dissension and discord
in a soul-winning church. The soul-winning atmosphere is
the best place for scriptural indoctrination; the sinew and
bone of spiritual life grow strong on God's basic truths in
evangelistic churches. Liberality abounds in such churches,
and most men easily part with their possessions for the ex-
tension of Christ's kingdom. A man cannot keep his soul
hot after lost men and be covetous. Evangelism opens
hearts and purses. It is in evangelistic churches that the
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young hear most easily the call of God to service and most
easily surrender to his will. Evangelistic churches are the
main supply houses for leaders in the ministry and in mis-
sions.
The permanent advancement of Christ's kingdom de-
pends more on the labors, leadership, and liberality of evan-
gelistic churches than upon any other group of forces in the
world. They are the salt of the earth, and the King needs
them to carry out his will. All of these things are illustrated
and exemplified in the first church at Jerusalem, from Pente-
cost on for years. The explanation is that they prayed until
they were filled with power; and they continued to win in
that power, and "the Lord added to the church daily such as
should be saved" (Acts 2:47).THE ESSENTIALS OF AN EVANGELISTIC CHURCH Without certain essential factors a perennially evange-
listic church cannot be maintained. The starting point is
reliance upon the Holy Spirit. In all our labor of love for
men and for God, there should be an unfailing reliance upon
the indwelling Holy Spirit. The entire soul-saving move-
ment must center in Jesus, our Lord and Master, and must
be carried on in the strength and wisdom of the Holy
Spirit.
Every opportunity to win men to the Saviour should be
utilized. The entire program of the [local] church should be aimed
at winning souls to Christ and at building up souls in him.
Personal work bands should be used, and the church mem-
bership organized for witnessing in crowded centers and
neglected quarters. This witnessing will carry the gospel to
hospitals, parks, jails, street corners--to every place where
needy men are found.
The fires of soul-winning power must be kindled and fed
in the life of the entire church membership. In the homes
of the people, in the prayer meetings, and in all religious
gatherings there should burn a spiritual yearning for lost
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souls. Prayer groups should meet constantly to pray for
souls and for spiritual power.
The officers and the organizations of the [local] church must be
trained to win. Detailed study of the essentials of an
evangelistic church follows.A SOUL-WINNING DIACONATE A pattern for deacons.--"For they that have used the
office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree,
and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus"
(1 Tim. 3:13). Every deacon ought to be a soul winner,
and he can if he tries. Out of the seven deacons of the first
church at Jerusalem, two became great unordained evange-
lists. Stephen's dying testimony started conviction in the
heart of Saul of Tarsus and doubtless led to his conversion.
Philip held a great meeting in Samaria, led the treasurer of
an African kingdom to Christ, and won the lost in the coast
cities of the Mediterranean Sea for many years.Qualifications of deacons.-- From the pertinent Scripture
passages, the following qualifications of deacons are selected:
1. "[H]onest report" (Acts 6:3); "blameless" (1 Tim. 3:10)
--the right sort of reputation, which will enable their in-
fluence to count in winning men.
2. "[F]ull of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 6:3)-- the enduement of
divine power for the winning task.
3. "[F]ull of...wisdom" (Acts 6:3)--the right approach
and sound judgment in drawing the net.
4. "[F]ull of faith" (Acts 6:5)--the inner attitude which
enables the deacons to be conquerors in the field of soul-
winning.
5. "[G]rave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine,
not greedy of filthy lucre" (1 Tim. 3:8)--qualities essential
for success in any spiritual endeavor.
6. "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience"
(1 Tim. 3:9)--the knowledge of God's doctrine and teach-
ings, so that they are qualified to lead souls aright.
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7. "[H]usbands of one wife, ruling their children and their
own houses well" (1 Tim. 3:12)--the domestic relations
conducive to the best evangelism.
