Category: Christianity

New King James Version 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

Before we proceed to today’s message let us look at the insight from yesterday’s devotional. The very moment you confess the Lordship of Jesus, you got born again. These things don’t happen in stages neither does it happen in bits. It’s a fully complete incident that happens. You don’t have to feel it no!, you just have to acknowledge it[know it{Grk: eido}] it does not take nine months, it only takes a moment, the moment of a single sentence of confession from a true heart of repentance[change of mind] after being ministered to by the gospel.

As we said earlier to be born again does not mean to change your old way of living to a new way No! That’s the fruit[products] of being born again. In today’s devotional we are talking of the practical experience and revelation of being born again. Let’s see how it all happens: the first instance is with the disciples: John 20:20-22 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. This is the practical experience of being born again, it’s all about the fact that the apostles believed and attested to the resurrection of Jesus, the moment this happened they were given the Holy Spirit as the seal and guarantee.

There was no falling down or baptism in water recorded, it just happened as if nothing happened but yes something happened. This will then lead us to the practical revelation of being born again. What really happened when you got born again? To be born again is to be broken off from all earthly linkage being it family, relation, paternity, flesh and blood, curse of man and others. The word is earthly linkage;that’s however you’re known to be human is blotted and wiped-out from records, no traces of it is to be found. Any human limitations is blotted out, you know more exist as human No! Everything about your Natural birth have been reversed to something better, the real, the sure, the living, the supernatural, the Godly way of living.

Your father has now become God, you owe your paternity to the almighty God. Everything you did inherit from your parents through your natural birth have been reversed, it is mandated to cease functioning in you. The genes of God takes over from then, you inherit the righteousness, the holiness, the awesomeness, the power, the glory of your Father who is God. Because some folks don’t know this they call Christians sinners, can you imagine what you said. You mean we inherited that nature from God, how can this be possible. JESUS was never a sinner, do you know why? Did you suppose because he never sinned then my friend you’ve lied to yourself. The reason is so simple because Jesus was never born of the seed of a man, he was supernaturally born by God. He had the nature of His father from birth, the same thing to the Christian.  Rom 8:17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ…

The Christian is born according to the nature of God, period. To say the Christian is a sinner is a blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.

(Source: Joseph Prince)

Soul winning is God’s Number 1 business. Mathew 28:11

WHAT YOU MUST DO AS A SOUL WINNER:

1)Plan

2)Prayer

3)Strategies.

1 Corinthians 9:16

It’s my responsibility to tell people about Jesus.

To be an effective soul winner; Continuous motivation is important

1)Praying for souls continually

2)Feed yourself on materials on soul winning

3) Engage in soul winning activities

4) Try to always have extra material with you always

5) Receive and share testimonies on salvation

6)Be mindful of the Return of Jesus Christ

7) Enjoy discussing about soul winning:

Refresh , Review , strategize, your plan on soul winning

 

7 STEPS TO PERFECTING SOUL WINNING

1. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Be constantly filled with the Holy Spirit. Never lack in zeal. Maintain the glow of the spirit. Be ever filled with the Spirit
2. Have an understanding of the gospel. Have a clear understanding of the gospel. It won’t just come in it’s own. You have to invest in it.
3. Explain the gospel. There’s a difference between preaching the gospel and explaining it. Preaching is an announcement: Liberty, freedom from sin, infirmity, darkness, death; we are announcing the benefits. But you also have to explain the gospel.
4. Lead them into salvation. Many times we may preach and explain the gospel but not actually lead them into salvation. You’ve got to give them an opportunity to come into Christ. You do this by helping them in the confession of the lordship of Jesus. When they believe you, make sure they make the confession because that’s when they receive the salvation.
5. Receive them into God’s family. Many times we preach and we don’t receive the people into the family of God. The awareness: they need to know where they are now. They need to know they are in the kingdom of God. You’ve got to tell them. They must be brought into the awareness of their new place. The awareness of their new home; that they are now in God’s family.
6. Introduce the church’s mentorship program.

Now that they are in the kingdom, they must be taught. Christianity has a way of life. They must be brought up in the way of the lord. “…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:20). The church teaches them these things that Jesus taught us. The church has this mentorship program aimed at bringing someone up till they become mature sons of God.

7. Release them into leadership. Mentor them and bring them into positions of leadership that they may be blessings to others.

With these steps you will perfect your soul winning.

Glory to God! We’ve been empowered to take our soul winning to a greater level of glory and we are expectant of much testimonies. We give thanks for the upgrade.

Congratulations

God bless you.

(Pastor CHRIS OYAKHILOME)

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth… (Romans 1:16).

Your main purpose on earth is to establish the Kingdom of God. We just read that the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes. In other words, God’s power to save, help, deliver, and bless is in the Gospel. All a man needs is to hear and believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and he’ll be changed forever.

This was the understanding and the conviction that Christians in the early Church had that made them preach the Gospel fearlessly; they were bold and confident with the Gospel. They were arrested, beaten, and even killed for the Gospel’s sake, all because of their understanding that the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Despite the fierce opposition and persecution they faced, they were undeterred, fearlessly preaching the Name of Jesus (Acts 5:41).

It’s not enough to preach the Gospel, you must also understand the Gospel that you preach, and be convinced it’s the only hope there is for all men. Your personal understanding of the Gospel is very important, because your life would be a reflection of “your gospel.” Your gospel is your perception of what Christ came to do, and the import, impact, and relevance of that in your personal life; that’s what will form your message. So, if you don’t fully understand the true Gospel of Christ, you’ll preach the wrong message.

The same message the apostles preached, which Jesus Himself began both to do and teach (Acts 1:1) is what we have the privilege to take to our world today. Be sure that that true message is what you preach. Study it. Understand it, and be convinced that it’s the only hope and power there is for the salvation of mankind.

There’re no options to the Gospel. There’s no other way to the Father, except Jesus Christ. He said, “…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). This is absolute reality, and it must form the basis of your convictions: your speech, your thinking. Your outlook on life must be from this understanding and persuasion about Christ and His Gospel.

 

PRAYER

I have the perfect understanding of the Gospel of Christ—a revelation granted me by the Holy Ghost, to know and live by the greater truths of the Gospel, proclaiming the same with signs following, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

 

FURTHER STUDY

|| Hebrews 5:13-14 For every one that uses milk [is] unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. ||

|| Romans 1:15-17 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. ||