All of these qualifications indicate that there is more
required of deacons than the mere handling of the finances
of the [local] church. Christ meant that the deacons should be the
spiritual cabinet of the pastor and the recruiting officers of
the [local] church. A deacon should know how to handle men,
as well as money, for Christ.
Much should be expected of deacons. They should have
a conscience against worldiness and against compromise.
A deaconship whose lives do not differ from the lives of the
worldings will never win the lost about them to Christ, but
will be a positive hindrance to all evangelizing. Deacons
must be good, pure, clean, consecrated men.
Men should be selected as deacons who are of a spiritual
turn of mind, who love the cause in a marked way and
possess a compassion for lost men. The unspiritual and
unevangelistic should not be put in as deacons, and those
who are already deacons and refuse to attend to the vital
matter of soul-winning should be wisely but firmly elimi-
nated and others elected in their places. Prayerful wisdom
should be shown in the selection of deacons. As far as pos-
sible follow the requirements of the Word of God in Acts
6 and 1 Timothy 3.Developing soul-winning deacons.--The pastor will culti-
vate a soul-winning psychology among the deacons. He is
the spiritual pivot on which this whole matter turns, and
his leadership will count for much. If he fails, the deacons
will fail. Peter and the other apostles were mighty factors
in determining the evangelistic fervor of the deacons of
the early church. Philip and Stephen would hardly have
been such great evangelists if they had not been touched
by the fires of Peter's Pentecostal leadership.
Ever so often the pastor should see that his deacons make
a careful study of the best methods of winning men to
Christ--the methods of Christ, of the apostles, and of the
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best modern soul-winners--looking to the end of their be-
coming experts in their main task. Getting money and
administering the affairs of a church are only means to the
great end of winning men from sin and death to life and
Christ.
The pastor should organize his deacons for soul-winning
and actually lead them out into it in his own church and
Sunday school and in near-by communities. Regular,
[...]
There followed David a "band whose heart God had
touched." If such a band of deacons, whose hearts God
had touched with his soul-winning power, should follow
every pastor in city, town, or country, the kingdom would
come in a new and greater fashion in all the world.A SOUL-WINNING SUNDAY SCHOOL MATTHEW 28:18-20.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:28.
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EPHESIANS 4:11-12.
The Sunday school's task.--In Christ's commission he com-
manded two kinds of teaching. One is the teaching that
wins men to Christ--Evangelistic, soul-saving instruction.
The other is soul-building, character-constructing teaching.
The one wins the faith, the affections, and the spiritual
loyalty to Christ as Redeemer and Lord. The other wins
the whole man to Christ's doctrines, program, and world
plans, and [...]
An evangelistic Sunday school cannot be built with un-
compassionate, unspiritual officers and teachers.
The leaders in a soul-winning Sunday school.--The super-
intendent ought to be chosen in part because of his ability to
lead in [...]
The pastor of a soul-winning Sunday school.--The pastor
is the evangelist of the Sunday school in his church. He
stands as one who "watcheth for souls," and should realize
that his Sunday school force is his best aid in soul-winning
and that the school is his greatest, most constant, and most
fruitful field of [...]
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be praying for and seeking to win them to Christ. He should
teach his teachers the art and method of soul-winning and
seek constantly to create in his school the atmosphere of
evangelism. Never should a month pass that he does not
conduct an evangelistic service in the Sunday school.Suggestions for a soul-winning Sunday school.--All the
teaching force should have a clear conception of the scrip-
tural teaching regarding the spiritual condition of the un-
saved before God, the perils of postponing salvation, and the
certain doom awaiting their impenitence and unbelief.
David said: "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin
did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5). "The wicked
are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they
be born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a
serpent" (Psalm 58:3-4). "The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17).
Isaiah said man was "called a transgressor from the
womb" (Isa. 48:8).
Paul said: "For we have before proved both Jews and
Gentiles, that they are all under sin" (Rom. 3:9). "And
you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and
sins" (Eph. 2:1).
Christ said: "Except a man be born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). "He that believeth not
is condemned already" (John 3:18) and "shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him" (John 3:36). "And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal" (Matt. 25:46).
These sad and tragic truths should be known and pondered
by the Sunday school forces in order that they may do their
best to win the pupils to Christ.
The Sunday school leaders should have a deep-laid pur-
pose and plan to make soul-winning one of the main matters
in the life of the school. As they value the life of the im-
mortal soul, so should they give first place to this high call-
ing. The praying, the thinking, the teaching--all should be
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pitched to this soul-winning note, and the leaders should
ever be on the watch to win someone to Jesus.
At least once a month there should be an evangelistic
service in some department of the [...]
During the revival periods in the [local] church all the Sunday
school forces should rally to the meetings, [...]
When someone has made a profession of faith in Christ,
the pastor, the teacher, and the parents (in the case of a
child) should [...]
Every year or so all the officers, teachers, and many of the
[...]
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or to resign. [...]
A SOUL-WINNING TRAINING UNION The purpose of the Training Union, to train Christians
for service, is ideal for an evangelistic church. In the
Training Union definite instruction may be given in the
methods of personal soul-winning. Perhaps no other organ-
ization is better adopted naturally to that end.
Training Union members should lead in soul- winning.
1. For their own sake.--[...]
2. For others' sake.--[...]
3. For the church's sake.--[...]
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work of bringing to Christ their friends and comrades. It
is one sure way to build a great evangelistic church. The
[...]
4. For the kingdom's sake.--John, the beloved apostle,
said: "I have written unto you, young men, because ye
are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye
have overcome the wicked one" (1 John 2:14). God means
[...]How young people can be trained in soul- winning.--To
initiate, promote, and maintain an organization among the
young people for soul-winning is a worthy, meaningful, far-
reaching, and difficult task.
There must be a wise, [...]
A spiritual atmosphere must be [...]
There should be a personal workers' or an evangelistic
[...]
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drawn and personal work done with the unsaved. [...]
The members of the [...]
Some of the meetings of the [...]
11 The Soul-winning Pastor--Priest, Preacher,
EvangelistPSALM 126:5-6.
ISAIAH 58:10.
EZEKIEL 33:7.
EZEKIEL 34:1-4.
MATTHEW 4:19.
LUKE 5:10.
LUKE 15:4, 8.[73]
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1 CORINTHIANS 1:17-18, 21, 23.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:22.
2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-16.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:20.
COLOSSIANS 1:25-29.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:5.
1 TIMOTHY 6:20-21.
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2 TIMOTHY 2:15.
HEBREWS 13:17.THE PASTOR AS PRIEST His responsibility.--In God's Word the pastor is described,
both in plain teaching and by example, as a spiritual priest,
representing God to men and men to God, seeking to bring
them into a saving relation. [...]His ministry.--The care for souls must show itself master-
fully everywhere in the pastor's ministry.
His doctrinal system [...]
A care for souls will frame his sermons and [...]
His conception of his soul-winning [...]
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endeavors, showing them that it is their [...]
A passion for the lost will fire [...]THE PASTOR AS PREACHER His responsibility.--Preaching has a high place in the
Word of God and in all the history of Christianity. The
[...]
Not only have the sermons [...]
His preaching.--All preaching, whether didactic, apolo-
getic, hortatory, or expository, should be in the evangelistic
spirit. [...]
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building of Christ's kingdom among men. All three of
these messages breathe with the saving Spirit of God. They
are all evangelistic.
Below are listed some of the distinguishing features of
evangelistic preaching. All of these marks [...]
It is positive. The lost sinner wants certainty, and the
preacher must preach with conviction if he is to win by his
message.
It is direct and pointed. [...]
It is bold, plain, and simple. [...]
It is tender, full of love and tears. [...]
It is scriptural. [...]
It is doctrinal. [...]
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mon to point men to God should be [...]
It is constructive. [...]
It is Spirit-inspired. [...]
It is expectant. [...]
It is Christocentric. [...]THE PASTOR AS EVANGELIST The first preachers Christ called in His earthly ministry
met the challenge, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers
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of men." The last command of the ascending Saviour was,
"Ye shall be witnesses unto me...unto the uttermost part
of the earth" (Acts 1:8). [...]His temptations.--There are certain things, deadly in their
poisonous effect on the preacher's life, which he needs to
guard against. They produce professionalism, spiritual in-
ertia, and formality, and bring death to his vital powers.
A worldly spirit.--"Love not the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love
of the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15). This is especially
true of the ministry. [...]
Indiscretion.--The preacher who flirts with women will
ruin his influence and help destroy souls. [...]
Dishonesty, in either commercial or intellectual life.--
If he fails to pay his debts or if he preaches other men's
sermons, he is on the road to the scrap heap.
The money-heart.--[...]
Ambition for place and promotion.--"And whosoever
of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all" (Mark 10:
44), Christ said to all ambition in the ministry. [...]
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Ministerial jealousy.--[...]
Unspiritual and irreverent scholarship.--[...]
His rewards.--The pastor's rewards in this holy endeavor
are priceless and without number:
Heart-growth.--[...]
A heavenly peace of soul.--[...]
The opening of heaven's windows in answer to prayers.--
[...]
Endless and unspeakable joys.-- [...]
Opportunities for service.--[...]
Spiritual power.--Divine unction rests on, and abides in,
him who longs to see men saved. [...]
12 Visitation Evangelism
PSALM 126:5-6.
MATTHEW 4:19.
MATTHEW 9:37-38.
MATTHEW 28:18-20.
JOHN 15:16.
ACTS 1:8.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:20.
PHILIPPIANS 4:13.Soul-winning should not be left to the pastor and a hand-
picked group of trained workers. It is the responsibility of
every Christian to win others to Christ. It is the business[81]
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of the whole church--not of a church group or groups--
to seek and to save the lost. Only when the [local] church con-
stantly [...]
The term [...]IT SHOULD BE PLANNED An all-church program [...]
IT SHOULD BE REGULAR The church [...]
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It is suggested that the church [...]
IT SHOULD BE WORKED In a church visitation program, there are three "musts,"
as follows: locate the prospect, keep up-to-date records,
visit the prospect.Locate the prospect.--[...]
Keep the records accurately.-- [...]
The secretary of visitation should keep the name of each
prospect on a visitation card. This card [...]
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worker, [...]
Records of names, [...]Visit the prospects.--[...]
Usually the most effective visitation [...]
VISITATION EVANGELISM 85
IT SHOULD BE STRICTLY EVANGELISTIC This [...]
IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED Soul-winning classes should be taught. [...]
Challenging sermons should be preached. [...]
Prayer should be magnified. [...]
Reports should be emphasized. [...]
Evangelism should be stressed in every church organiza-
tion. [...]
13 Music in Evangelism
2 KINGS 3:15.
PSALM 98:4-9.
PSALM 100:1-2.
PSALM 104:33.
ACTS 16:25.
EPHESIANS 5:18-19.THE PLACE OF MUSIC IN RELIGION Music is older than sermons and has ever been insepa-
rably connected with worship. All [...][86]
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portant books in God's inspired Word [...]
The history [...]
Spiritual song has ever been the inspirational handmaiden
of gospel preaching and teaching. [...]
Hymnologists, singers, and players on [...]
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as Truett. [...]
THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN EVANGELISM The records of [...]
The importance of [...]
Some of the values of spiritual songs follow:1. They create an evangelistic atmosphere, and tune and
temper the heart as nothing else can do. They kindle the
revival fires.
2. They enrich the lives of preacher and people and
bring the power of God into the hearts of men. [...]
(2 Kings 3:14-15).
3. They give a martial spirit to the people to advance
against sin. They stir men to their best in the service to
God.
4. They are a powerful evangel of the gospel. They
preach [...]
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grace are taught and applied to human hearts in a most
effective way by gospel song.
5. They lift and elevate the people and give wings to their
aspirations.
6. They win souls. [...] They melt and
break down hard hearts.
7. They solidify fellowship and marshal the forces of
Christ's kingdom. Gospel songs aid greatly in the unification
of Christian people.ESSENTIALS OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING Congregational singing is necessary for a great soul-win-
ning movement and for regular church evangelism. For the
best results in congregational singing there are certain essen-
tials:
1. A consecrated Christian song leader, trained in gospel
music.
2. A trained accompanist.--[...]
3. A properly arranged choir platform, [...]
but one put in the proper place so as to be an aid to the
worship of the [local] church.--[...]
4. A good quality and sufficient quantity of hymnals and
songbooks.--Much [...]
5. The support and sympathy of the pastor and congre-
gation.--[...]
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THE GOSPEL SINGER The gospel singer ought to be deeply spiritual and conse-
crated in his Christian life, a man full of the Holy Ghost and
of faith.
He should have an abundance of patience, tact, common
sense, and adaptability.
He must know music. [...]
His usefulness will be greatly enhanced by a thorough
literary and seminary education. [...]
More care should be given to the training of gospel sing-
ers. [...]
14 Evangelism in the Home
DEUTERONOMY 11:18-21.
LUKE 17:2.
LUKE 18:15-17.PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHILD Soul-winning should begin in the home. The parent is
[...]
known thy truth" (Isa. 38:19). "Bring him hither to me"
(Matt. 17:17) is Christ's command to every father who has
a child possessed of the devil. "Have mercy on me, O Lord,
thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a[91]
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devil" (Matt. 15:22) should be the constant heart- cry of
every mother whose child [...]
childhood (2 Tim. 1:5; 3:15). Moses commanded the peo-
ple to teach God's Word unto their children, speaking of
them when they sat in their homes (Deut. 11:19-20). Christ
said: "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid
them not" (Luke 18:16). He was not [...]
The parents' obligation for the [...]
mother, "Is it well with the child?" (2 Kings 4:26), is a
question [...]
(2 Sam. 18:29) is a question which every parent should
raise [...] "[...]" (2 Sam.
18:33), would not [...] The saddest of neg-
lects is the neglect of the soul.PARENTAL OBLIGATION TO WIN THE CHILD The parent should seek to win the child at an early age:
Because of the great influence exercised by the parent
over the child.--The child's confidence in his parents is
sincere, simple, and reliant. This makes fertile soil for
Christian instruction.
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Because of the ease with which the children can be turned
toward Christ.--Their hearts are responsive to religious truth
and have not been hardened by sin's indulgences. [...]
Because the parent has the best opportunity to know the
children's disposition and needs.--[...]
Because of the possibility of death and disease among
children.--[...]
Because their lives and characters are thus won to Christ
for service.--[...]SOME WORDS OF CAUTION Parents should be exceedingly careful not to overpersuade
their children in this vital matter. [...]
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Give them the "milk of the Word." [...]
Parents should make a distinction to the child between
the commands of Christ and their obligations to their par-
ents. [...]
Parents ought to exercise the most gracious care in en-
couraging the child in every move toward Christ, his church,
and his service. [...]
Parents should be careful to see that their lives and con-
duct influence the children in the right way. "It were
better for him," says Christ, "[...], than that he should
offend one of these little ones" (Luke 17:2).EXAMPLES OF PARENTAL LOVE Take the Shunammite mother and her dead child (2 Kings
4:8-37). The son came to bless the home in answer to
prayer. [...]
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Elisha. [...]
The dead son in the [...]
Take the Syrophenician mother and her demon-possessed
daughter (Matt. 15:21-28). [...]
Here was a mother [...]
Look at the case of the father pleading for his sin-
mastered boy (Luke 9:37-42). [...]
Prayer and faith will deliver the hardest cases if only
parental love will do its duty.
15 Educational Evangelism
DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS [Better...local Baptist church schools.] [...]
The teacher [...]
Value of denominational schools.- -[...]
Not only [...][96]
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also in sending trained laymen [...]
Imperatives for denominational schools.--[...]
1. In administration.--Great care should be exercised in
the matter of [...]
2. In faculty.--Care should also be exercised in the selec-
tion of teachers, to the end that all shall be loyal, devoted,
active Christians. [...]
3. In scholarship.--The highest standards of scholarship
should be maintained. [...]
4. In curriculum.--A Christian school should seek to make
trained Christians out of its students, and this cannot be
done without teaching the Bible. [...]
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of [...]
5. In atmosphere.--The spiritual life and atmosphere of
Christian schools should be kept distinctly and continuously
evangelistic. [...]
While the [...]
Since 1940 [...]
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Week [...]
A [...]RELIGIOUS LITERATURE Value of religious literature.--[...]
The [...]
The devil [...]
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error, [...]
Media of religious literature.-- [...]
1. Holy Scriptures [King James Bible 1611].-- [...]
2. Religious and other good books.--[...]
3. Sunday School Board literature.--[...]
4. Denominational papers.--[...]
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should [...]
5. Tracts.--[...]
6. Letters.--[...]
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in the [...]
Revelation 3:20; and by some [...]
Such letters [...]
16 The Spiritual Value of Money
PROVERBS 11:24-25.
MALACHI 3:10.
LUKE 16:9.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-7.
3 JOHN 1-2.Here are five meaningful Scripture passages on the Chris-
tian and his money. How shall we interpret them?
Proverbs 11:24-25.--[...]
Malachi 3:10.--[...][103]
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income. [...]
Luke 16:9.--[...]
Here Christ [...]
Dr. [...]
2 Corinthians 9:6-7.--[...]
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a cheerful giver." Our attitude [...]
3 John 1-2.--[...]A CASE OF BAD COMPANY PSALM 10:3.
1 CORINTHIANS 5:11.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:10.
EPHESIANS 5:5.God considers the selfish lover of money an idolater and
puts him in the same company with [...]INSPIRING EXAMPLES Thirteen dollars [...]
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worth, [...]
A little dying girl [...]
A man [...]
"The liberal soul shall be made fat[.]" Make investments of
money, time, and talent for Christ, [...]
17 Conserving Results
MATTHEW 28:19-20.
JOHN 15:16.
ACTS 2:42.NEED FOR SPIRITUAL CONSERVATION Christ's program for souls, as outlined in the New Testa-
ment, is salvation, confession, baptism, church membership,
instruction, and service. [...]
True evangelism is more than winning souls to accept
Christ as Saviour. [...]
The evangelism that stops at conversion and
public profession is lopsided, wasteful, incomplete. It
should go on to teach, to train, and to develop, and utilize
the talents and powers of the new convert. [...][107]
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Modern evangelism finds here [...]
IMPERATIVES FOR SPIRITUAL CONSERVATION In order to care for and train the new converts, there
are several important matters which should receive the con-
stant attention of the church leaders.
Positive message.--A positive note of truth and conviction
should be sounded at all times. [...]
Adequate organization.--[...]
Active leadership.--[...]
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to furnish [...]
Aggressive spirit.--[...]
Persistent effort.--[...]
Adequate social life.--[...]
Worldwide vision.--[...]
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PRACTICAL STEPS IN SPIRITUAL CONSERVATION Magnify the reception of the new member, either at the
time he joins or soon after. This can be done in various
ways: a prayer service where he is given [...]
Provide [...]
New members, [...]
The new member [...]
Some specific task, [...]
Each new member [...]